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{
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"fought":{
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"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
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"examples":[
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"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"battled",
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"clashed (with)",
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"combated",
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"combatted",
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"scrimmaged (with)",
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"skirmished (with)",
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"warred (against)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dueled",
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"duelled",
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"jousted",
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belted",
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"bludgeoned",
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"bopped",
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"buffeted",
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"clobbered",
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"hammered",
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"hit",
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"knocked",
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"pasted",
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"pounded",
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"punched",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"slogged",
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"slugged",
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"smacked",
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"smote",
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"socked",
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"struck",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"thumped",
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"thwacked",
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"walloped",
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"whacked",
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"whaled",
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"boxed",
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"sparred",
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"brawled",
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"grappled",
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"scuffled",
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"tussled",
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"wrestled",
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"bumped",
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"collided"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"gave up",
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"submitted",
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"surrendered"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
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"examples":[
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"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"battled",
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"combated",
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"combatted",
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"contended (with)",
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"countered",
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"opposed",
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"oppugned"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baffled",
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"checkmated",
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"foiled",
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"frustrated",
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"resisted",
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"thwarted",
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"withstood",
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"confronted",
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"defied",
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"faced",
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"met"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abided",
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"abode",
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"bore",
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"endured",
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"suffered",
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"advocated",
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"backed",
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"championed",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"supported",
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"upheld"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"advanced",
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"cultivated",
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"encouraged",
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"forwarded",
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"fostered",
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"furthered",
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"nourished",
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"nurtured",
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"promoted"
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]
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},
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"to engage in a contest":{
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"examples":[
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"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"battled",
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"competed",
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"contended",
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"faced off",
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"raced",
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"rivaled",
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"rivalled",
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"vied"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"challenged",
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"engaged",
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"played",
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"jockeyed",
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"jostled",
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"maneuvered",
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"tried out",
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"went out",
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"trained",
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"worked",
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"wrought"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
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"examples":[
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"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"altercated",
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"argued",
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"argufied",
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"bickered",
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"brabbled",
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"brawled",
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"controverted",
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"disputed",
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"fell out",
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"hassled",
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"jarred",
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"quarreled",
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"quarrelled",
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"quibbled",
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"rowed",
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"scrapped",
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"spatted",
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"squabbled",
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"tiffed",
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"wrangled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"challenged",
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"dared",
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"defied",
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"clashed",
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"contended",
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"contested",
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"tangled",
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"caviled",
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"cavilled",
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"fussed",
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"nitpicked",
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"considered",
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"debated",
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"discussed",
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"kicked",
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"objected",
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"protested"
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"near antonyms":[
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"coexisted",
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"got along",
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"accepted",
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"agreed",
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"assented",
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"concurred",
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"consented"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to refuse to give in to":{
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"examples":[
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"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bucked",
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"defied",
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"opposed",
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"repelled",
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"resisted",
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"withstood"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"battled",
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"combated",
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"combatted",
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"contended (with)",
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"challenged",
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"contested",
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"contradicted",
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"disputed",
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"baffled",
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"balked",
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"foiled",
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"frustrated",
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"thwarted",
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"checked",
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"countered",
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"hindered",
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"obstructed",
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"stemmed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"bowed (to)",
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"capitulated (to)",
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"gave in (to)",
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"knuckled under (to)",
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"stooped (to)",
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"submitted (to)",
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"succumbed (to)",
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"surrendered (to)",
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"yielded (to)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"foul":{
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"marked by wet and windy conditions":{
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"examples":[
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"the foul weather brought out the windbreakers and rain slickers as everyone braced for a day of rough sailing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bleak",
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"dirty",
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"inclement",
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"nasty",
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"raw",
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"rough",
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"squally",
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"stormy",
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"tempestuous",
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"turbulent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blowy",
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"blustering",
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"blustery",
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"breezy",
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"gusty",
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"windblown",
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"windswept",
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"cloudy",
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"overcast",
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"sunless",
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"rainy",
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"snowy",
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"foggy",
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"hazy",
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"misty",
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"murky",
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"soupy"
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"near antonyms":[
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"rainless",
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"balmy",
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"calm",
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"halcyon",
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"peaceful",
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"placid",
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"pleasant",
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"serene"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bright",
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"clear",
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"clement",
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"cloudless",
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"fair",
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"sunny",
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"sunshiny",
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"unclouded"
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},
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"not being in accordance with the rules or standards of what is fair in sport":{
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"examples":[
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"an aggressive hockey player who is known for his foul play and readiness for a fight"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dirty",
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"illegal",
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"nasty",
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"unfair",
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"unsportsmanlike"
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"near synonyms":[
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"dishonorable",
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"shabby",
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"shameful",
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"ignoble",
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"low",
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"mean",
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"ungentlemanly",
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"immoral",
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"rotten",
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"unchivalrous",
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"unethical",
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"unjust",
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"unprincipled",
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"unrighteous",
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"unscrupulous"
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"near antonyms":[
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"just",
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"law-abiding",
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"ethical",
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"moral",
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"principled",
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"righteous",
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"scrupulous",
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"honorable",
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"irreproachable",
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"unimpeachable"
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"fair",
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"legal",
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"sportsmanlike",
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"sportsmanly"
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"causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{
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"examples":[
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"a foul taste that made us gag"
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"synonyms":[
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"abhorrent",
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"abominable",
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"appalling",
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"awful",
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"disgusting",
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"distasteful",
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"dreadful",
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"evil",
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"fulsome",
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"gross",
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"hideous",
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"horrendous",
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"horrible",
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"horrid",
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"loathsome",
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"nasty",
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"nauseating",
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"nauseous",
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"noisome",
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"noxious",
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"obnoxious",
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"obscene",
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"odious",
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"offensive",
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"rancid",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"revolting",
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"scandalous",
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"shocking",
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"sickening",
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"ugly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"exceptionable",
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"objectionable",
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"brackish",
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"disagreeable",
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"dislikable",
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"dislikeable",
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"unpleasant",
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"contemptible",
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"despicable",
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"detestable",
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"hard",
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"hateful",
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"unhealthy",
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"unsavory",
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"unwholesome",
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"execrable",
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"lousy",
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"miserable",
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"atrocious",
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"frightful",
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"ghastly",
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"grim",
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"grisly",
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"gruesome",
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"grewsome",
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"heinous",
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"horrific",
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"horrifying",
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"lurid",
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"macabre",
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"monstrous",
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"nightmarish",
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"sick",
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"sickish",
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"sickly",
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"terrible",
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"unspeakable",
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"vile",
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"off-putting",
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"undesirable",
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"unwanted",
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"unwelcome",
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"barbarous",
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"unchristian",
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"uncivilized",
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"ungodly",
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"unholy",
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"distressing",
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"disturbing",
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"upsetting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acceptable",
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"agreeable",
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"alluring",
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"appealing",
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"attractive",
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"blessed",
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"blest",
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"congenial",
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"darling",
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"delectable",
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"delicious",
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"delightful",
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"delightsome",
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"desirable",
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"dreamy",
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"dulcet",
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"enjoyable",
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"felicitous",
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"gratifying",
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"heavenly",
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"inviting",
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"likable",
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"likeable",
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"luscious",
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"nice",
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"palatable",
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"pleasant",
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"pleasing",
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"pleasurable",
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"satisfying",
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"savory",
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"savoury",
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"sweet",
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"welcome",
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"unexceptionable",
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"unobjectionable",
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"healthful",
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"healthy",
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"restorative",
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"salubrious",
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|
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"salutary",
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|
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"wholesome"
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|
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],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"innocuous",
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|
|
"inoffensive"
|
|
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|
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]
|
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},
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|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
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"examples":[
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"that movie features nonstop foul language"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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|
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"bawdy",
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|
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"blue",
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|
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"coarse",
|
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|
|
"crude",
|
|
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|
|
"dirty",
|
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|
|
"filthy",
|
|
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|
|
"gross",
|
|
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|
|
"gutter",
|
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|
|
"impure",
|
|
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|
|
"indecent",
|
|
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|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
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|
|
"lewd",
|
|
|
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
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|
|
"nasty",
|
|
|
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
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|
|
"pornographic",
|
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|
|
"porny",
|
|
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|
|
"profane",
|
|
|
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
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|
|
"ribald",
|
|
|
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
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|
|
"stag",
|
|
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|
|
"trashy",
|
|
|
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
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|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
|
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
|
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"broad",
|
|
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|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
|
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
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|
|
"gamey",
|
|
|
|
|
"off",
|
|
|
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
|
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
|
|
|
"racy",
|
|
|
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
|
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
|
|
|
"salty",
|
|
|
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
|
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
|
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
|
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
|
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
|
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
|
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
|
|
|
"low",
|
|
|
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
|
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
|
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
|
|
|
"louche",
|
|
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|
|
"naughty",
|
|
|
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
|
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
|
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
|
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
|
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
|
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
|
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
|
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
|
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
|
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
|
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
|
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
|
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
|
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
|
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
|
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
|
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
|
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
|
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
|
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
|
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
|
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
|
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
|
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
|
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
|
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
|
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
|
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
|
|
|
"soft",
|
|
|
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
|
|
|
"prim",
|
|
|
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
|
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
|
|
|
"staid",
|
|
|
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
|
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
|
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
|
|
|
"correct",
|
|
|
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
|
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
|
|
|
"nice",
|
|
|
|
|
"polite",
|
|
|
|
|
"proper",
|
|
|
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
|
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
|
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
|
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
|
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
|
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
|
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
|
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
|
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
|
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
|
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
|
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
|
|
|
"fit",
|
|
|
|
|
"meet",
|
|
|
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
|
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
|
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
|
|
|
"pure",
|
|
|
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
|
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
|
|
|
"approved",
|
|
|
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
|
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
|
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clean",
|
|
|
|
|
"decent",
|
|
|
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
|
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"having an unpleasant smell":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the foul fumes from the paper mill"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
|
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
|
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
|
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
|
|
|
"funky",
|
|
|
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
|
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
|
|
|
"musty",
|
|
|
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
|
|
|
"rank",
|
|
|
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
|
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
|
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
|
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
|
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
|
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
|
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
|
|
|
"strong"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
|
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
|
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
|
|
|
"stale",
|
|
|
|
|
"bad",
|
|
|
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
|
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
|
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
|
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
|
|
|
"vile",
|
|
|
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
|
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
|
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
|
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
|
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
|
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
|
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
|
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
|
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
|
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
|
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
|
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
|
|
|
"odorous"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
|
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
|
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
|
|
|
"woodsy"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
|
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
|
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
|
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
|
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
|
|
|
"savory",
|
|
|
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
|
|
|
"scented",
|
|
|
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"I wouldn't play in the foul rainwater that's collected in the feeding trough"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
|
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
|
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
|
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
|
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
|
|
|
"black",
|
|
|
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
|
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
|
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
|
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
|
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
|
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
|
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
|
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
|
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
|
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
|
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
|
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
|
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
|
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
|
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
|
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
|
|
|
"stained",
|
|
|
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
|
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"germy",
|
|
|
|
|
"impure",
|
|
|
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
|
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
|
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
|
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
|
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
|
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
|
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
|
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
|
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
|
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
|
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
|
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"confused",
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"disarranged",
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"disarrayed",
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"disheveled",
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"dishevelled",
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"disordered",
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"jumbled",
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"littered",
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"messed",
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"messy",
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"muddled",
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"mussed",
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"mussy",
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"rumpled",
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"scruffy",
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"sloppy",
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"slovenly",
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"unkempt",
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"untidy",
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"raunchy",
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"scuzzy",
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"shabby",
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"skanky",
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"sleazy",
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"squalid",
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"collied",
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"crocked",
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"fuliginous",
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"sooty"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"clear",
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"limpid",
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"pure",
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"cleaned",
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"cleansed",
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"combed",
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"groomed",
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"neat",
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"ordered",
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"orderly",
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"tidy",
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"bleached",
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"purified",
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"whitened",
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"bright",
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"flawless",
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"perfect",
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"shiny",
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"sparkling",
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"unspotted",
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"untouched",
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"taintless",
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"unblemished",
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"undefiled",
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"unpolluted",
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"untainted",
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"virgin",
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"wholesome"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clean",
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"cleanly",
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"immaculate",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span",
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"spotless",
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"stainless",
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"ultraclean",
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"unsoiled",
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"unstained",
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"unsullied"
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]
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},
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"to make dirty":{
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"examples":[
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"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"befoul",
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|
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"begrime",
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"bemire",
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"besmirch",
|
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"blacken",
|
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|
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"daub",
|
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"dirty",
|
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|
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"distain",
|
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"gaum",
|
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|
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"grime",
|
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|
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"mire",
|
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|
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"muck",
|
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|
|
"muddy",
|
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|
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"smirch",
|
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|
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"smudge",
|
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|
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"soil",
|
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|
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"stain",
|
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|
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"sully"
|
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|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"contaminate",
|
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|
|
"defile",
|
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|
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"pollute",
|
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|
|
"taint",
|
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|
|
"discolor",
|
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|
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"confuse",
|
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|
|
"disarrange",
|
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|
|
"disarray",
|
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|
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"dishevel",
|
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|
|
"disorder",
|
|
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|
|
"draggle",
|
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|
|
"jumble",
|
|
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|
|
"mess",
|
|
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|
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"muddle",
|
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|
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"colly",
|
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|
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"crock"
|
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|
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],
|
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|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"decontaminate",
|
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|
|
"purge",
|
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|
|
"purify",
|
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|
|
"disinfect",
|
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|
|
"sanitize",
|
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|
|
"brush",
|
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|
|
"dry-clean",
|
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"dust",
|
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|
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"launder",
|
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|
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"mop",
|
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"rinse",
|
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|
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"scour",
|
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"scrub",
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"sweep",
|
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"wash",
|
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|
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"wipe",
|
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|
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"brighten",
|
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|
|
"deodorize",
|
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|
|
"freshen",
|
|
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|
|
"renew",
|
|
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|
|
"spruce (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"straighten (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"tidy (up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clean",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleanse"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"befoul",
|
|
|
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
|
|
|
"defile",
|
|
|
|
|
"poison",
|
|
|
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
|
|
|
"taint"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"infect",
|
|
|
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
|
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
|
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
|
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
|
|
|
"grime",
|
|
|
|
|
"mire",
|
|
|
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
|
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
|
|
|
"soil",
|
|
|
|
|
"stain",
|
|
|
|
|
"sully",
|
|
|
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
|
|
|
"rot",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
|
|
|
"adulterate",
|
|
|
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
|
|
|
"dilute",
|
|
|
|
|
"water down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
|
|
|
"clean",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
|
|
|
"clear",
|
|
|
|
|
"distill",
|
|
|
|
|
"distil",
|
|
|
|
|
"purge",
|
|
|
|
|
"filter",
|
|
|
|
|
"disinfect",
|
|
|
|
|
"sanitize",
|
|
|
|
|
"sterilize"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"decontaminate",
|
|
|
|
|
"purify"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abase",
|
|
|
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
|
|
|
"debase",
|
|
|
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
|
|
|
"demean",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
|
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
|
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
|
|
|
"humble",
|
|
|
|
|
"humiliate",
|
|
|
|
|
"lower",
|
|
|
|
|
"shame",
|
|
|
|
|
"sink",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
|
|
|
"take down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abash",
|
|
|
|
|
"confound",
|
|
|
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
|
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
|
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
|
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
|
|
|
"embarrass",
|
|
|
|
|
"faze",
|
|
|
|
|
"fluster",
|
|
|
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
|
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
|
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
|
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
|
|
|
"cry down",
|
|
|
|
|
"decry",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciate",
|
|
|
|
|
"detract",
|
|
|
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
|
|
|
"discount",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
|
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
|
|
|
"put down",
|
|
|
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
|
|
|
"write off",
|
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
|
|
|
"defame",
|
|
|
|
|
"defile",
|
|
|
|
|
"libel",
|
|
|
|
|
"malign",
|
|
|
|
|
"slander",
|
|
|
|
|
"affront",
|
|
|
|
|
"insult",
|
|
|
|
|
"censure",
|
|
|
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
|
|
|
"damn",
|
|
|
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
|
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprobate"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
|
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
|
|
|
"boast",
|
|
|
|
|
"celebrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
|
|
|
"cite",
|
|
|
|
|
"commend",
|
|
|
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
|
|
|
"congratulate",
|
|
|
|
|
"decorate",
|
|
|
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
|
|
|
"extol",
|
|
|
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
|
|
|
"fete",
|
|
|
|
|
"f\u00eate",
|
|
|
|
|
"hail",
|
|
|
|
|
"honor",
|
|
|
|
|
"laud",
|
|
|
|
|
"praise",
|
|
|
|
|
"salute",
|
|
|
|
|
"tout",
|
|
|
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
|
|
|
"recognize",
|
|
|
|
|
"highlight",
|
|
|
|
|
"play up",
|
|
|
|
|
"spotlight",
|
|
|
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
|
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
|
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
|
|
|
"ensky",
|
|
|
|
|
"enthrone",
|
|
|
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
|
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
|
|
|
"advance",
|
|
|
|
|
"boost",
|
|
|
|
|
"lift",
|
|
|
|
|
"promote",
|
|
|
|
|
"raise",
|
|
|
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
|
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
|
|
|
"idealize",
|
|
|
|
|
"romanticize"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
|
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
|
|
|
"deify",
|
|
|
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
|
|
|
"exalt"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"break down",
|
|
|
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
|
|
|
"decay",
|
|
|
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
|
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"fester",
|
|
|
|
|
"mold",
|
|
|
|
|
"molder",
|
|
|
|
|
"perish",
|
|
|
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
|
|
|
"rot",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoil"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"sour",
|
|
|
|
|
"turn",
|
|
|
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
|
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
|
|
|
"defile",
|
|
|
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
|
|
|
"taint",
|
|
|
|
|
"addle",
|
|
|
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
|
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
|
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
|
|
|
"rust",
|
|
|
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"decline",
|
|
|
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
|
|
|
"descend",
|
|
|
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
|
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
|
|
|
"sink",
|
|
|
|
|
"wither"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"age",
|
|
|
|
|
"develop",
|
|
|
|
|
"grow",
|
|
|
|
|
"mature",
|
|
|
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
|
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
|
|
|
"renew",
|
|
|
|
|
"restore",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
|
|
|
"purify",
|
|
|
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
|
|
|
"compose",
|
|
|
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
|
|
|
"better",
|
|
|
|
|
"improve",
|
|
|
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foul up":{
|
|
|
|
|
"an instance of confusion":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"there was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mix-up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bobble",
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"botch",
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"bungle",
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"fumble",
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"blunder",
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"error",
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"fault",
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"flub",
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"goof",
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"inaccuracy",
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"lapse",
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"miscue",
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"misstep",
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"mistake",
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"oversight",
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"slip",
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"slipup",
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"stumble",
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"chaos",
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"confusion",
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"disarrangement",
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"disarray",
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"disorder",
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"disorganization",
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"hash",
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"jumble",
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"mess",
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"muddle",
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"shambles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"examples":[
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"tried not to foul up the football play"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blow",
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"bobble",
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"boggle",
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"bollix (up)",
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"boot",
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"botch",
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"bugger (up)",
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"bumble",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"dub",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foozle",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mangle",
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"mess (up)",
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"muck up",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"screw up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"gum (up)",
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"muddle",
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"piffle",
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"blemish",
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"blight",
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"damage",
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"flaw",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"mar",
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"mutilate",
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"ruin",
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"spoil",
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"vitiate",
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"destroy",
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"wreck",
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"mishandle",
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"mismanage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorate",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"help",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"rectify",
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"refine",
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"reform",
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"remedy",
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"doctor",
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"fix",
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"patch",
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"recondition",
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"renovate",
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"repair",
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|
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"revamp"
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],
|
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|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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|
"to make a mistake":{
|
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|
"examples":[
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|
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
|
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|
],
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
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"blunder",
|
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|
|
"boob",
|
|
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|
|
"err",
|
2022-07-10 04:31:07 +00:00
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|
|
"flub",
|
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|
"fluff",
|
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|
|
"fumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
|
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
2022-07-15 11:16:05 +00:00
|
|
|
"screw up",
|
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|
|
"slip up",
|
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|
|
"stumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"trip"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
"nod",
|
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"bobble",
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|
|
"botch",
|
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|
|
"bungle",
|
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|
|
"butcher",
|
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|
|
"foozle",
|
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|
|
"mangle",
|
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|
|
"mishandle",
|
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|
|
|
"muff",
|
|
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|
|
"murder",
|
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|
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
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|
|
"misconceive",
|
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|
|
"miscount",
|
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|
|
"miscue",
|
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|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
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|
|
"misgauge",
|
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|
|
"misjudge",
|
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|
|
"mistake",
|
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|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
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|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
|
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
2022-07-10 04:31:07 +00:00
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foundling":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in suckling , nursling":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nursling",
|
|
|
|
|
"suckling",
|
|
|
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
|
|
|
"preemie",
|
|
|
|
|
"premie",
|
|
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|
|
"babe",
|
|
|
|
|
"baby",
|
|
|
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
|
|
|
"child",
|
|
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|
|
"infant",
|
|
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|
|
"neonate",
|
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|
|
"newborn",
|
|
|
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
|
|
|
"kid",
|
|
|
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
|
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
|
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
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|
|
"moppet",
|
|
|
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
|
|
|
"tot",
|
|
|
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
|
|
|
"tike",
|
|
|
|
|
"boy",
|
|
|
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
|
|
|
"tad",
|
|
|
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
|
|
|
"minor",
|
|
|
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
|
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
|
|
|
"youth",
|
|
|
|
|
"imp",
|
|
|
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
|
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
|
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
|
|
|
"girl",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
|
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adult",
|
|
|
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
|
|
|
"elder",
|
|
|
|
|
"graybeard",
|
|
|
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
|
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
|
|
|
"senior",
|
|
|
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"fountain":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
|
|
|
"font",
|
|
|
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
|
|
|
"origin",
|
|
|
|
|
"root",
|
|
|
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
|
|
|
"source",
|
|
|
|
|
"spring",
|
|
|
|
|
"well",
|
|
|
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
|
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
|
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
|
|
|
"day one",
|
|
|
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
|
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
|
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
|
|
|
"inception",
|
|
|
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
|
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
|
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
|
|
|
"launch",
|
|
|
|
|
"morning",
|
|
|
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
|
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
|
|
|
"onset",
|
|
|
|
|
"outset",
|
|
|
|
|
"start",
|
|
|
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
|
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
|
|
|
"first base",
|
|
|
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
|
|
|
"square one"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"as in gush , spout":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"gush",
|
|
|
|
|
"spout",
|
|
|
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
|
|
|
"course",
|
|
|
|
|
"race",
|
|
|
|
|
"rush",
|
|
|
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
|
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
|
|
|
"flood",
|
|
|
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
|
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
|
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
|
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
|
|
|
"arise",
|
|
|
|
|
"disembogue",
|
|
|
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
|
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
|
|
|
"issue",
|
|
|
|
|
"spring",
|
|
|
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
|
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
|
|
|
"drip",
|
|
|
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
|
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
|
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
|
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
|
|
|
"trickle",
|
|
|
|
|
"flow",
|
|
|
|
|
"pour",
|
|
|
|
|
"roll",
|
|
|
|
|
"run",
|
|
|
|
|
"stream",
|
|
|
|
|
"flush",
|
|
|
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"back up",
|
|
|
|
|
"clot",
|
|
|
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
|
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
|
|
|
"gel",
|
|
|
|
|
"harden",
|
|
|
|
|
"set"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"fountainhead":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
|
|
|
"font",
|
|
|
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
|
|
|
"origin",
|
|
|
|
|
"root",
|
|
|
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
|
|
|
"source",
|
|
|
|
|
"spring",
|
|
|
|
|
"well",
|
|
|
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
|
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
|
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
|
|
|
"day one",
|
|
|
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
|
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
|
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
|
|
|
"inception",
|
|
|
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
|
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
|
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
|
|
|
"launch",
|
|
|
|
|
"morning",
|
|
|
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
|
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
|
|
|
"onset",
|
|
|
|
|
"outset",
|
|
|
|
|
"start",
|
|
|
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
|
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
|
|
|
"first base",
|
|
|
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
|
|
|
"square one"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
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"the source from which something grows or develops":{
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"examples":[
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"a collection of lyrical ballads that became the fountainhead of a literary revolution"
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"synonyms":[
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"germ",
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"origin",
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"root",
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"seed",
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"seedbed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"font",
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"fountain",
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"spring",
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"well",
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"wellhead",
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"wellspring",
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"beginning",
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"birth",
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"commencement",
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"dawn",
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"genesis",
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"inception",
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"incipiency",
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"launch",
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"morning",
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"onset",
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"outset",
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"start",
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"threshold",
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"creation",
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"inauguration",
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"origination"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
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"noun"
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"fountains":{
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"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
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"examples":[
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"regards the Bible as the fountain of all truth concerning the Divinity"
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],
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"cradles",
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"fonts",
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"fountainheads",
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"origins",
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"roots",
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"seedbeds",
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"sources",
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"springs",
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"wells",
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"wellsprings"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beginnings",
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"commencements",
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"dawns",
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"day ones",
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"geneses",
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"get-goes",
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"git-goes",
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"inceptions",
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"incipiences",
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"incipiencies",
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"kickoffs",
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"launches",
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"mornings",
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"nascences",
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"nascencies",
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"onsets",
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"outsets",
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"starts",
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"thresholds",
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"baselines",
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"first bases",
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"ground zeros",
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"square ones"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in gushes , spouts":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gushes",
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"spouts",
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"spurts",
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"courses",
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"races",
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"rushes",
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"deluges",
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"engulfs",
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"floods",
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"inundates",
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"overflows",
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"overruns",
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"swamps",
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"arises",
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"disembogues",
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"effuses",
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"emanates",
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"issues",
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"springs",
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"cascades",
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"dribbles",
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"drips",
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"gutters",
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"riffles",
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"ripples",
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"sheets",
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"trickles",
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"flows",
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"pours",
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"rolls",
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"runs",
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"streams",
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"flushes",
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"washes out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"backs up",
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"clots",
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"coagulates",
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"congeals",
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"gels",
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"hardens",
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"sets"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
|
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|
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},
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|
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"type":[
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"noun",
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|
|
"verb"
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]
|
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},
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"four-posters":{
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|
"as in bunk beds , couches":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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|
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bunk beds",
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"cots",
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"couches",
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"daybeds",
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"feather beds",
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"hammocks",
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"Murphy beds",
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|
"shakedowns",
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|
"sleigh beds",
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|
"sofa beds",
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"sofas",
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|
"studio couches",
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|
"trundle beds",
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|
"water beds",
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"bunks",
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"dosses",
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"hays",
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"kips",
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"lairs",
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|
"pads",
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"racks",
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"sacks",
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"bedsteads",
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|
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"futons",
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|
|
"futon",
|
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|
|
"mattresses",
|
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|
|
"pallets",
|
|
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|
|
"bassinets",
|
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|
|
"carry-cots",
|
|
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|
|
"cradles",
|
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|
|
"cribs"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
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|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"fouls up":{
|
|
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|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"tried not to foul up the football play"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"blows",
|
|
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|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
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|
|
"boggles",
|
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|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"boots",
|
|
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|
|
"botches",
|
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|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
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|
|
"bungles",
|
|
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|
|
"butchers",
|
|
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|
|
"dubs",
|
|
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|
|
"flubs",
|
|
|
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
|
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
|
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
|
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
|
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
|
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
|
|
|
"murders",
|
|
|
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
|
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
|
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
|
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
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|
|
"blights",
|
|
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|
|
"damages",
|
|
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|
|
"flaws",
|
|
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|
|
"harms",
|
|
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|
|
"hurts",
|
|
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|
|
"impairs",
|
|
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|
|
"injures",
|
|
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|
|
"mars",
|
|
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|
|
"mutilates",
|
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|
|
"ruins",
|
|
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|
|
"spoils",
|
|
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|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
|
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
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|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
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|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
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|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
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|
|
"betters",
|
|
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|
|
"enhances",
|
|
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|
|
"helps",
|
|
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|
|
"improves",
|
|
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|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
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|
|
"rectifies",
|
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|
|
"refines",
|
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|
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"reforms",
|
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|
|
"remedies",
|
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|
|
"doctors",
|
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|
|
"fixes",
|
|
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|
|
"patches",
|
|
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|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
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|
|
"renovates",
|
|
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|
|
"repairs",
|
|
|
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
|
"blunders",
|
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|
"boobs",
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|
|
"errs",
|
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|
|
"flubs",
|
|
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|
|
"fluffs",
|
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|
|
"fumbles",
|
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|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"louses up",
|
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|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"screws up",
|
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|
|
"slips up",
|
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|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
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|
|
"trips"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"nods",
|
|
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|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
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|
|
"botches",
|
|
|
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
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|
|
"butchers",
|
|
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|
|
"foozles",
|
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|
|
"mangles",
|
|
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|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
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|
|
"muffs",
|
|
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|
|
"murders",
|
|
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|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
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|
|
"misconceives",
|
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|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
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|
|
"miscues",
|
|
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|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
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|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
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|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
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|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
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|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
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|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
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|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
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"type":[
|
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|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foundations":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a public organization with a particular purpose or function":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"donated to a foundation that supported cancer research"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"establishments",
|
|
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|
|
"institutes",
|
|
|
|
|
"institutions"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"bodies",
|
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|
|
"collectives",
|
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|
|
"groups",
|
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|
|
"corporations",
|
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|
|
"enterprises",
|
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|
|
"charities",
|
|
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|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
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|
|
"think tanks"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"she had a good enough foundation in math to pursue an economics degree"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"bases",
|
|
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|
|
"bases",
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|
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"bedrocks",
|
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|
"bottoms",
|
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|
"cornerstones",
|
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|
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"footings",
|
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|
|
"grounds",
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|
|
"groundworks",
|
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|
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"keystones",
|
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"roots",
|
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|
|
"underpinnings",
|
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|
|
"warp and woofs",
|
|
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|
|
"warps"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
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|
|
"beds",
|
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|
|
"braces",
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"bulwarks",
|
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|
"buttresses",
|
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|
|
"frameworks",
|
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|
|
"infrastructures",
|
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|
|
"mounts",
|
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|
|
"props",
|
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|
"shores",
|
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|
|
"stays",
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"substrata",
|
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|
"substructures",
|
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|
|
"supports",
|
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|
|
"assumptions",
|
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|
"justifications",
|
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"premises",
|
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"premisses",
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"presumptions",
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"presuppositions",
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"rationales",
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"suppositions",
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"theories",
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"theses",
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"warrants",
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"backbones",
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"centers",
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"cores",
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"eyes",
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"foci",
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"focuses",
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"hearts",
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"hubs",
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"kernels",
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"nuclei",
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"nucleuses",
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"seats",
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"essences",
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"quintessences",
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"souls",
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"touchstones"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fought shy of":{
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"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
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"examples":[
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"They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"avoided",
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"dodged",
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"ducked",
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"eluded",
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"escaped",
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"eschewed",
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"evaded",
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"finessed",
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"got around",
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"scaped",
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"shirked",
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"shook",
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"shuffled (out of)",
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"shunned",
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"weaseled (out of)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"missed",
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"averted",
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"deflected",
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"diverted",
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"obviated",
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"parried",
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"prevented",
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"warded (off)",
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"banned",
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"barred",
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"debarred",
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"eliminated",
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"excepted",
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"excluded",
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"precluded",
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"ruled out",
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"bypassed",
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"circumvented",
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"skirted",
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"foiled",
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"foxed",
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"frustrated",
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"outfoxed",
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"outsmarted",
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"outwitted",
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"overreached",
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"thwarted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accepted",
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"courted",
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"embraced",
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"pursued",
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"sought",
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"welcomed",
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"caught",
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"contracted",
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"incurred"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"foundationless":{
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"having no basis in reason or fact":{
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"examples":[
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"a careful investigation proved that the charges were foundationless"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"baseless",
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"groundless",
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"invalid",
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"nonvalid",
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"unfounded",
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"unreasonable",
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"unsubstantiated",
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"unsupported",
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"unwarranted"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"illogical",
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"irrational",
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"nonlogical",
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"unconscionable",
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"unsound",
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"fallacious",
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"false",
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"misled",
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"wrong",
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"gratuitous",
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"uncalled-for",
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"unnecessary",
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"flimsy",
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"implausible",
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"misleading",
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"specious",
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"unconvincing",
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"untenable",
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"weak",
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"ill-advised",
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"unreasoned",
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"inconsistent",
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"absurd",
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"asinine",
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"brainless",
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"crackpot",
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"crazy",
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"fatuous",
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"foolish",
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"half-witted",
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"harebrained",
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"meaningless",
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"nonsensical",
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"preposterous",
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"senseless",
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"silly",
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"simpleminded",
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"stupid",
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"unwise",
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"insane",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"nutty",
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"wacky",
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"whacky"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"certified",
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"validated",
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"verified",
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"confirmed",
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"corroborated",
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"informed",
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"logical",
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"rational",
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"commonsense",
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"sane",
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"sensible",
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"sober",
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"wise",
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"actual",
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"genuine",
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"real",
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"true",
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"certain",
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"sure",
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"clear",
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"cogent",
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"compelling",
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"convincing",
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"credible",
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"persuasive",
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"plausible",
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"satisfying",
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"solid",
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"sound"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"good",
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"hard",
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"just",
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"justified",
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"reasonable",
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"reasoned",
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"substantiated",
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"valid",
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"well-founded",
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|
|
"well-grounded"
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|
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]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
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|
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"type":[
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|
|
"adjective"
|
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
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|
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"foundered":{
|
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|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
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|
|
"the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
|
"bombed",
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|
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"collapsed",
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"cratered",
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"failed",
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|
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"flamed out",
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"flopped",
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|
|
"flunked",
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|
|
"folded",
|
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|
|
"missed",
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|
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"struck out",
|
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|
|
"tanked",
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|
|
"washed out"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"floundered",
|
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|
|
"struggled",
|
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|
|
"declined",
|
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|
|
"sank",
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|
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"sunk",
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|
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"skidded",
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|
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"slipped",
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|
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"slumped",
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"waned",
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"crashed",
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|
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"crumbled",
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|
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"miscarried",
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|
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"misfired",
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|
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"went under",
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|
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"imploded",
|
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|
|
"self-destructed"
|
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
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|
|
"cooked",
|
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|
|
"flourished",
|
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|
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"prospered",
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|
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"thrived",
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|
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"throve",
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"prevailed",
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|
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"triumphed",
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|
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"won"
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|
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],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
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|
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"came off",
|
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|
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"clicked",
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|
|
"delivered",
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|
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"panned out",
|
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|
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"succeeded",
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|
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"went",
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|
|
"went over",
|
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|
|
"worked out"
|
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]
|
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},
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|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
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|
|
"examples":[
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|
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"the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
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"buckled",
|
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|
|
"caved (in)",
|
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|
|
"collapsed",
|
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|
|
"crumpled",
|
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|
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"gave",
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"imploded",
|
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"tumbled",
|
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|
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"went",
|
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|
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"went out",
|
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|
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"yielded"
|
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|
|
],
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
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"deflated",
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|
|
"flattened",
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|
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"melted",
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"melted down",
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"broke",
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"broke down",
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"conked (out)",
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"crashed",
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"died",
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"failed",
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"gave out",
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"stalled",
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"burst",
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"bursted",
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"shattered",
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"smashed",
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"splintered",
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"split",
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"cracked",
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"crumbled",
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"popped",
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"snapped"
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],
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
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|
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"inflated",
|
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|
|
"rose",
|
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|
|
"swelled"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
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|
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"verb"
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
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|
|
"fountainheads":{
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|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
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|
|
"examples":[
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|
|
"historically, California has served as the fountainhead of that eclectic group of self-actualization movements known as the New Age"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
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"cradles",
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"fonts",
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"fountains",
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"origins",
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"roots",
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"seedbeds",
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"sources",
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|
|
"springs",
|
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|
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"wells",
|
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|
|
"wellsprings"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"beginnings",
|
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|
|
"commencements",
|
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|
|
"dawns",
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|
|
"day ones",
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"geneses",
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"get-goes",
|
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"git-goes",
|
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|
|
"inceptions",
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|
|
"incipiences",
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|
|
"incipiencies",
|
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|
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"kickoffs",
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|
|
"launches",
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|
|
"mornings",
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|
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"nascences",
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|
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"nascencies",
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|
|
"onsets",
|
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|
"outsets",
|
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|
"starts",
|
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|
|
"thresholds",
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"baselines",
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|
"first bases",
|
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|
|
"ground zeros",
|
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|
|
"square ones"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"the source from which something grows or develops":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"a collection of lyrical ballads that became the fountainhead of a literary revolution"
|
|
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|
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],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
|
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|
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"germs",
|
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|
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"origins",
|
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|
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"roots",
|
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|
|
"seed",
|
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|
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"seeds",
|
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|
|
"seedbeds"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"fonts",
|
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|
|
"fountains",
|
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|
|
"springs",
|
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|
|
"wellheads",
|
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|
|
"wells",
|
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"wellsprings",
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"beginnings",
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"births",
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"commencements",
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"dawns",
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"geneses",
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"inceptions",
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"incipiencies",
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"launches",
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"mornings",
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"onsets",
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"outsets",
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"starts",
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"thresholds",
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"creations",
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"inaugurations",
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"originations"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"founder":{
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"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
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"examples":[
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"Maria Montessori was the founder of an educational system dedicated to maximizing a child's creative potential"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"author",
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"begetter",
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"creator",
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"establisher",
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"father",
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"founding father",
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"generator",
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"inaugurator",
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"initiator",
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"instituter",
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"institutor",
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"originator",
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"sire"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cocreator",
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"cofounder",
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"conceiver",
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"contriver",
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"designer",
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"deviser",
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"formulator",
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"innovator",
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"introducer",
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"inventor",
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"spawner",
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"builder",
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"maker",
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"producer",
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"developer",
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"pioneer",
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"researcher",
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"researchist",
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"organizer",
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"promoter",
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"encourager",
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"galvanizer",
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"inspiration",
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"inspirer"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disciple",
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"follower",
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"pupil",
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"student",
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"supporter"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be unsuccessful":{
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"examples":[
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"the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"collapse",
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"crater",
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"fail",
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"flame out",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"fold",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"tank",
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"wash out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flounder",
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"struggle",
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"decline",
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"sink",
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"skid",
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"slip",
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"slump",
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"wane",
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"crash",
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"crumble",
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"miscarry",
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"misfire",
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"go under",
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"implode",
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"self-destruct"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cook",
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"flourish",
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"prosper",
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"thrive",
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"prevail",
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"triumph",
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"win"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"click",
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"come off",
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"deliver",
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"go",
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"go over",
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"pan out",
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"succeed",
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"work out"
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]
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},
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|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
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"examples":[
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"the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered"
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],
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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"buckle",
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"cave (in)",
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"collapse",
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|
"crumple",
|
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|
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"give",
|
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|
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"go",
|
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"go out",
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"implode",
|
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|
|
"tumble",
|
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|
|
"yield"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
"deflate",
|
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|
|
"flatten",
|
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|
|
"melt",
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|
|
"melt down",
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|
|
"break",
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|
|
"break down",
|
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|
|
"conk (out)",
|
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|
|
"crash",
|
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|
|
"die",
|
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|
|
"fail",
|
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|
|
"give out",
|
|
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|
|
"stall",
|
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|
|
"burst",
|
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|
|
"shatter",
|
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|
|
"smash",
|
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|
|
"splinter",
|
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|
|
"split",
|
|
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|
|
"crack",
|
|
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|
|
"crumble",
|
|
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|
|
"pop",
|
|
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|
|
"snap"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
|
|
|
"rise",
|
|
|
|
|
"swell"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foursquare":{
|
|
|
|
|
"free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"candid",
|
|
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|
|
"direct",
|
|
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|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
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|
|
"forthright",
|
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|
|
"frank",
|
|
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|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
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|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
|
|
|
"honest",
|
|
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|
|
"open",
|
|
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|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
|
|
|
"out-front",
|
|
|
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
|
|
|
"plain",
|
|
|
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
|
|
|
"straight",
|
|
|
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
|
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
|
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
|
|
|
"up-front"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"artless",
|
|
|
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
|
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
|
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
|
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
|
|
|
"naive",
|
|
|
|
|
"na\u00efve",
|
|
|
|
|
"natural",
|
|
|
|
|
"real",
|
|
|
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
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|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
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|
|
"undesigning",
|
|
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|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
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|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
|
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
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|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
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|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
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|
|
"vocal",
|
|
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|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
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|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
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|
|
"bluff",
|
|
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|
|
"blunt",
|
|
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|
|
"brusque",
|
|
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|
|
"brusk",
|
|
|
|
|
"crusty",
|
|
|
|
|
"curt",
|
|
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|
|
"gruff",
|
|
|
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
|
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
|
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
|
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
|
|
|
"rude",
|
|
|
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
|
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
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|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
|
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
|
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
|
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
|
|
|
"unsubtle"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
|
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
|
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
|
|
|
"close-mouthed",
|
|
|
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
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|
|
"quiet",
|
|
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|
|
"reticent",
|
|
|
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
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|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
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|
|
"uncommunicative",
|
|
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|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
|
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
|
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
|
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
|
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
|
|
|
"politic",
|
|
|
|
|
"tactful",
|
|
|
|
|
"civil",
|
|
|
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
|
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
|
|
|
"polite"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncandid",
|
|
|
|
|
"unforthcoming"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"going straight to the point clearly and firmly":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"a foursquare evaluation of her performance that didn't mince words"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"direct",
|
|
|
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
|
|
|
"plain",
|
|
|
|
|
"straight",
|
|
|
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
|
|
|
"candid",
|
|
|
|
|
"frank",
|
|
|
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
|
|
|
"honest",
|
|
|
|
|
"open",
|
|
|
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
|
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
|
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
|
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
|
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
|
|
|
"artless",
|
|
|
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
|
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
|
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
|
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
|
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
|
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
|
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
|
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
|
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
|
|
|
"curt",
|
|
|
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
|
|
|
"point-blank",
|
|
|
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
|
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
|
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
|
|
|
"rude",
|
|
|
|
|
"tactless",
|
|
|
|
|
"undiplomatic",
|
|
|
|
|
"true",
|
|
|
|
|
"truthful",
|
|
|
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
|
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
|
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
|
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
|
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
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|
|
"inhibited",
|
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|
|
"reserved",
|
|
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|
|
"restrained",
|
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|
|
"civil",
|
|
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|
|
"courteous",
|
|
|
|
|
"polite",
|
|
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|
|
"tactful",
|
|
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|
|
"deceitful",
|
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|
|
"lying",
|
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|
|
"mendacious",
|
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|
|
"untruthful",
|
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|
|
"erroneous",
|
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|
|
"fallacious",
|
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|
|
"false",
|
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|
|
"ambiguous",
|
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|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
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|
|
"evasive",
|
|
|
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
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|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
|
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
|
|
|
"two-faced"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
|
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
|
|
|
"roundabout"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"having four equal sides and four right angles":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the design of the foursquare Georgian mansion is strongly symmetrical, the wide central hallway being flanked by two rooms on either side"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"quadrate",
|
|
|
|
|
"square"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blockish",
|
|
|
|
|
"blocky",
|
|
|
|
|
"boxlike",
|
|
|
|
|
"boxy",
|
|
|
|
|
"cubic",
|
|
|
|
|
"cubical",
|
|
|
|
|
"cuboid",
|
|
|
|
|
"squarish",
|
|
|
|
|
"rectangular"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
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"in an honest and direct manner":{
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"examples":[
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"asked him foursquare if he was ever going to propose to her"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"directly",
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"forthrightly",
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"plain",
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"plainly",
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"straight",
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"straightforward",
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"straightforwards",
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"straightforwardly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baldly",
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"bluffly",
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"candidly",
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"frankly",
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"honestly",
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"openheartedly",
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"openly",
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"unguardedly",
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"unreservedly",
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"artlessly",
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"earnestly",
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"simply",
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"sincerely",
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"abruptly",
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"bluntly",
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"brusquely",
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"curtly",
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"gruffly",
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"point-blank",
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"sharply",
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"impolitely",
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"inconsiderately",
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"rudely",
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"tactlessly",
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"truthfully",
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"veraciously"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"long-windedly",
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"verbosely",
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"wordily",
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"civilly",
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"courteously",
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"diplomatically",
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"politely",
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"tactfully",
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"deceitfully",
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"mendaciously",
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"untruthfully",
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"erroneously",
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"fallaciously",
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"falsely",
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"hypocritically",
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"insincerely",
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"ambiguously",
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"circuitously",
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"equivocally",
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"evasively",
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"indirectly"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"four-poster":{
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"as in bunk bed , couch":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bunk bed",
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"cot",
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"couch",
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"daybed",
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"feather bed",
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"hammock",
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"Murphy bed",
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"shakedown",
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"sleigh bed",
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"sofa",
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"sofa bed",
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"studio couch",
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"trundle bed",
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"water bed",
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"bunk",
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"doss",
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"hay",
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"kip",
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"lair",
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"pad",
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"rack",
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"sack",
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"bedstead",
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"futon",
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"mattress",
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"pallet",
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"bassinet",
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"carry-cot",
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"cradle",
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"crib"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"founds":{
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"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
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"examples":[
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"John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"begins",
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"constitutes",
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"establishes",
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"inaugurates",
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"initiates",
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"innovates",
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"institutes",
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"introduces",
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"launches",
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"pioneers",
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"plants",
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"sets up",
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"starts"
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],
|
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|
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"near synonyms":[
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"authors",
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"fathers",
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"originates",
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|
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"conceives",
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|
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"concocts",
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|
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"contrives",
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|
|
"cooks (up)",
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|
"creates",
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"devises",
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|
"fabricates",
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"invents",
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|
|
"makes up",
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|
|
"manufactures",
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|
|
"produces",
|
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|
|
"thinks (up)",
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|
|
"constructs",
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|
|
"puts up",
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|
|
"develops",
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|
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"enlarges",
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|
|
"expands",
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|
|
"endows",
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|
|
"finances",
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|
|
"funds",
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|
|
"subsidizes",
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|
|
"arranges",
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|
|
"organizes",
|
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|
|
"systematizes",
|
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|
|
"systemizes",
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|
|
"refounds",
|
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|
|
"reinitiates",
|
|
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|
|
"reinstitutes",
|
|
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|
|
"relaunches"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"abolishes",
|
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|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
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|
|
"annuls",
|
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|
|
"nullifies",
|
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|
|
"ends",
|
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|
|
"finishes",
|
|
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|
|
"halts",
|
|
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|
|
"stops",
|
|
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|
|
"terminates",
|
|
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|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
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|
|
"winds up",
|
|
|
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"phases out",
|
|
|
|
|
"shuts (up)"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foul play":{
|
|
|
|
|
"the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"the coroner ruled that there was no evidence of foul play"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blood",
|
|
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|
|
"homicide",
|
|
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|
|
"murder",
|
|
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|
|
"rubout",
|
|
|
|
|
"slaying"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"chance-medley",
|
|
|
|
|
"killing",
|
|
|
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
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|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
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|
|
"butchery",
|
|
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|
|
"carnage",
|
|
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|
|
"decimation",
|
|
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|
|
"destruction",
|
|
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|
|
"massacre",
|
|
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|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
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|
|
"assassination",
|
|
|
|
|
"execution",
|
|
|
|
|
"hit",
|
|
|
|
|
"euthanasia",
|
|
|
|
|
"mercy killing",
|
|
|
|
|
"filicide",
|
|
|
|
|
"fratricide",
|
|
|
|
|
"matricide",
|
|
|
|
|
"parricide",
|
|
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|
|
"patricide",
|
|
|
|
|
"regicide",
|
|
|
|
|
"uxoricide"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"the use of brute strength to cause harm to a person or property":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the suspect has a long history of foul play , and was once convicted on assault and battery charges"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"force",
|
|
|
|
|
"violence"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
|
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
|
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
|
|
|
"duress",
|
|
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|
|
"pressure",
|
|
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|
|
"barbarity",
|
|
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|
|
"brutality",
|
|
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|
|
"savagery",
|
|
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|
|
"damage",
|
|
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|
|
"detriment",
|
|
|
|
|
"harm",
|
|
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|
|
"hurt",
|
|
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|
|
"impairment",
|
|
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|
|
"injury",
|
|
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|
|
"crippling",
|
|
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|
|
"maiming",
|
|
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|
|
"mayhem",
|
|
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|
|
"mutilation",
|
|
|
|
|
"assault",
|
|
|
|
|
"attack",
|
|
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|
|
"bashing",
|
|
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|
|
"battering",
|
|
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|
|
"battery",
|
|
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|
|
"batting",
|
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|
|
"beating",
|
|
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|
|
"belting",
|
|
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|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
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|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
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|
|
"clubbing",
|
|
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|
|
"cudgeling",
|
|
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|
|
"cudgelling",
|
|
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|
|
"drubbing",
|
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|
|
"flogging",
|
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|
|
"hammering",
|
|
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|
|
"lacing",
|
|
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|
|
"licking",
|
|
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|
|
"mauling",
|
|
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|
|
"paddling",
|
|
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|
|
"pelting",
|
|
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|
|
"pommeling",
|
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|
|
"pommelling",
|
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|
|
"pounding",
|
|
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|
|
"pummeling",
|
|
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|
|
"pummelling",
|
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|
|
"smashing",
|
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|
|
"socking",
|
|
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|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
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|
|
"thumping",
|
|
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|
|
"tromping",
|
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|
|
"walloping",
|
|
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|
|
"whaling",
|
|
|
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
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|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
|
|
|
"fury",
|
|
|
|
|
"onslaught",
|
|
|
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
|
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
|
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
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|
|
"rage",
|
|
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|
|
"rampage",
|
|
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|
|
"revolt",
|
|
|
|
|
"riot",
|
|
|
|
|
"rupture",
|
|
|
|
|
"shock",
|
|
|
|
|
"storm",
|
|
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|
|
"terror",
|
|
|
|
|
"threat",
|
|
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|
|
"tumult",
|
|
|
|
|
"turbulence",
|
|
|
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
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|
|
"uproar",
|
|
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|
|
"browbeating",
|
|
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|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
|
|
|
"bullying",
|
|
|
|
|
"hectoring",
|
|
|
|
|
"strong-arming"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"pacificism",
|
|
|
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nonviolence"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foul-up":{
|
|
|
|
|
"an instance of confusion":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"there was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"mix-up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
|
|
|
"botch",
|
|
|
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
|
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
|
|
|
"error",
|
|
|
|
|
"fault",
|
|
|
|
|
"flub",
|
|
|
|
|
"goof",
|
|
|
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
|
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
|
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
|
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
|
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
|
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
|
|
|
"slip",
|
|
|
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
|
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"chaos",
|
|
|
|
|
"confusion",
|
|
|
|
|
"disarrangement",
|
|
|
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
|
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
|
|
|
"disorganization",
|
|
|
|
|
"hash",
|
|
|
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
|
|
|
"mess",
|
|
|
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
|
|
|
"shambles"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"tried not to foul up the football play"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blow",
|
|
|
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
|
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
|
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"bollix (up)",
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"boot",
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"botch",
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"bugger (up)",
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"bumble",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"dub",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foozle",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mangle",
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"mess (up)",
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"muck up",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"screw up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"gum (up)",
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"muddle",
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"piffle",
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"blemish",
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"blight",
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"damage",
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"flaw",
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"harm",
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"hurt",
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"impair",
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"injure",
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"mar",
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"mutilate",
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"ruin",
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"spoil",
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"vitiate",
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"destroy",
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"wreck",
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"mishandle",
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"mismanage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorate",
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"better",
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"enhance",
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"help",
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"improve",
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"meliorate",
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"rectify",
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"refine",
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"reform",
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"remedy",
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"doctor",
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"fix",
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"patch",
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"recondition",
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"renovate",
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"repair",
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"revamp"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a mistake":{
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"examples":[
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"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"boob",
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"err",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mess (up)",
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"screw up",
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"slip up",
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"stumble",
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"trip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nod",
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"bobble",
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"botch",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"foozle",
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"mangle",
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"mishandle",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"miscalculate",
|
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"misconceive",
|
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|
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"miscount",
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"miscue",
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|
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"misdeem",
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|
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"misgauge",
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"misjudge",
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"mistake",
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"misconstrue",
|
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"misinterpret",
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"misunderstand"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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|
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"antonyms":[]
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|
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"four-star":{
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"of the very best kind":{
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"examples":[
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"a home film library with nothing but four-star pictures"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"A-OK",
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"A1",
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"awesome",
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"bang-up",
|
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"banner",
|
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"beautiful",
|
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|
|
"blue-chip",
|
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|
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"blue-ribbon",
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|
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"boffo",
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|
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"bonny",
|
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"bonnie",
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|
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"boss",
|
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|
|
"brag",
|
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"brave",
|
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|
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"bully",
|
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"bumper",
|
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|
|
"capital",
|
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|
|
"choice",
|
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|
|
"classic",
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|
|
"cool",
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|
|
"corking",
|
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|
|
"crackerjack",
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|
"cracking",
|
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|
|
"dandy",
|
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|
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"divine",
|
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|
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"dope",
|
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"down",
|
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|
|
"dynamite",
|
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|
|
"excellent",
|
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|
|
"fab",
|
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|
|
"fabulous",
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|
|
"famous",
|
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|
|
"fantabulous",
|
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|
|
"fantastic",
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|
|
"fine",
|
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|
|
"first-class",
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|
|
"first-rate",
|
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|
|
"first-string",
|
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|
|
"five-star",
|
|
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|
|
"frontline",
|
|
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|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
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|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
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|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
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|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
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|
|
"gone",
|
|
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|
|
"grand",
|
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|
|
"great",
|
|
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|
|
"groovy",
|
|
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|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
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|
|
"high-class",
|
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|
|
"hot",
|
|
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|
|
"hype",
|
|
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|
|
"immense",
|
|
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|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
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|
|
"keen",
|
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|
|
"lovely",
|
|
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|
|
"marvelous",
|
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|
|
"marvellous",
|
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|
|
"mean",
|
|
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|
|
"neat",
|
|
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|
|
"nifty",
|
|
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|
|
"noble",
|
|
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|
|
"number one",
|
|
|
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
|
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
|
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
|
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
|
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
|
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
|
|
|
"phat",
|
|
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|
|
"prime",
|
|
|
|
|
"primo",
|
|
|
|
|
"prize",
|
|
|
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
|
|
|
"quality",
|
|
|
|
|
"radical",
|
|
|
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
|
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
|
|
|
"slick",
|
|
|
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
|
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
|
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
|
|
|
"superb",
|
|
|
|
|
"superior",
|
|
|
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
|
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
|
|
|
"swell",
|
|
|
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
|
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
|
|
|
"top",
|
|
|
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
|
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
|
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
|
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
|
|
|
"topping",
|
|
|
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
|
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
|
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
|
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
|
|
|
"all right",
|
|
|
|
|
"decent",
|
|
|
|
|
"good",
|
|
|
|
|
"OK",
|
|
|
|
|
"okay",
|
|
|
|
|
"passable",
|
|
|
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
|
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
|
|
|
"better",
|
|
|
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
|
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
|
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
|
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
|
|
|
"premium",
|
|
|
|
|
"select",
|
|
|
|
|
"special",
|
|
|
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
|
|
|
"classical",
|
|
|
|
|
"standard",
|
|
|
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bad",
|
|
|
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
|
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
|
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
|
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
|
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
|
|
|
"middling",
|
|
|
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
|
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
|
|
|
"awful",
|
|
|
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
|
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
|
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
|
|
|
"poor",
|
|
|
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
|
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
|
|
|
"vile",
|
|
|
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foulness":{
|
|
|
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the foulness of your language means that your post won't get on the Web site's bulletin board"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"blueness",
|
|
|
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
|
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"filth",
|
|
|
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
|
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
|
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
|
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
|
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
|
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
|
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
|
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
|
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
|
|
|
"smut",
|
|
|
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
|
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
|
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
|
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
|
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
|
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
|
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
|
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
|
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
|
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
|
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
|
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
|
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
|
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
|
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
|
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
|
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
|
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
|
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
|
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
|
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
|
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
|
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
|
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
|
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
|
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
|
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
|
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
|
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
|
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
|
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
|
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
|
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
|
|
|
"primness",
|
|
|
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
|
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
|
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
|
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
|
|
|
"decency",
|
|
|
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
|
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
|
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
|
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
|
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
|
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
|
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
|
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
|
|
|
"purity",
|
|
|
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"she couldn't believe the foulness of her daughter's room, and ordered her to clean it"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
|
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
|
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
|
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
|
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"grubbiness",
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"nastiness",
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"smuttiness",
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"soilage",
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"sordidness",
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"squalidness",
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"uncleanliness",
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"uncleanness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"discoloration",
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"staining",
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"impureness",
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"impurity",
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"messiness",
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"mussiness",
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"sloppiness",
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"untidiness",
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"insanitation",
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"squalor",
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"muddiness",
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"sootiness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"purity"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cleanliness",
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"spotlessness"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"found fault (with)":{
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"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
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"examples":[
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"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blamed",
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"censured",
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"condemned",
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"criticized",
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"denounced",
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"dispraised",
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"dissed",
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"faulted",
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"knocked",
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"panned",
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"reprehended",
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"slagged"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"skewered",
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"tweaked",
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"assailed",
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"attacked",
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"blasted",
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"clobbered",
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"slammed",
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"slashed",
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"nicked (at)",
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"sniped (at)",
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"beefed",
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"bellyached",
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"bitched",
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"carped",
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"caviled",
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"cavilled",
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"complained",
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"crabbed",
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"croaked",
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"fussed",
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"griped",
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"groused",
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"growled",
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"grumbled",
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"kicked",
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"kvetched",
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"moaned",
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"murmured",
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"muttered",
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"niggled",
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"quibbled",
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"whined",
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"admonished",
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"chid",
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"chided",
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"drubbed",
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"rebuked",
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"reprimanded",
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"reproached",
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"reproved",
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"berated",
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"castigated",
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"crucified",
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"excoriated",
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"flayed",
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"gibbeted",
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"hammered",
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"keelhauled",
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"lambasted",
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"lashed",
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"pilloried",
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"scolded",
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"upbraided",
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"bad-mouthed",
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"belittled",
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"decried",
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"derided",
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"discommended",
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"disparaged",
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"put down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approved",
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"commended",
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"endorsed",
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"indorsed",
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"recommended",
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"sanctioned"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"extolled",
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"lauded",
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"praised"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"fouling":{
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"to make dirty":{
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"examples":[
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|
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"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
|
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],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
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"befouling",
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"begriming",
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"bemiring",
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"besmirching",
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"blackening",
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|
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"daubing",
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"dirtying",
|
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|
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"distaining",
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|
|
"gauming",
|
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|
|
"griming",
|
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|
|
"miring",
|
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|
|
"mucking",
|
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|
|
"muddying",
|
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|
|
"smirching",
|
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|
|
"smudging",
|
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|
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"soiling",
|
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|
|
"staining",
|
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|
|
"sullying"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"contaminating",
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|
|
"defiling",
|
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|
|
"polluting",
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|
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"tainting",
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|
|
"discoloring",
|
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|
|
"confusing",
|
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|
|
"disarranging",
|
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|
|
"disarraying",
|
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|
|
"disheveling",
|
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|
|
"dishevelling",
|
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|
|
"disordering",
|
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|
|
"draggling",
|
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|
|
"jumbling",
|
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|
|
"messing",
|
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|
|
"muddling",
|
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|
|
"collying",
|
|
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|
|
"crocking"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"decontaminating",
|
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|
|
"purging",
|
|
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|
|
"purifying",
|
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|
|
"disinfecting",
|
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|
|
"sanitizing",
|
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|
|
"brushing",
|
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|
|
"dry-cleaning",
|
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|
|
"dusting",
|
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|
|
"laundering",
|
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|
|
"mopping",
|
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|
|
"rinsing",
|
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|
|
"scouring",
|
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|
|
"scrubbing",
|
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|
|
"sweeping",
|
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|
|
"washing",
|
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|
|
"wiping",
|
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|
|
"brightening",
|
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|
|
"deodorizing",
|
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|
|
"freshening",
|
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|
|
"renewing",
|
|
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|
|
"sprucing (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"straightening (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"tidying (up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleansing"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"befouling",
|
|
|
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
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|
|
"defiling",
|
|
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|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
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|
|
"polluting",
|
|
|
|
|
"tainting"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"infecting",
|
|
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|
|
"begriming",
|
|
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|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
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|
|
"blackening",
|
|
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|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
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|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
|
|
|
"griming",
|
|
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|
|
"miring",
|
|
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|
|
"muddying",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
|
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
|
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
|
|
|
"staining",
|
|
|
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
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|
|
"corrupting",
|
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|
|
"rotting",
|
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|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
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|
|
"adulterating",
|
|
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|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
|
|
|
"diluting",
|
|
|
|
|
"watering down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
|
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
|
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
|
|
|
"purging",
|
|
|
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
|
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
|
|
|
"sanitizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"sterilizing"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
|
|
|
"purifying"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
|
|
|
"chastening",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
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|
|
"debasing",
|
|
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|
|
"degrading",
|
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|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
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|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
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|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
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|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
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|
|
"humbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
|
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
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|
|
"shaming",
|
|
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|
|
"sinking",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
|
|
|
"taking down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
|
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
|
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
|
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
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|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
|
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
|
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
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|
|
"flustering",
|
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|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
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|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
|
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
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|
|
"belittling",
|
|
|
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"crying down",
|
|
|
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciating",
|
|
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|
|
"detracting",
|
|
|
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
|
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
|
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
|
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
|
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
|
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
|
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
|
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
|
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
|
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
|
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
|
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
|
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
|
|
|
"damning",
|
|
|
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
|
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprobating"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
|
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
|
|
|
"boasting",
|
|
|
|
|
"celebrating",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
|
|
|
"citing",
|
|
|
|
|
"commending",
|
|
|
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
|
|
|
"congratulating",
|
|
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|
|
"decorating",
|
|
|
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
|
|
|
"feting",
|
|
|
|
|
"f\u00eating",
|
|
|
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
|
|
|
"lauding",
|
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|
|
"praising",
|
|
|
|
|
"saluting",
|
|
|
|
|
"touting",
|
|
|
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
|
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
|
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
|
|
|
"spotlighting",
|
|
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|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
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|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
|
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
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|
|
"enskying",
|
|
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|
|
"enthroning",
|
|
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|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
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|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
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|
|
"advancing",
|
|
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|
|
"boosting",
|
|
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|
|
"lifting",
|
|
|
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
|
|
|
"raising",
|
|
|
|
|
"upgrading",
|
|
|
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
|
|
|
"idealizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"romanticizing"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"canonizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"deifying",
|
|
|
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
|
|
|
"exalting"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
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"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaking down",
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"corrupting",
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"decaying",
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"decomposing",
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"disintegrating",
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"festering",
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"moldering",
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"molding",
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"perishing",
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"putrefying",
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"rotting",
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"spoiling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"souring",
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"turning",
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"turning off",
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"contaminating",
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"defiling",
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"polluting",
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"tainting",
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"addling",
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"curdling",
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"fermenting",
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"mortifying",
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"rusting",
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"crumbling",
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"declining",
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"degenerating",
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"descending",
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"deteriorating",
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"dilapidating",
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"sinking",
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"withering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aging",
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"ageing",
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"developing",
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"growing",
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"maturing",
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"ripening",
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"refreshing",
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"renewing",
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"restoring",
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"cleansing",
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"purifying",
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"assembling",
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"composing",
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"integrating",
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"ameliorating",
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"bettering",
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"improving",
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"meliorating"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"founding fathers":{
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"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
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"examples":[
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"Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"authors",
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"begetters",
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"creators",
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"establishers",
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"fathers",
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"founders",
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"generators",
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"inaugurators",
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"initiators",
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"instituters",
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"institutors",
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"originators",
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"sires"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cocreators",
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"co-creators",
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"cofounders",
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"co-founders",
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"conceivers",
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"contrivers",
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"designers",
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"devisers",
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"formulators",
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"innovators",
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"introducers",
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"inventors",
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"spawners",
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"builders",
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"makers",
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"producers",
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"developers",
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"pioneers",
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"researchers",
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"researchists",
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"organizers",
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"promoters",
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"encouragers",
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"galvanizers",
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"inspirations",
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"inspirers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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|
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"disciples",
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"followers",
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|
"pupils",
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"students",
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"supporters"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fouls":{
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"to make dirty":{
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"examples":[
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|
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"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
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],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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"befouls",
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"begrimes",
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"bemires",
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"besmirches",
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|
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"blackens",
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|
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"daubs",
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|
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"dirties",
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"distains",
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"gaums",
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|
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"grimes",
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"mires",
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|
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"mucks",
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"muddies",
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|
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"smirches",
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|
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"smudges",
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|
|
"soils",
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|
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"stains",
|
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|
|
"sullies"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"contaminates",
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|
|
"defiles",
|
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|
|
"pollutes",
|
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|
|
"taints",
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|
|
"discolors",
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|
|
"confuses",
|
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|
|
"disarranges",
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|
|
"disarrays",
|
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|
|
"dishevels",
|
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|
|
"disorders",
|
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|
|
"draggles",
|
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|
|
"jumbles",
|
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|
|
"messes",
|
|
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|
|
"muddles",
|
|
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|
|
"collies",
|
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|
|
"crocks"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
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|
|
"purges",
|
|
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|
|
"purifies",
|
|
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|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
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|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
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|
|
"brushes",
|
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|
|
"dry-cleans",
|
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|
|
"dusts",
|
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|
|
"launders",
|
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|
|
"mops",
|
|
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|
|
"rinses",
|
|
|
|
|
"scours",
|
|
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|
|
"scrubs",
|
|
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|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
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|
|
"washes",
|
|
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|
|
"wipes",
|
|
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|
|
"brightens",
|
|
|
|
|
"deodorizes",
|
|
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|
|
"freshens",
|
|
|
|
|
"renews",
|
|
|
|
|
"spruces (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"straightens (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"tidies (up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleanses"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"befouls",
|
|
|
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
|
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
|
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
|
|
|
"taints"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"infects",
|
|
|
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
|
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
|
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
|
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
|
|
|
"grimes",
|
|
|
|
|
"mires",
|
|
|
|
|
"muddies",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
|
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
|
|
|
"soils",
|
|
|
|
|
"stains",
|
|
|
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
|
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
|
|
|
"rots",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
|
|
|
"adulterates",
|
|
|
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
|
|
|
"dilutes",
|
|
|
|
|
"waters down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
|
|
|
"clears",
|
|
|
|
|
"distills",
|
|
|
|
|
"distils",
|
|
|
|
|
"purges",
|
|
|
|
|
"filters",
|
|
|
|
|
"disinfects",
|
|
|
|
|
"sanitizes",
|
|
|
|
|
"sterilizes"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"decontaminates",
|
|
|
|
|
"purifies"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abases",
|
|
|
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
|
|
|
"debases",
|
|
|
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
|
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
|
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
|
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
|
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
|
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
|
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
|
|
|
"shames",
|
|
|
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
|
|
|
"takes down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
|
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
|
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
|
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
|
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
|
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
|
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
|
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
|
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
|
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
|
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
|
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
|
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
|
|
|
"cries down",
|
|
|
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
|
|
|
"decries",
|
|
|
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
|
|
|
"detracts",
|
|
|
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
|
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
|
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
|
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
|
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
|
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
|
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
|
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
|
|
|
"defames",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
|
|
|
"libels",
|
|
|
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
|
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
|
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
|
|
|
"insults",
|
|
|
|
|
"censures",
|
|
|
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
|
|
|
"damns",
|
|
|
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
|
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
|
|
|
"reprobates"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
|
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
|
|
|
"boasts",
|
|
|
|
|
"celebrates",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
|
|
|
"cites",
|
|
|
|
|
"commends",
|
|
|
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
|
|
|
"congratulates",
|
|
|
|
|
"decorates",
|
|
|
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
|
|
|
"extols",
|
|
|
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
|
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
|
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
|
|
|
"hails",
|
|
|
|
|
"honors",
|
|
|
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
|
|
|
"praises",
|
|
|
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
|
|
|
"touts",
|
|
|
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
|
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
|
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
|
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
|
|
|
"spotlights",
|
|
|
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
|
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
|
|
|
"enskies",
|
|
|
|
|
"enthrones",
|
|
|
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"advances",
|
|
|
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
|
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
|
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
|
|
|
"raises",
|
|
|
|
|
"upgrades",
|
|
|
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
|
|
|
"idealizes",
|
|
|
|
|
"romanticizes"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
|
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
|
|
|
"deifies",
|
|
|
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
|
|
|
"exalts"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
|
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
|
|
|
"decays",
|
|
|
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
|
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
|
|
|
"festers",
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"molders",
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"molds",
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"perishes",
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"putrefies",
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"rots",
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"spoils"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sours",
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"turns",
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"turns off",
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"contaminates",
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"defiles",
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"pollutes",
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"taints",
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"addles",
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"curdles",
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"ferments",
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"mortifies",
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"rusts",
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"crumbles",
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"declines",
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"degenerates",
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"descends",
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"deteriorates",
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"dilapidates",
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"sinks",
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"withers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ages",
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"develops",
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"grows",
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"matures",
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"ripens",
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"refreshes",
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"renews",
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"restores",
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"cleanses",
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"purifies",
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"assembles",
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"composes",
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"integrates",
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"ameliorates",
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"betters",
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"improves",
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"meliorates"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fouling up":{
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"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
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"examples":[
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"tried not to foul up the football play"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blowing",
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"bobbling",
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"boggling",
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"bollixing (up)",
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"booting",
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"botching",
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"buggering (up)",
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"bumbling",
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"bungling",
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"butchering",
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"dubbing",
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"flubbing",
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"fluffing",
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"foozling",
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"fumbling",
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"goofing (up)",
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"lousing up",
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"mangling",
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"messing (up)",
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|
"mucking up",
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"muffing",
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"murdering",
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"screwing up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blundering",
|
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|
|
"gumming (up)",
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|
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"muddling",
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|
|
"piffling",
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|
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"blemishing",
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|
"blighting",
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"damaging",
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"flawing",
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"harming",
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|
"hurting",
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"impairing",
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|
|
"injuring",
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|
|
"marring",
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|
|
"mutilating",
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|
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"ruining",
|
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|
|
"spoiling",
|
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"vitiating",
|
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|
"destroying",
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"wrecking",
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"mishandling",
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"mismanaging"
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],
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|
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"near antonyms":[
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"ameliorating",
|
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|
"bettering",
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|
|
"enhancing",
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|
|
"helping",
|
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|
|
"improving",
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|
|
"meliorating",
|
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|
|
"rectifying",
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|
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"refining",
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|
|
"reforming",
|
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|
|
"remedying",
|
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|
|
"doctoring",
|
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|
|
"fixing",
|
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|
|
"patching",
|
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|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
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|
|
"renovating",
|
|
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|
|
"repairing",
|
|
|
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
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|
|
"boobing",
|
|
|
|
|
"erring",
|
|
|
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
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|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
|
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
|
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"screwing up",
|
|
|
|
|
"slipping up",
|
|
|
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
|
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"botching",
|
|
|
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
|
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
|
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
|
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
|
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
|
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
|
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
|
|
|
"miscalculating",
|
|
|
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
|
|
|
"miscounting",
|
|
|
|
|
"miscuing",
|
|
|
|
|
"misdeeming",
|
|
|
|
|
"misgauging",
|
|
|
|
|
"misgaging",
|
|
|
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
|
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
|
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
|
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
|
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foundering":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in sinking":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
|
|
|
"beaching",
|
|
|
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
|
|
|
"stranding",
|
|
|
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
|
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
|
|
|
"shipwrecking",
|
|
|
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
|
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
|
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
|
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
|
|
|
"salvaging"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
|
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
|
|
|
"cratering",
|
|
|
|
|
"failing",
|
|
|
|
|
"flaming out",
|
|
|
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
|
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
|
|
|
"folding",
|
|
|
|
|
"missing",
|
|
|
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
|
|
|
"tanking",
|
|
|
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
|
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
|
|
|
"declining",
|
|
|
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
|
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
|
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
|
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
|
|
|
"waning",
|
|
|
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"miscarrying",
|
|
|
|
|
"misfiring",
|
|
|
|
|
"going under",
|
|
|
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
|
|
|
"self-destructing"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
|
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
|
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
|
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
|
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
|
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
|
|
|
"winning"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
|
|
|
"coming off",
|
|
|
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
|
|
|
"going",
|
|
|
|
|
"going over",
|
|
|
|
|
"panning out",
|
|
|
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
|
|
|
"working out"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"buckling",
|
|
|
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
|
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
|
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
|
|
|
"giving",
|
|
|
|
|
"going",
|
|
|
|
|
"going out",
|
|
|
|
|
"imploding",
|
|
|
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
|
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
|
|
|
"melting",
|
|
|
|
|
"melting down",
|
|
|
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
|
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
|
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"dying",
|
|
|
|
|
"failing",
|
|
|
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
|
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
|
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
|
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
|
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
|
|
|
"splintering",
|
|
|
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
|
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
|
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"popping",
|
|
|
|
|
"snapping"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
|
|
|
"rising",
|
|
|
|
|
"swelling"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"found object":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in objet trouv\u00e9":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"objet trouv\u00e9",
|
|
|
|
|
"curio",
|
|
|
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
|
|
|
"exotic",
|
|
|
|
|
"objet d'art",
|
|
|
|
|
"objet",
|
|
|
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
|
|
|
"oddment",
|
|
|
|
|
"rarity",
|
|
|
|
|
"curiosa",
|
|
|
|
|
"ephemera",
|
|
|
|
|
"virtu",
|
|
|
|
|
"vertu",
|
|
|
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
|
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
|
|
|
"rara avis",
|
|
|
|
|
"rare bird",
|
|
|
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
|
|
|
"abnormality",
|
|
|
|
|
"anomaly",
|
|
|
|
|
"freak",
|
|
|
|
|
"monster",
|
|
|
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
|
|
|
"malformation",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutant",
|
|
|
|
|
"mutation"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"fountaining":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in gushing , spouting":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
|
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
|
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
|
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
|
|
|
"racing",
|
|
|
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
|
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
|
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
|
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
|
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
|
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
|
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
|
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
|
|
|
"arising",
|
|
|
|
|
"disemboguing",
|
|
|
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
|
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
|
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
|
|
|
"springing",
|
|
|
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
|
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
|
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
|
|
|
"guttering",
|
|
|
|
|
"riffling",
|
|
|
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
|
|
|
"sheeting",
|
|
|
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
|
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
|
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
|
|
|
"rolling",
|
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"running",
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"streaming",
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"flushing",
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"washing out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"backing up",
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"clotting",
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"coagulating",
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"congealing",
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"gelling",
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"hardening",
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"setting"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"found":{
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"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
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"examples":[
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"John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"begin",
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"constitute",
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"establish",
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"inaugurate",
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"initiate",
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"innovate",
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"institute",
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"introduce",
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"launch",
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"pioneer",
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"plant",
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"set up",
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"start"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"author",
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"father",
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"originate",
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"conceive",
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"concoct",
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"contrive",
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"cook (up)",
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"create",
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"devise",
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"fabricate",
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"invent",
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"make up",
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"manufacture",
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"produce",
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"think (up)",
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"construct",
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"put up",
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"develop",
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"enlarge",
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"expand",
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"endow",
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"finance",
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"fund",
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"subsidize",
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"arrange",
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"organize",
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"systematize",
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"systemize",
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"refound",
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"reinitiate",
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"reinstitute",
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"relaunch"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abolish",
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"annihilate",
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"annul",
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"nullify",
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"end",
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"finish",
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"halt",
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"stop",
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"terminate",
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"round (off or out)",
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"wind up",
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"wrap up"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"close (down)",
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"phase out",
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"shut (up)"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"founding father":{
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"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
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"examples":[
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"Theodor Herzl is often credited as the founding father of modern Zionism"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"author",
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"begetter",
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"creator",
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"establisher",
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"father",
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"founder",
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|
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"generator",
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"inaugurator",
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"initiator",
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"instituter",
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"institutor",
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"originator",
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"sire"
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],
|
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|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"cocreator",
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|
|
"cofounder",
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"conceiver",
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|
|
"contriver",
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|
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"designer",
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|
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"deviser",
|
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|
|
"formulator",
|
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|
|
"innovator",
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|
|
"introducer",
|
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|
|
"inventor",
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|
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"spawner",
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|
"builder",
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|
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|
|
"maker",
|
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|
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"producer",
|
|
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|
|
"developer",
|
|
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|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
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|
|
"researcher",
|
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|
|
"researchist",
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|
|
"organizer",
|
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|
|
"promoter",
|
|
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|
|
"encourager",
|
|
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|
|
"galvanizer",
|
|
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|
|
"inspiration",
|
|
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|
|
"inspirer"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
|
|
|
"follower",
|
|
|
|
|
"pupil",
|
|
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|
|
"student",
|
|
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|
|
"supporter"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"fouled":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in polluted , contaminated":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"impure",
|
|
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|
|
"polluted",
|
|
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|
|
"tainted",
|
|
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|
|
"curdled",
|
|
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|
|
"fermented",
|
|
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|
|
"off",
|
|
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|
|
"rancid",
|
|
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|
|
"rank",
|
|
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|
|
"sour",
|
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|
|
"soured",
|
|
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|
|
"sourish",
|
|
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|
|
"turned",
|
|
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|
|
"corroded",
|
|
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|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
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|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
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|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
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|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
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|
|
"addled",
|
|
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|
|
"bad",
|
|
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|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
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|
|
"decayed",
|
|
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|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
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|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
|
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
|
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
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|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
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|
|
"decaying",
|
|
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|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
|
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
|
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
|
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
|
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
|
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
|
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
|
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
|
|
|
"gangrenous"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"undecomposed",
|
|
|
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
|
|
|
"good",
|
|
|
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
|
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
|
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
|
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
|
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
|
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to make dirty":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the mechanic fouled the bath towels with axle grease"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
|
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
|
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
|
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
|
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
|
|
|
"daubed",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
|
|
|
"distained",
|
|
|
|
|
"gaumed",
|
|
|
|
|
"grimed",
|
|
|
|
|
"mired",
|
|
|
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
|
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
|
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
|
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"stained",
|
|
|
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
|
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
|
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
|
|
|
"confused",
|
|
|
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
|
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
|
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
|
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
|
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
|
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
|
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
|
|
|
"messed",
|
|
|
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
|
|
|
"collied",
|
|
|
|
|
"crocked"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"purged",
|
|
|
|
|
"purified",
|
|
|
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
|
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
|
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
|
|
|
"dry-cleaned",
|
|
|
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
|
|
|
"laundered",
|
|
|
|
|
"mopped",
|
|
|
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
|
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
|
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
|
|
|
"swept",
|
|
|
|
|
"washed",
|
|
|
|
|
"wiped",
|
|
|
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
|
|
|
"deodorized",
|
|
|
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
|
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
|
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"straightened (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"tidied (up)"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleansed"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to make unfit for use by the addition of something harmful or undesirable":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"industrial pollution fouling the water supply"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
|
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
|
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
|
|
|
"tainted"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"infected",
|
|
|
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
|
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
|
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
|
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
|
|
|
"grimed",
|
|
|
|
|
"mired",
|
|
|
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
|
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
|
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"stained",
|
|
|
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
|
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
|
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
|
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
|
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
|
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
|
|
|
"diluted",
|
|
|
|
|
"watered down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
|
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
|
|
|
"purged",
|
|
|
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
|
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
|
|
|
"sanitized",
|
|
|
|
|
"sterilized"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
|
|
|
"purified"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"the minister was irreparably fouled by baseless rumors and allegations"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abased",
|
|
|
|
|
"chastened",
|
|
|
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
|
|
|
"debased",
|
|
|
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
|
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
|
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
|
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
|
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
|
|
|
"humbled",
|
|
|
|
|
"humiliated",
|
|
|
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
|
|
|
"sank",
|
|
|
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
|
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
|
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
|
|
|
"took down"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
|
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
|
|
|
"confused",
|
|
|
|
|
"discomfited",
|
|
|
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
|
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
|
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
|
|
|
"fazed",
|
|
|
|
|
"flustered",
|
|
|
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonplussed",
|
|
|
|
|
"nonplused",
|
|
|
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
|
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
|
|
|
"castigated",
|
|
|
|
|
"cried down",
|
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"criticized",
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"decried",
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"depreciated",
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"detracted",
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"diminished",
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"discounted",
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"disparaged",
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"minimized",
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"put down",
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"ridiculed",
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"wrote off",
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"bad-mouthed",
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"defamed",
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"defiled",
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"libeled",
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"libelled",
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"maligned",
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"slandered",
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"affronted",
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"insulted",
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"censured",
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"condemned",
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"damned",
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"denounced",
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"execrated",
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"reprehended",
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"reprobated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaimed",
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"applauded",
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"boasted",
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"celebrated",
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"cheered",
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"cited",
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"commended",
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"complimented",
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"congratulated",
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"decorated",
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"eulogized",
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"extolled",
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"feted",
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"f\u00eated",
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"hailed",
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"honored",
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"lauded",
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"praised",
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"saluted",
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"touted",
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"acknowledged",
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"recognized",
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"highlighted",
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"played up",
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"spotlighted",
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"spotlit",
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"dignified",
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"ennobled",
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"enshrined",
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"enskied",
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"enthroned",
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"glorified",
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"magnified",
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"advanced",
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"boosted",
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"lifted",
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"promoted",
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"raised",
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"upgraded",
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"uplifted",
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"idealized",
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"romanticized"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"aggrandized",
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"canonized",
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"deified",
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"elevated",
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"exalted"
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]
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},
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"to go through decomposition":{
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"examples":[
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"unless you want to smell the organic refuse as it fouls , locate the compost heap away from the house"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broke down",
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"corrupted",
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"decayed",
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"decomposed",
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"disintegrated",
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"festered",
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|
"molded",
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"moldered",
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"perished",
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"putrefied",
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|
"rotted",
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|
"spoiled",
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"spoilt"
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],
|
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|
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"near synonyms":[
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"soured",
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"turned",
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"turned off",
|
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|
"contaminated",
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|
"defiled",
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|
"polluted",
|
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|
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"tainted",
|
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"addled",
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|
|
"curdled",
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"fermented",
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"mortified",
|
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"rusted",
|
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|
"crumbled",
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|
|
"declined",
|
|
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|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
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|
|
"descended",
|
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|
|
"deteriorated",
|
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|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
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|
|
"sank",
|
|
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|
|
"sunk",
|
|
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|
|
"withered"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"aged",
|
|
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|
|
"developed",
|
|
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|
|
"grew",
|
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|
|
"matured",
|
|
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|
|
"ripened",
|
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|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
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|
|
"renewed",
|
|
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|
|
"restored",
|
|
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|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
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|
|
"purified",
|
|
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|
|
"assembled",
|
|
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|
|
"composed",
|
|
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|
|
"integrated",
|
|
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|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
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|
|
"bettered",
|
|
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|
|
"improved",
|
|
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|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
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"type":[
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|
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|
|
"adjective",
|
|
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|
|
"verb"
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"found out":{
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|
|
"to come to an awareness of":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"that was around the time that I found out I was adopted"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
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|
|
"caught on (to)",
|
|
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|
|
"discovered",
|
|
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|
|
"got on (to)",
|
|
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|
|
"heard",
|
|
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|
|
"learned",
|
|
|
|
|
"realized",
|
|
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|
|
"saw",
|
|
|
|
|
"wised (up)"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
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|
|
"tumbled (to)",
|
|
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|
|
"descried",
|
|
|
|
|
"detected",
|
|
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|
|
"encountered",
|
|
|
|
|
"espied",
|
|
|
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
|
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
|
|
|
"doped (out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"figured out",
|
|
|
|
|
"found",
|
|
|
|
|
"puzzled (out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
|
|
|
"minded",
|
|
|
|
|
"noted",
|
|
|
|
|
"observed",
|
|
|
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
|
|
|
"divined"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"missed",
|
|
|
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
|
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
|
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
|
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
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|
|
"unlearned",
|
|
|
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
|
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
|
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
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|
|
"concealed",
|
|
|
|
|
"covered",
|
|
|
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
|
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
|
|
|
"hid",
|
|
|
|
|
"masked",
|
|
|
|
|
"occulted",
|
|
|
|
|
"screened",
|
|
|
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
|
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"ascertained",
|
|
|
|
|
"descried",
|
|
|
|
|
"detected",
|
|
|
|
|
"determined",
|
|
|
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
|
|
|
"dredged (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
|
|
|
"dug up",
|
|
|
|
|
"ferreted (out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"found",
|
|
|
|
|
"got",
|
|
|
|
|
"hit (on or upon)",
|
|
|
|
|
"hunted (down or up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"learned",
|
|
|
|
|
"located",
|
|
|
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
|
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
|
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"routed (out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"rummaged",
|
|
|
|
|
"scared up",
|
|
|
|
|
"scouted (up)",
|
|
|
|
|
"tracked (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"espied",
|
|
|
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
|
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
|
|
|
"looked for",
|
|
|
|
|
"searched (for or out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"sought"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"lost",
|
|
|
|
|
"mislaid",
|
|
|
|
|
"misplaced",
|
|
|
|
|
"misset",
|
|
|
|
|
"mis-set"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"missed",
|
|
|
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
|
|
|
"passed over"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foully":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in nastily , filthily":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
|
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
|
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
|
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
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|
|
"nastily",
|
|
|
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
|
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
|
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
|
|
|
"messily",
|
|
|
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
|
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
|
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
|
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
|
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
|
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
|
|
|
"smart",
|
|
|
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
|
|
|
"sprucely",
|
|
|
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
|
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
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|
|
"tidily",
|
|
|
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
|
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
|
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
|
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
|
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
|
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
|
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
|
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
|
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"four-in-hand":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in hansom , phaeton":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
|
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
|
|
|
"buckboard",
|
|
|
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
|
|
|
"cab",
|
|
|
|
|
"cabriolet",
|
|
|
|
|
"calash",
|
|
|
|
|
"cal\u00e8che",
|
|
|
|
|
"caleche",
|
|
|
|
|
"caroche",
|
|
|
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
|
|
|
"chaise",
|
|
|
|
|
"chariot",
|
|
|
|
|
"coach",
|
|
|
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
|
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
|
|
|
"curricle",
|
|
|
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
|
|
|
"dogcart",
|
|
|
|
|
"droshky",
|
|
|
|
|
"drosky",
|
|
|
|
|
"gig",
|
|
|
|
|
"go-cart",
|
|
|
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
|
|
|
"hansom",
|
|
|
|
|
"hansom cab",
|
|
|
|
|
"jaunting car",
|
|
|
|
|
"landau",
|
|
|
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
|
|
|
"post chaise",
|
|
|
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
|
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
|
|
|
"stage",
|
|
|
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
|
|
|
"stanhope",
|
|
|
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
|
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
|
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
|
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
|
|
|
"trap",
|
|
|
|
|
"troika",
|
|
|
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
|
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
|
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
|
|
|
"rig",
|
|
|
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"founders":{
|
|
|
|
|
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
|
|
|
"Maria Montessori was the founder of an educational system dedicated to maximizing a child's creative potential"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"authors",
|
|
|
|
|
"begetters",
|
|
|
|
|
"creators",
|
|
|
|
|
"establishers",
|
|
|
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
|
|
|
"founding fathers",
|
|
|
|
|
"generators",
|
|
|
|
|
"inaugurators",
|
|
|
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"initiators",
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"instituters",
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"institutors",
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"originators",
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"sires"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cocreators",
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"co-creators",
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"cofounders",
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"co-founders",
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"conceivers",
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"contrivers",
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"designers",
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"devisers",
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"formulators",
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"innovators",
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"introducers",
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"inventors",
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"spawners",
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"builders",
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"makers",
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"producers",
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"developers",
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"pioneers",
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"researchers",
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"researchists",
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"organizers",
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"promoters",
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"encouragers",
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"galvanizers",
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"inspirations",
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"inspirers"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disciples",
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"followers",
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"pupils",
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"students",
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"supporters"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be unsuccessful":{
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"examples":[
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"the theater company foundered after its corporate funding dried up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bombs",
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"collapses",
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"craters",
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"fails",
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"flames out",
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"flops",
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"flunks",
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"folds",
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"misses",
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"strikes out",
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"tanks",
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"washes out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flounders",
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"struggles",
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"declines",
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"sinks",
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"skids",
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"slips",
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"slumps",
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"wanes",
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"crashes",
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"crumbles",
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"miscarries",
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"misfires",
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"goes under",
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"implodes",
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"self-destructs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cooks",
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"flourishes",
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"prospers",
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"thrives",
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"prevails",
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"triumphs",
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"wins"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clicks",
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"comes off",
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"delivers",
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"goes",
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"goes over",
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"pans out",
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"succeeds",
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"works out"
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]
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},
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"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
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"examples":[
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"the twin towers started to sway and suddenly foundered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buckles",
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"caves (in)",
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"collapses",
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"crumples",
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"gives",
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"goes",
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"goes out",
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"implodes",
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"tumbles",
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"yields"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"deflates",
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"flattens",
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"melts",
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"melts down",
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"breaks",
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"breaks down",
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"conks (out)",
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"crashes",
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"dies",
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"fails",
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"gives out",
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"stalls",
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"bursts",
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"shatters",
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"smashes",
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"splinters",
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"splits",
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"cracks",
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"crumbles",
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"pops",
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"snaps"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"inflates",
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"rises",
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"swells"
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
|
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"founding":{
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"as in institution , creation":{
|
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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|
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"near synonyms":[
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"creation",
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|
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"inauguration",
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|
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"initiation",
|
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|
|
"institution",
|
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|
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"origination",
|
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|
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"drawing board",
|
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|
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"first base",
|
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|
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"ground zero",
|
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|
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"square one",
|
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"cradle",
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"fountain",
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"fountainhead",
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|
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"germ",
|
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|
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"origin",
|
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|
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"root",
|
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|
|
"seedbed",
|
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|
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"source",
|
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|
|
"spring",
|
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|
|
"well",
|
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|
|
"wellspring",
|
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|
|
"alpha",
|
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|
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"baseline",
|
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|
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"beginning",
|
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|
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"birth",
|
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|
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"commencement",
|
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|
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"dawn",
|
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|
|
"day one",
|
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|
|
"genesis",
|
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|
|
"get-go",
|
|
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|
|
"git-go",
|
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|
|
"inception",
|
|
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|
|
"incipience",
|
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|
|
"incipiency",
|
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|
|
"kickoff",
|
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|
|
"launch",
|
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|
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"morning",
|
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|
|
"nascence",
|
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|
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"nascency",
|
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|
|
"onset",
|
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|
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"outset",
|
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|
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"start",
|
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"threshold",
|
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|
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"dawning",
|
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|
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"opening",
|
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|
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"advent",
|
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|
|
"appearance",
|
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|
|
"arrival",
|
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|
|
"debut",
|
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|
|
"d\u00e9but",
|
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|
|
"emergence",
|
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|
|
"childhood",
|
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|
|
"infancy",
|
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|
|
"youth"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"close",
|
|
|
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
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|
|
"end",
|
|
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|
|
"ending",
|
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|
|
"omega",
|
|
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|
|
"cessation",
|
|
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|
|
"closing",
|
|
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|
|
"closure",
|
|
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|
|
"completion",
|
|
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|
|
"finale",
|
|
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|
|
"finish",
|
|
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|
|
"period",
|
|
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|
|
"stop",
|
|
|
|
|
"termination",
|
|
|
|
|
"windup"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
|
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|
|
"John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"beginning",
|
|
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|
|
"constituting",
|
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|
|
"establishing",
|
|
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|
|
"inaugurating",
|
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|
|
"initiating",
|
|
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|
|
"innovating",
|
|
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|
|
"instituting",
|
|
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|
|
"introducing",
|
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|
|
"launching",
|
|
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|
|
"pioneering",
|
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|
|
"planting",
|
|
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|
|
"setting up",
|
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|
|
"starting"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"authoring",
|
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|
|
"fathering",
|
|
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|
|
"originating",
|
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|
|
"conceiving",
|
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|
|
"concocting",
|
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|
|
"contriving",
|
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|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"creating",
|
|
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|
|
"devising",
|
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|
|
"fabricating",
|
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|
|
"inventing",
|
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|
|
"making up",
|
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|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
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|
|
"producing",
|
|
|
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
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|
|
"constructing",
|
|
|
|
|
"putting up",
|
|
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|
|
"developing",
|
|
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|
|
"enlarging",
|
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|
|
"expanding",
|
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|
|
"endowing",
|
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|
|
"financing",
|
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|
|
"funding",
|
|
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|
|
"subsidizing",
|
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|
|
"arranging",
|
|
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|
|
"organizing",
|
|
|
|
|
"systematizing",
|
|
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|
|
"systemizing",
|
|
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|
|
"refounding",
|
|
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|
|
"reinitiating",
|
|
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|
|
"reinstituting",
|
|
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|
|
"relaunching"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
|
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
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|
|
"annulling",
|
|
|
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
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|
|
"ending",
|
|
|
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
|
|
|
"halting",
|
|
|
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
|
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
|
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
|
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
|
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
|
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
|
|
|
"shutting (up)"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
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|
|
"noun",
|
|
|
|
|
"verb"
|
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|
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]
|
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|
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},
|
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|
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"foundlings":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in sucklings , nurslings":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"nurslings",
|
|
|
|
|
"sucklings",
|
|
|
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
|
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
|
|
|
"preemies",
|
|
|
|
|
"premies",
|
|
|
|
|
"babes",
|
|
|
|
|
"babies",
|
|
|
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
|
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
|
|
|
"children",
|
|
|
|
|
"infants",
|
|
|
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
|
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
|
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
|
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
|
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
|
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
|
|
|
"kids",
|
|
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|
|
"moppets",
|
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|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
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|
|
"tots",
|
|
|
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
|
|
|
"tikes",
|
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|
|
"boys",
|
|
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|
|
"nippers",
|
|
|
|
|
"tads",
|
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|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
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|
|
"minors",
|
|
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|
|
"younglings",
|
|
|
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
|
|
|
"youths",
|
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|
|
|
"imps",
|
|
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|
|
"squirts",
|
|
|
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
|
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
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|
|
"girls",
|
|
|
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
|
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adults",
|
|
|
|
|
"grown-ups",
|
|
|
|
|
"elders",
|
|
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|
|
"graybeards",
|
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|
|
"oldsters",
|
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|
|
"old-timers",
|
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|
|
"senior citizens",
|
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|
|
"seniors"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
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|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"Four Hundred":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in haut monde , beautiful people":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"A-list",
|
|
|
|
|
"beau monde",
|
|
|
|
|
"beautiful people",
|
|
|
|
|
"caf\u00e9 society",
|
|
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|
|
"glitterati",
|
|
|
|
|
"haut monde",
|
|
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|
|
"haute monde",
|
|
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|
|
"jet set",
|
|
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|
|
"society",
|
|
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|
|
"aristocracy",
|
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|
|
"elite",
|
|
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|
|
"gentility",
|
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|
|
"gentlefolk",
|
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"gentlefolks",
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"gentry",
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"nobility",
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"patriciate",
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"quality",
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"upper class",
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"upper crust",
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"carriage trade",
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"plutocracy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"proletarians",
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"proletariat",
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"commoners",
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"(the) crowd",
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"(the) masses",
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"peasantry",
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"peonage",
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"(the) people",
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"plebeians",
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"plebs",
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"(the) populace",
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"(the) public",
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"rank and file",
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"bourgeoisie",
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"middle class",
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"working class",
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"dregs",
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"(the) herd",
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"(the) mob",
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"rabble",
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"rabblement",
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"riffraff",
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"scum",
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"trash"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"foul-ups":{
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"an instance of confusion":{
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"examples":[
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"there was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"mix-ups"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bobbles",
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"botches",
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"bungles",
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"fumbles",
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"blunders",
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"errors",
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"faults",
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"flubs",
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"goofs",
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"inaccuracies",
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"lapses",
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"miscues",
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"missteps",
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"mistakes",
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"oversights",
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"slips",
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"slipups",
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"stumbles",
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"chaoses",
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"confusions",
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"disarrangements",
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"disarrays",
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"disorders",
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"disorganizations",
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"hashes",
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"jumbles",
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"messes",
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"muddles",
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"shambles"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"four-letter words":{
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"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
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"examples":[
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"clapped her hands over the toddler's ears so he wouldn't hear the four-letter word"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"curses",
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"cusses",
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"cusswords",
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"dirty words",
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"expletives",
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"obscenities",
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"profanities",
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"swears",
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"swearwords",
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"vulgarisms"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bawdries",
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"languages",
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"scurrilities",
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"execrations",
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"imprecations",
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"maledictions",
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"epithets",
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"names",
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"oaths"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"found (for or against)":{
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"as in tried , decided":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adjudged",
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"adjudicated",
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"arbitrated",
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"decided",
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"determined",
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"judged",
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"refereed",
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"ruled (on)",
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"settled",
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"umpired",
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"considered",
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"deemed",
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"deliberated",
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"heard",
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"pondered",
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"weighed",
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"prosecuted",
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"tried",
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"redetermined",
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"rejudged",
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"mediated",
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"moderated",
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"negotiated",
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"concluded",
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"resolved",
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|
"sized up"
|
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],
|
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|
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"near antonyms":[
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|
"equivocated",
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|
"hedged",
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|
|
"pussyfooted",
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|
|
"skirted"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
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|
},
|
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"type":[]
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|
},
|
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|
|
"four-in-hands":{
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|
|
"as in hansoms , phaetons":{
|
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|
|
"examples":[],
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"barouches",
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|
|
"broughams",
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|
|
"buckboards",
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|
|
"buggies",
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|
|
"cabriolets",
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|
|
"cabs",
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|
|
"calashes",
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|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
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|
|
"caleches",
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|
|
"caroches",
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|
|
"carryalls",
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|
|
"chaises",
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|
|
"chariots",
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|
|
"coaches",
|
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|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
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|
|
"coupes",
|
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|
|
"curricles",
|
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|
|
"diligences",
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|
|
"dogcarts",
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|
|
"droshkies",
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|
|
"droskies",
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|
|
"gigs",
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"go-carts",
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|
|
"hackneys",
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|
"hansoms",
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|
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"hansom cabs",
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|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
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|
|
"landaus",
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|
|
"phaetons",
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|
|
"post chaises",
|
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|
"roadsters",
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"rockaways",
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|
"stagecoaches",
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|
"stages",
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|
|
"stanhopes",
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|
|
"surreys",
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|
|
"tandems",
|
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|
|
"tilburies",
|
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|
|
"tongas",
|
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|
|
"traps",
|
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|
|
"troikas",
|
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|
|
"victorias",
|
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|
|
"carriages",
|
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|
|
"equipages",
|
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|
|
"rigs",
|
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|
|
"turnouts"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"found objects":{
|
|
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|
|
"as in objets trouv\u00e9s":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"objets trouv\u00e9s",
|
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|
|
"curios",
|
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|
|
"curiosities",
|
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|
|
"exotics",
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|
|
"objets d'art",
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|
|
"objets",
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|
|
"oddities",
|
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|
|
"oddments",
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|
|
"rarities",
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|
|
"ephemera",
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|
|
"ephemerae",
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"ephemeras",
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"virtus",
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|
"vertus",
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|
|
"marvels",
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|
|
"prodigies",
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|
|
"rara avises",
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|
|
"rarae aves",
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|
|
"rare birds",
|
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|
|
"wonders",
|
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|
|
"abnormalities",
|
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|
|
"anomalies",
|
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|
|
"freaks",
|
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|
|
"monsters",
|
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|
|
"monstrosities",
|
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|
|
"malformations",
|
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|
|
"mutants",
|
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|
|
"mutations"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"noun"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"foulmouthed":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in vulgar , obscene":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"coarse",
|
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|
|
"crude",
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|
|
"dirty",
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|
|
"filthy",
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|
|
"foul",
|
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|
|
"gross",
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|
|
"indecent",
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|
|
"nasty",
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"obscene",
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|
|
"potty-mouthed",
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|
|
"vulgar",
|
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|
|
"affronting",
|
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|
|
"insulting",
|
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|
|
"offending",
|
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|
|
"offensive",
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|
|
"outrageous",
|
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|
|
"outraging",
|
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|
|
"contemptuous",
|
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|
|
"disdainful",
|
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|
|
"scornful",
|
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|
|
"abusive",
|
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|
|
"contumelious",
|
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|
|
"invective",
|
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|
|
"opprobrious",
|
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|
|
"scurrile",
|
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|
|
"scurril",
|
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|
|
"scurrilous",
|
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|
|
"truculent",
|
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|
|
"vitriolic",
|
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|
|
"vituperative",
|
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|
|
"vituperatory",
|
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|
|
"defamatory",
|
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|
|
"libelous",
|
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|
|
"libellous",
|
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|
|
"scandalous",
|
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|
|
"slanderous",
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|
|
"maligning",
|
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|
|
"traducing",
|
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|
|
"vilifying",
|
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|
|
"hateful",
|
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|
|
"malevolent",
|
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|
|
"malicious",
|
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|
|
"spiteful",
|
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|
|
"immoderate",
|
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|
|
"intemperate",
|
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|
|
"unbridled",
|
|
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|
|
"unrestrained"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
|
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
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|
|
"temperate",
|
|
|
|
|
"deferential",
|
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|
|
"respectful",
|
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|
|
"civil",
|
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|
|
"courteous",
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|
|
"gracious",
|
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|
|
"mannerly",
|
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|
|
"polite",
|
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|
|
"discreet",
|
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|
|
"judicious",
|
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|
|
"tempered",
|
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|
|
"encomiastic",
|
|
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|
|
"laudative",
|
|
|
|
|
"laudatory",
|
|
|
|
|
"praiseful"
|
|
|
|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"type":[
|
|
|
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
|
|
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
|
|
|
|
"fountained":{
|
|
|
|
|
"as in gushed , spouted":{
|
|
|
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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|
|
"gushed",
|
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|
|
"spouted",
|
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|
|
"spurted",
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|
|
"coursed",
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|
"raced",
|
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|
"rushed",
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|
|
"deluged",
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|
|
"engulfed",
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|
"flooded",
|
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|
|
"inundated",
|
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|
|
"overflowed",
|
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|
|
"overran",
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|
"swamped",
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"arose",
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|
"disembogued",
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|
|
"effused",
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|
"emanated",
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|
|
"issued",
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|
"sprang",
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|
"sprung",
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"cascaded",
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|
|
"dribbled",
|
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|
|
"dripped",
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|
|
"guttered",
|
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"riffled",
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"rippled",
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"sheeted",
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|
|
"trickled",
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"flowed",
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|
"poured",
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"ran",
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"run",
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"rolled",
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"streamed",
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"flushed",
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"washed out"
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"near antonyms":[
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"backed up",
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"clotted",
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"coagulated",
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"congealed",
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"gelled",
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"hardened",
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"set"
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],
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"type":[
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"verb"
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},
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"foundation":{
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"a public organization with a particular purpose or function":{
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"examples":[
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"donated to a foundation that supported cancer research"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"establishment",
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"institute",
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"institution"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"body",
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"collective",
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"group",
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"corporation",
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"enterprise",
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"charity",
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"philanthropy",
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"think tank"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
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"examples":[
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"she had a good enough foundation in math to pursue an economics degree"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"base",
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"basis",
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"bedrock",
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"bottom",
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"cornerstone",
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"footing",
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"ground",
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"groundwork",
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"keystone",
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"root",
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"underpinning",
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"warp",
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"warp and woof"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"anchorage",
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"bed",
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"brace",
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"bulwark",
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"buttress",
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"framework",
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"infrastructure",
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"mount",
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"prop",
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"shore",
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"stay",
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"substratum",
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"substructure",
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"support",
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"assumption",
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"justification",
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"premise",
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"premiss",
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"presumption",
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"presupposition",
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"rationale",
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"supposition",
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"theory",
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"thesis",
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"warrant",
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"backbone",
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"center",
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"core",
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"eye",
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"focus",
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"heart",
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"hub",
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"kernel",
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"nucleus",
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"seat",
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"essence",
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"quintessence",
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"soul",
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"touchstone"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"four-letter word":{
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"a disrespectful or indecent word or expression":{
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"examples":[
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"clapped her hands over the toddler's ears so he wouldn't hear the four-letter word"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"curse",
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"cuss",
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"cussword",
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"dirty word",
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"expletive",
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"obscenity",
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"profanity",
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"swear",
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"swearword",
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"vulgarism"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bawdry",
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"language",
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"scurrility",
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"execration",
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"imprecation",
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"malediction",
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"epithet",
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"name",
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"oath"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"founded":{
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"to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of":{
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"examples":[
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"John Harvard did not actually found the university that now bears his name"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"began",
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"constituted",
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"established",
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"inaugurated",
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"initiated",
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"innovated",
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"instituted",
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"introduced",
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"launched",
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"pioneered",
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"planted",
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"set up",
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"started"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"authored",
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|
"fathered",
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"originated",
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"conceived",
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"concocted",
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"contrived",
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"cooked (up)",
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"created",
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"devised",
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|
"fabricated",
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"invented",
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"made up",
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|
|
"manufactured",
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|
"produced",
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|
"thought (up)",
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|
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"constructed",
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|
"put up",
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|
"developed",
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"enlarged",
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"expanded",
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"endowed",
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|
"financed",
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"funded",
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"subsidized",
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|
"arranged",
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|
|
"organized",
|
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|
|
"systematized",
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|
|
"systemized",
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|
"refounded",
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|
"reinitiated",
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"reinstituted",
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|
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"relaunched"
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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|
|
"abolished",
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|
|
"annihilated",
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|
|
"annulled",
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|
|
"nullified",
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|
|
"ended",
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|
"finished",
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|
"halted",
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|
"stopped",
|
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|
"terminated",
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|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
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|
|
"wound up",
|
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|
|
"winded up",
|
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|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[
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|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
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|
|
"phased out",
|
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|
|
"shut (up)"
|
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|
|
]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
|
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},
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"fouled up":{
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|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
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"tried not to foul up the football play"
|
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],
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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"blew",
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"bobbled",
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|
"boggled",
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|
"bollixed (up)",
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|
"booted",
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|
"botched",
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|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
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|
"bumbled",
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|
"bungled",
|
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|
"butchered",
|
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|
|
"dubbed",
|
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|
|
"flubbed",
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|
|
"fluffed",
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|
|
"foozled",
|
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|
|
"fumbled",
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|
|
"goofed (up)",
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|
|
"loused up",
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|
"mangled",
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|
"messed (up)",
|
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|
"mucked up",
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|
|
"muffed",
|
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|
|
"murdered",
|
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|
|
"screwed up"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near synonyms":[
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|
|
"blundered",
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|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
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|
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"muddled",
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|
"piffled",
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|
"blemished",
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|
"blighted",
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"damaged",
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"flawed",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
|
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|
|
"marred",
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|
"mutilated",
|
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|
"ruined",
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"spoiled",
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"spoilt",
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|
"vitiated",
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"destroyed",
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"wrecked",
|
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|
"mishandled",
|
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|
"mismanaged"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
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|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
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|
|
"bettered",
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|
"enhanced",
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"helped",
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"improved",
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"meliorated",
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"rectified",
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"refined",
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"reformed",
|
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|
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"remedied",
|
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|
|
"doctored",
|
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|
|
"fixed",
|
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|
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"patched",
|
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|
"reconditioned",
|
|
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|
|
"renovated",
|
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|
|
"repaired",
|
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|
|
"revamped"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
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|
|
},
|
|
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|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
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|
|
"examples":[
|
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|
|
"unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting"
|
|
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|
|
],
|
|
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|
|
"synonyms":[
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|
|
"blundered",
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"boobed",
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"erred",
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"flubbed",
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|
"fluffed",
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"fumbled",
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"goofed (up)",
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"loused up",
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"messed (up)",
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"screwed up",
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"slipped up",
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"stumbled",
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"tripped"
|
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],
|
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|
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"near synonyms":[
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"nodded",
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"bobbled",
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"botched",
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"bungled",
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"butchered",
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"foozled",
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"mangled",
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"mishandled",
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"muffed",
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"murdered",
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"miscalculated",
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"misconceived",
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"miscounted",
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"miscued",
|
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"misdeemed",
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"misgauged",
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"misgaged",
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"misjudged",
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"mistook",
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"misconstrued",
|
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"misinterpreted",
|
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|
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"misunderstood"
|
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|
|
],
|
|
|
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
|
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
|
|
|
},
|
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|
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"type":[
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|
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"verb"
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]
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}
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}
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