dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/us_mwt.json

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{
"using%20up":{
"to make complete use of":{
"antonyms":[
"renewing",
"replacing"
],
"examples":[
"we used up the last of the flour when we made the waffles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"augmenting",
"enlarging",
"increasing",
"bolstering",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"rebuilding",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"reviving",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"saving"
],
"related":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"eating",
"using",
"bankrupting",
"cleaning (out)",
"impoverishing",
"crippling",
"debilitating",
"disabling",
"enfeebling",
"sapping",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"drying up",
"emptying",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"guzzling",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"wasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"burning",
"consuming",
"depleting",
"devouring",
"draining",
"drawing down",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"playing out",
"spending"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"usuals":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"usurped":{
"to take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mayor usurped the school board's authority when he fired the principal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"annexed",
"attached",
"claimed",
"confiscated",
"impounded",
"repossessed",
"sequestered",
"assumed",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"snatched",
"stole",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"encroached",
"infringed",
"invaded",
"occupied",
"preoccupied",
"trespassed",
"embezzled",
"misapplied",
"misappropriated",
"misused",
"peculated"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"arrogated",
"commandeered",
"converted",
"expropriated",
"pirated",
"preempted",
"pressed",
"seized",
"took over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}