dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/veh_MW.json

{
  "vehemence":{
    "antonyms":[
      "feebleness",
      "mildness",
      "weakness"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being vehement : intensity":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "the vehemence in her voice when she insisted that she never gossiped surprised me",
      "every cause that she pursues is pursued with great vehemence",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "No one can grant permission for this kind of reconciliation grounded in personal experience or legislate its effect, thus explaining the vehemence of Hickey\u2019s anti-institutionalism. \u2014 Jarrett Earnest, The New York Review of Books , 8 June 2022",
      "The vehemence of the opposition to the clinic has come as a shock to Chris Viens, 49, one of three board members who has supported the idea. \u2014 New York Times , 5 June 2022",
      "The vehemence and endurance of the protest movement seems to suggest that gaslighting is no longer working. \u2014 Washington Post , 10 May 2022",
      "Amid such turmoil, the sheer vehemence of Aida\u2019s compassion, without the slightest bit of grandstanding, raises the character to heroic heights. \u2014 Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor , 24 Mar. 2022",
      "Still, Russia\u2019s sudden vehemence in repeating the accusations has stoked fears that Moscow may be creating a pretext for its own use of chemical or biological agents in Ukraine. \u2014 Anchorage Daily News , 12 Mar. 2022",
      "The haste with which Biden moved to demonstrate U.S. support for Taiwan\u2014and the vehemence of China's objection to it\u2014highlight the complexity of the Ukraine conflict. \u2014 Clay Chandler, Fortune , 5 Mar. 2022",
      "The vehemence of that criticism -- which a dozen separate Republican senators raised during the floor debate last Wednesday -- captured a shift in the GOP's center of gravity. \u2014 Ronald Brownstein, CNN , 25 Jan. 2022",
      "In a telephone interview Thursday night, Diamantis spoke with vehemence about the governor\u2019s top aides: Paul Mounds, the chief of staff; Josh Geballe, the chief operating officer; and Nora Dannehy, the general counsel. \u2014 Mark Pazniokas, courant.com , 29 Oct. 2021"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English vemance, vehemens , borrowed from Middle French vehemence , borrowed from Latin vehementia \"violent movement, intensity,\" from vehement-, vehemens \"violent, vehement \" + -ia -ia entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8v\u0113-\u0259-m\u0259n(t)s",
      "\u02c8v\u0113-\u0259-m\u0259ns"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aggressiveness",
      "assertiveness",
      "emphasis",
      "fierceness",
      "forcefulness",
      "intenseness",
      "intensity",
      "vigorousness",
      "violence"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-200729",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vehement":{
    "antonyms":[
      "nonassertive",
      "nonemphatic",
      "unemphatic"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": bitterly antagonistic":[
        "a vehement debate"
      ],
      ": deeply felt":[
        "a vehement suspicion"
      ],
      ": forcibly expressed":[
        "vehement denunciations"
      ],
      ": intensely emotional : impassioned , fervid":[
        "vehement patriotism"
      ],
      ": marked by forceful energy : powerful":[
        "a vehement wind"
      ],
      ": such as":[
        "a vehement wind"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Cranes rise above the old rooftops, adding new office towers and new condominiums and new malls to a city where Jonathan Swift once issued his vehement bulletins. \u2014 Pete Hamill , Gourmet , April 2007",
      "As they shouted and mocked, I wondered how they could have developed such intense, vehement hatred toward people with whom they had had no previous contact. \u2014 Todd Hechtman , The News/Sun-Sentinel , 1 Feb. 1987",
      "He cursed himself like a less scrupulous Job, as a vehement man will do when he loses self-respect, the last mental prop under poverty. \u2014 Thomas Hardy , The Mayor of Casterbridge , 1886",
      "Both the ladies indulged in vehement screaming for several minutes; and Mr. Cymon Tuggs, besides sustaining intense bodily pain, had the additional mental anguish of witnessing their distressing situation, without having the power to rescue them, by reason of his leg being firmly screwed in between the animal and the wall. \u2014 Charles Dickens , Sketches by \"Boz\" , 1836",
      "He issued a vehement denial of the accusation.",
      "The proposal has faced vehement opposition from many teachers.",
      "She was vehement about the need for new safety measures.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The issue stalled until the 1990s, when hazardous weather caused several major closures of the highway, including mudslides in 1995 that shuttered it for months and sparked a vehement debate about how best to fix the highway. \u2014 Vanessa Arredondo, San Francisco Chronicle , 30 June 2022",
      "A couple hours later, Close released a vehement denial of the story through his agency. \u2014 Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times , 30 June 2022",
      "However, the bill has faced vehement opposition, with 71 percent of Californians opposed, according to a poll this year. \u2014 Hadley Meares, The Hollywood Reporter , 7 June 2022",
      "Reaction was immediate, and vehement , on social media. \u2014 Larry Stone, Anchorage Daily News , 20 Apr. 2022",
      "The two boys are kept apart by forces as vehement as the antipathy between the Montagues and Capulets, and just as wasteful: the hatred between Protestants and Catholics, for one, but the homophobia of their fathers and brothers, too. \u2014 New York Times , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "One person is a vehement defender; the other is, under the guise of rationality, trying to catch her somehow tricking us. \u2014 Jenny Singer, Glamour , 24 May 2022",
      "Why, none other than Merlin and King Arthur, who have recently become vehement mutant haters after learning that Arthur's son Mordred is a mutant. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 12 May 2022",
      "The hate has become so vehement and depraved \u2014 one Depp fan painted a picture of Heard defecating on the actor\u2019s bed in a macabre interpretation of Depp\u2019s testimony \u2014 that both sides are accusing the other of having fake fan armies. \u2014 Tatiana Siegel, Rolling Stone , 3 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Middle French, going back to Old French, borrowed from Latin vehement-, vehemens, v\u0113mens \"violent, vigorous, (of feelings) overmastering, powerful,\" perhaps from vehere \"to convey, carry along, drive\" + -mens , adjective suffix (as in cl\u0113mens \"mild, calm\") of uncertain origin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8v\u0113-\u0259-m\u0259nt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "aggressive",
      "assertive",
      "dynamic",
      "emphatic",
      "energetic",
      "forceful",
      "full-blooded",
      "muscular",
      "resounding",
      "strenuous",
      "vigorous",
      "violent"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061333",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "vehicle":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a means of carrying or transporting something":[
        "planes, trains, and other vehicles"
      ],
      ": a piece of mechanized equipment":[],
      ": an agent of transmission : carrier":[],
      ": an inert medium (such as a syrup) in which a medicinally active agent is administered":[],
      ": any of various media acting usually as solvents, carriers, or binders for active ingredients or pigments":[],
      ": motor vehicle":[],
      ": such as":[
        "planes, trains, and other vehicles"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "cars, trucks, and other vehicles",
      "The vehicle's driver was severely injured in the crash.",
      "Have you seen his new car",
      "Water and insects can be vehicles of infection.",
      "art as a vehicle for self-expression",
      "Words and pictures are vehicles of communication.",
      "These big-budget movies are star vehicles for well-known actors.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Mauldin said two other victims, ages 17 and 21, were taken to area hospitals by private vehicle . \u2014 Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al , 22 June 2022",
      "Ferguson's death comes just over two months after another young NFL player's death: in April, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins died after he was hit by a vehicle . \u2014 Tommy Mcardle, PEOPLE.com , 22 June 2022",
      "An 11-year-old boy died Thursday morning after he was hit by a vehicle in Lawndale, Chicago police said. \u2014 Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune , 16 June 2022",
      "Eric Cole, 42, who was previously wounded, was run over by a Springfield Police Department vehicle on June 13, 2021. \u2014 Antonio Planas, NBC News , 10 June 2022",
      "Hartford police responded to a report of a pedestrian stuck by a vehicle at the Underwood Elderly Apartment on Laurel Street around 10:15 a.m. Police located the man, who was suffering from injuries as a result of the accident. \u2014 Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant , 10 June 2022",
      "Kayla Bowling, 29, was riding her bike on the southeast side of Indianapolis when she was struck by a vehicle driven by her ex-boyfriend on June 1, according to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. \u2014 Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star , 10 June 2022",
      "The site was inaccessible by vehicle so the Hawaii Fire Department sent two helicopters to take victims to ambulances waiting at nearby roads. \u2014 Michelle A. Monroe, BostonGlobe.com , 9 June 2022",
      "The site was inaccessible by vehicle so the Hawaii Fire Department sent two helicopters to take victims to ambulances waiting at nearby roads. \u2014 Michelle A. Monroe, USA TODAY , 9 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1612, in the meaning defined at sense 4a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from French & Latin; French v\u00e9hicule , going back to Middle French, borrowed from Medieval Latin vehiculum \"medium, agent of transmission,\" going back to Latin, \"wheeled vehicle, means of transport,\" from vehere \"to carry, convey\" + -culum , instrumental suffix (going back to Indo-European *-tlom ) \u2014 more at way entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8v\u0113-\u02cci-k\u0259l",
      "\u02c8v\u0113-\u0259-k\u0259l",
      "-\u02cchi-",
      "also \u02c8v\u0113-\u02cchi-k\u0259l",
      "\u02c8v\u0113-\u02cc(h)ik-\u0259l"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "agency",
      "agent",
      "instrument",
      "instrumentality",
      "machinery",
      "means",
      "medium",
      "ministry",
      "organ"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-185536",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vehicular":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": caused by or resulting from the operation of a vehicle":[
        "vehicular homicide"
      ],
      ": of, relating to, or designed for vehicles and especially motor vehicles":[],
      ": serving as a vehicle":[],
      ": transported by vehicle":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "The road was closed to vehicular traffic.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There was a robbery and vehicular hijacking in the 1800 block of Church St. on June 18 in which the victim was shoved by a suspect who took her 2018 Toyota. \u2014 Brian L. Cox, Chicago Tribune , 24 June 2022",
      "Fifty-six percent of all pediatric vehicular heat stroke deaths since 1998 have happened while the vehicle was at home, and 25 percent have happened while the parents or caregivers\u2019 vehicle was parked at their workplace, the report found. \u2014 Paulina Villegas, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "State Police on Tuesday morning arrested a carjacking suspect in Dorchester after a vehicular pursuit that ended in a four-car crash, the agency said. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 14 June 2022",
      "But a closer look at the data shows that while gun deaths are close in number to vehicular deaths, much depends on how the numbers are sliced. \u2014 Joe Murphy, NBC News , 3 June 2022",
      "That\u2019s particularly true for children and teens, for whom firearms are now the leading cause of death, outstripping vehicular accidents, poisoning and cancer. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2022",
      "The driver, identified as 25-year-old Kent Cody Barlow, was charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, as well as possession, driving under the influence, and a possible parole violation. \u2014 Zoe Christen Jones, CBS News , 5 May 2022",
      "Noah Galle, 18, was formally charged Monday with six counts of vehicular homicide in the Jan. 27 crash that killed six farm employees leaving work in Delray Beach, Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg announced. \u2014 NBC News , 22 Apr. 2022",
      "Galle entered a plea of not guilty to all six charges of vehicular homicide, court documents show. \u2014 Tristan Balagtas, PEOPLE.com , 21 Apr. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1616, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "borrowed from Late Latin vehicul\u0101ris , from Latin vehiculum vehicle + -\u0101ris -ar":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "v\u0113-\u02c8hi-ky\u0259-l\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-184133",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}