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"dropping", "recalling", "retracting", "reversing", "revoking", "suspending", "withdrawing", "banning", "enjoining", "forbidding", "outlawing", "prohibiting", "disallowing", "dismissing", "rejecting", "annihilating", "breaking down", "eliminating", "eradicating", "erasing", "liquidating", "removing", "throwing out", "writing off" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "abolishing", "abrogating", "annulling", "avoiding", "canceling", "cancelling", "disannulling", "dissolving", "invalidating", "negating", "nulling", "quashing", "repealing", "rescinding", "rolling back", "striking down", "vacating", "voiding" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "nuncupative":{ "made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing":{ "antonyms":[ "paper", "written" ], "examples":[ "the soldier left a nuncupative will that was witnessed by two of his comrades" ], "near antonyms":[ "explicit", "formal" ], "related":[ "consensual", "implicit", "informal", "articulated", "verbalized", "given", "pronounced", 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], "related":[ "advocated", "backed", "championed", "endorsed", "indorsed", "supported", "upheld", "endowed", "financed", "funded", "patronized", "staked", "subsidized", "underwrote", "abetted", "aided", "assisted", "advertised", "boosted", "plugged", "publicized", "touted", "agitated (for)", "campaigned (for)", "worked (for)", "wrought (for)" ], "synonyms":[ "advanced", "cultivated", "encouraged", "forwarded", "fostered", "furthered", "incubated", "nourished", "nursed", "promoted" ] }, "to provide (someone) with moral or spiritual understanding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she feels that her lifelong practice of reading the Bible daily has nurtured her in ways she cannot describe" ], "near antonyms":[ "confused", "perplexed", "puzzled", "beclouded", "clouded", "darkened", "obscured" ], "related":[ "elevated", "ennobled", "enriched", "ensouled", "lifted", "uplifted", "bettered", "improved", "regenerated", "renewed", "transformed", "exalted", "glorified", "transfigured" ], 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"related":[ "enriched", "fortified", "dietary", "dietetic", "beneficial", "healthful", "healthy", "restorative", "salubrious", "salutary", "wholesome" ], "synonyms":[ "nourishing", "nutrient", "nutritional", "nutritious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "nuzzling":{ "to lie close":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "newborn puppies nuzzling against their mother to stay warm" ], "near antonyms":[ "blenching", "flinching", "quailing", "recoiling", "shrinking", "shying", "starting", "wincing" ], "related":[ "curling up", "crouching", "huddling" ], "synonyms":[ "cuddling", "nestling", "snoozling", "snuggling" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }