dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ann_MWT.json
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{
"annexation":{
"as in confiscation , assumption":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"assumption",
"attachment",
"confiscation",
"grab",
"impoundment",
"repossession",
"sequestration",
"appropriation",
"arrogation",
"commandeering",
"detainer",
"expropriation",
"preemption",
"seizure",
"takeover",
"usurpation",
"defalcation",
"embezzlement",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"misuse",
"peculation",
"theft",
"despoilment",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"encroachment",
"infringement",
"piracy",
"invasion",
"occupancy",
"occupation",
"preoccupancy",
"trespass",
"deforcement",
"disfurnishment",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"stripping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annexed":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
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"abated",
"bated",
"deducted",
"knocked off",
"removed",
"subtracted",
"took off"
],
"examples":[
"plans to annex the supply room so as to make the classroom bigger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"separated",
"unfastened",
"amputated",
"cut",
"excised",
"lopped (off)",
"severed",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"cut back",
"retrenched"
],
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"fastened",
"fixed",
"grafted",
"hitched",
"tagged",
"tied",
"infused",
"injected",
"inserted",
"interfused",
"introduced",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"beefed (up)",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled (up)",
"elongated",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"supplied",
"enforced",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized"
],
"synonyms":[
"added",
"adjoined",
"appended",
"subjoined",
"tacked (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annexing":{
"to join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase":{
"examples":[
"plans to annex the supply room so as to make the classroom bigger"
],
"synonyms":[
"adding",
"adjoining",
"appending",
"subjoining",
"tacking (on)"
],
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"affixing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"beefing (up)",
"boosting",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"raising",
"swelling (up)",
"elongating",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"supplying",
"enforcing",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"antonyms":[
"abating",
"bating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annihilate":{
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolish",
"black out",
"blot out",
"cancel",
"clean (up)",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"root (out)",
"rub out",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"sweep (away)",
"wipe out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"dismantle",
"flatten",
"mow (down)",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"total",
"waste",
"wreck",
"blast",
"blow up",
"dash",
"dynamite",
"smash",
"atomize",
"consume",
"devour",
"dissolve",
"fragment",
"powder",
"pulverize",
"shatter",
"splinter",
"doom",
"finish",
"kill",
"kill off",
"terminate",
"zap",
"cut",
"discard",
"ditch",
"eject",
"excise",
"expel",
"jettison",
"oust",
"throw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"build",
"construct",
"create",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"shape",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"recondition",
"reconstruct",
"renew",
"renovate",
"repair",
"restore",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"the tornado simply annihilated the family's home"
],
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"cream",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"do in",
"extinguish",
"nuke",
"pull down",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"vaporize",
"waste",
"wrack",
"wreck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"scotch",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"blast",
"blow up",
"break",
"cripple",
"damage",
"deface",
"deteriorate",
"disfigure",
"disintegrate",
"dissolve",
"dynamite",
"harm",
"impair",
"injure",
"mangle",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"erode",
"scour",
"sweep (away)",
"wash out",
"wear (away)",
"dilapidate",
"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"gut",
"take down",
"unbuild",
"undo",
"unmake",
"blot out",
"efface",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"obliterate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"snuff (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out",
"despoil",
"havoc",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"trample",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"assassinate",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"dispatch",
"execute",
"fell",
"kill",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"murder",
"slaughter",
"slay",
"take out",
"zap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctor",
"fix",
"mend",
"patch",
"recondition",
"repair",
"revamp",
"create",
"invent",
"assemble",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"forge",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"manufacture",
"mold",
"produce",
"shape",
"bring about",
"constitute",
"establish",
"father",
"found",
"institute",
"organize",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"remodel",
"renovate",
"restore"
],
"antonyms":[
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"thrash",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annihilated":{
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolished",
"blacked out",
"blotted out",
"canceled",
"cancelled",
"cleaned (up)",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"erased",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"rooted (out)",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"swept (away)",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"dismantled",
"flattened",
"mowed (down)",
"razed",
"tore down",
"ruined",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"dashed",
"dynamited",
"smashed",
"atomized",
"consumed",
"devoured",
"dissolved",
"fragmented",
"powdered",
"pulverized",
"shattered",
"splintered",
"doomed",
"finished",
"killed",
"killed off",
"terminated",
"zapped",
"cut",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"ejected",
"excised",
"expelled",
"jettisoned",
"ousted",
"threw out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"built",
"constructed",
"created",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"shaped",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconditioned",
"reconstructed",
"renewed",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"restored",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"the tornado simply annihilated the family's home"
],
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"creamed",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"did in",
"extinguished",
"nuked",
"pulled down",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"vaporized",
"wasted",
"wracked",
"wrecked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beat",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"scotched",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"blasted",
"blew up",
"broke",
"crippled",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"deteriorated",
"disfigured",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"dynamited",
"harmed",
"impaired",
"injured",
"mangled",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"eroded",
"scoured",
"swept (away)",
"washed out",
"wore (away)",
"dilapidated",
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"gutted",
"took down",
"unbuilt",
"undid",
"unmade",
"blotted out",
"effaced",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"obliterated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out",
"despoiled",
"havocked",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"trampled",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"assassinated",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"killed",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"murdered",
"slaughtered",
"slew",
"took out",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctored",
"fixed",
"mended",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"repaired",
"revamped",
"created",
"invented",
"assembled",
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"manufactured",
"molded",
"produced",
"shaped",
"brought about",
"constituted",
"established",
"fathered",
"founded",
"instituted",
"organized",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"remodeled",
"renovated",
"restored"
],
"antonyms":[
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annihilation":{
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
"examples":[
"idealists who seek the annihilation of all forms of prejudice"
],
"synonyms":[
"decimation",
"demolishment",
"demolition",
"desolation",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"extermination",
"extinction",
"havoc",
"loss",
"mincemeat",
"obliteration",
"ruin",
"ruination",
"wastage",
"wreckage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depredation",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"breakup",
"collapse",
"disintegration",
"dissolution",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"dismantlement",
"effacement",
"eradication"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rescue",
"salvage",
"salvation",
"saving",
"conservation",
"preservation",
"protection",
"reclamation",
"reconstruction",
"re-creation",
"refurbishment",
"regeneracy",
"remodeling",
"renovation",
"restoration"
],
"antonyms":[
"building",
"construction",
"erection",
"raising"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annotator":{
"as in analyst , commentator":{
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"analyst",
"columnist",
"commentator",
"observer",
"critic",
"pundit",
"reviewer",
"appraiser",
"evaluator",
"judge",
"referee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"announced":{
"as in published , declared":{
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"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"aired",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"heralded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"spotlighted",
"nonclassified",
"unclassified",
"well-known",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"general",
"popular",
"communal",
"shared",
"open",
"public",
"reported",
"reputed",
"rumored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidential",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"classified",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"clandestine",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"intimate",
"personal",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"reserved",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
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},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
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"the excited coworker announced to everyone within hearing distance that she and her husband were expecting"
],
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"advertised",
"annunciated",
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"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
],
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"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
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"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"announcements":{
"a published statement informing the public of a matter of general interest":{
"examples":[
"an announcement was in today's paper regarding the merger of the two banks"
],
"synonyms":[
"ads",
"advertisements",
"adverts",
"bulletins",
"communiqu\u00e9s",
"notices",
"notifications",
"postings",
"releases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadsides",
"brochures",
"circulars",
"flyers",
"fliers",
"fly sheets",
"gazettes",
"handbills",
"handouts",
"billboards",
"bills",
"placards",
"playbills",
"posters",
"show bills",
"signs",
"broadcasts",
"cablecasts",
"newscasts",
"telecasts",
"advertisings",
"billings",
"blurbs",
"come-ons",
"commercials",
"messages",
"pitches",
"plugolas",
"spots",
"words",
"communications",
"dispatches",
"reports",
"annunciations",
"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
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"noun"
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"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
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"younger brothers can be an annoyance sometimes"
],
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"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"related":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
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"synonyms":[
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"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
]
},
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"examples":[
"flashing ads, visual clutter, and other annoyances that are the price for free information on the Internet"
],
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"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
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"discomfort",
"fleabite",
"pinprick",
"affront",
"insult",
"offense",
"offence",
"upset",
"worry",
"affliction",
"albatross",
"burden",
"cross",
"curse",
"menace",
"millstone",
"plague",
"sore",
"anxiety",
"plight",
"predicament",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"hang-up",
"pet peeve",
"problem",
"annoyer",
"disturber",
"harasser",
"mischief",
"offender",
"pandora's box"
],
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"aggravation",
"aggro",
"bother",
"botheration",
"bugbear",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"hair shirt",
"hassle",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"irk",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"peeve",
"pest",
"rub",
"ruffle",
"thorn",
"trial",
"vexation"
]
},
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
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"examples":[
"they have an unlisted number in the hopes that it will reduce the constant annoyance by telemarketers"
],
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"aggro",
"molestation",
"offense",
"offence",
"persecution",
"provocation",
"torment",
"torture",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"mischief"
],
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"aggravation",
"bedevilment",
"botheration",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"disturbance",
"harassment",
"harrying",
"importunity",
"pestering",
"teasing",
"vexation"
]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
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"examples":[
"Carlene made known her annoyance at having to pick up her sister's dirty clothes"
],
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"delight",
"pleasure"
],
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"agitation",
"discomfort",
"displeasure",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"upset",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"peeve",
"perturbation",
"pet",
"pique",
"resentment",
"snappishness",
"trouble",
"anger",
"angriness",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"gall",
"huff",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"outrage",
"umbrage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"aggro",
"bother",
"botheration",
"exasperation",
"frustration",
"grief",
"irritation",
"pip",
"vexation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annoyer":{
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"a bratty annoyer who wouldn't leave me alone"
],
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"annoyance",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn"
],
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"aggravates",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
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"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
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"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annul":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people"
],
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"related":[
"invalidate",
"negate",
"neuter",
"nullify",
"atone (for)",
"outbalance",
"outweigh",
"redeem",
"redress",
"relieve",
"remedy",
"override",
"overrule"
],
"synonyms":[
"cancel (out)",
"compensate (for)",
"correct",
"counteract",
"counterbalance",
"counterpoise",
"make up (for)",
"negative",
"neutralize",
"offset"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage"
],
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"enact",
"lay down",
"legislate",
"establish",
"found",
"institute",
"formalize",
"legalize",
"legitimate",
"legitimize",
"validate",
"pass",
"ratify",
"allow",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"permit",
"sanction",
"warrant",
"command",
"decree",
"mandate",
"order",
"prescribe"
],
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"countermand",
"override",
"overrule",
"overturn",
"veto",
"abort",
"call",
"call off",
"drop",
"recall",
"retract",
"reverse",
"revoke",
"suspend",
"withdraw",
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"disallow",
"dismiss",
"reject",
"annihilate",
"break down",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"erase",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"throw out",
"write off"
],
"synonyms":[
"abate",
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"avoid",
"cancel",
"disannul",
"dissolve",
"invalidate",
"negate",
"null",
"nullify",
"quash",
"repeal",
"rescind",
"roll back",
"strike down",
"vacate",
"void"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annular":{
"as in circular , discoidal":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"circular",
"disciform",
"discoid",
"discoidal",
"disklike",
"hooplike",
"ringlike",
"global",
"globular",
"round",
"spherical",
"curved",
"looped",
"spiral",
"balled",
"bulbous",
"rotund",
"rounded",
"roundish",
"cylindrical",
"cylindric",
"elliptical",
"elliptic",
"oblong",
"oval",
"ovate",
"ovoid",
"ovoidal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"annulling":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"invalidating",
"negating",
"neutering",
"nullifying",
"atoning (for)",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"redeeming",
"redressing",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"overriding",
"overruling"
],
"synonyms":[
"canceling (out)",
"cancelling (out)",
"compensating (for)",
"correcting",
"counteracting",
"counterbalancing",
"counterpoising",
"making up (for)",
"negativing",
"neutralizing",
"offsetting"
]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacting",
"laying down",
"legislating",
"establishing",
"founding",
"instituting",
"formalizing",
"legalizing",
"legitimating",
"legitimizing",
"validating",
"passing",
"ratifying",
"allowing",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"permitting",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescribing"
],
"related":[
"countermanding",
"overriding",
"overruling",
"overturning",
"vetoing",
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"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",
"avoiding",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"disannulling",
"dissolving",
"invalidating",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"nulling",
"quashing",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"rolling back",
"striking down",
"vacating",
"voiding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annulment":{
"the doing away with something by formal action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an annulment of that hastily conceived marriage can't come too soon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enactment",
"legislation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"passing",
"ratification",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"mandating",
"ordering",
"prescription"
],
"related":[
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto",
"retraction",
"reversal",
"revocation",
"suspension",
"withdrawal",
"banning",
"enjoining",
"forbiddance",
"outlawing",
"prohibition",
"disallowance",
"dismissal",
"rejection",
"elimination",
"eradication",
"erasure",
"liquidation",
"removal"
],
"synonyms":[
"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annunciates":{
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertises",
"announces",
"blares",
"blazes",
"blazons",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"enunciates",
"flashes",
"gives out",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"releases",
"sounds",
"trumpets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barks",
"calls (off or out)",
"cries",
"billboards",
"bills",
"bulletins",
"gazettes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls",
"blurbs",
"features",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"puffs",
"disseminates",
"spreads",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"introduces",
"kithes",
"manifests",
"reports",
"reveals",
"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
"informs",
"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceals",
"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annunciating":{
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them"
],
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"advertising",
"announcing",
"blaring",
"blazing",
"blazoning",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"enunciating",
"flashing",
"giving out",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"releasing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barking",
"calling (off or out)",
"crying",
"billboarding",
"billing",
"bulletining",
"gazetting",
"knelling",
"ringing",
"tolling",
"blurbing",
"featuring",
"pitching",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"puffing",
"disseminating",
"spreading",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"introducing",
"kithing",
"kything",
"manifesting",
"reporting",
"revealing",
"showing",
"advising",
"apprising",
"handing down",
"informing",
"notifying",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"intimating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealing",
"hushing (up)",
"silencing",
"suppressing",
"withholding",
"recalling",
"recanting",
"retracting",
"revoking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annunciation":{
"as in declaration , proclamation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"declaration",
"edict",
"proclamation",
"promulgation",
"pronouncement",
"pronunciamento",
"rescript",
"signification",
"bull",
"decree",
"diktat",
"directive",
"edict",
"fiat",
"rescript",
"ruling",
"ukase",
"statement",
"utterance",
"ad",
"advert",
"advertisement",
"announcement",
"bulletin",
"communiqu\u00e9",
"notice",
"notification",
"posting",
"release",
"broadcast",
"cablecast",
"newscast",
"telecast",
"advertising",
"billing",
"blurb",
"come-on",
"commercial",
"message",
"pitch",
"plugola",
"spot",
"word",
"communication",
"dispatch",
"report",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"buildup",
"campaign",
"plug",
"promo",
"promotion",
"propaganda",
"publicity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annihilations":{
"the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless":{
"examples":[
"idealists who seek the annihilation of all forms of prejudice"
],
"synonyms":[
"decimations",
"demolishments",
"demolitions",
"desolations",
"destructions",
"devastations",
"exterminations",
"extinctions",
"havoc",
"losses",
"mincemeats",
"obliterations",
"ruinations",
"ruins",
"wastages",
"wreckages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depredations",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"breakups",
"collapses",
"disintegrations",
"dissolutions",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"dismantlements",
"effacements",
"eradications"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rescues",
"salvages",
"salvations",
"savings",
"conservations",
"preservations",
"protections",
"reclamations",
"reconstructions",
"re-creations",
"refurbishments",
"regeneracies",
"renovations",
"restorations"
],
"antonyms":[
"buildings",
"constructions",
"erections"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"announce (to)":{
"as in disclose (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disclose (to)",
"advertise",
"alert",
"notify",
"assure",
"certify",
"convince",
"reassure",
"warrant",
"acquaint",
"advise",
"apprise",
"brief",
"catch up",
"clear",
"clue (in)",
"enlighten",
"familiarize",
"fill in",
"hip",
"inform",
"instruct",
"tell",
"verse",
"wise (up)",
"educate",
"lecture",
"school",
"teach",
"tutor",
"disabuse",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"undeceive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinform",
"mislead"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annealed":{
"as in seasoned , tempered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seasoned",
"tempered",
"fit",
"fortified",
"hale",
"healthy",
"husky",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sound",
"strapping",
"virile",
"able-bodied",
"brawny",
"muscular",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"durable",
"enduring",
"everlasting",
"immortal",
"imperishable",
"lasting",
"permanent",
"stable",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"staying",
"tenacious",
"unyielding",
"flinty",
"leathery",
"resilient",
"stalwart",
"cast-iron",
"hard",
"hard-bitten",
"hardened",
"hardy",
"inured",
"rugged",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"toughened",
"vigorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delicate",
"nonhardy",
"soft",
"tender",
"weak",
"emasculated",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"run-down",
"sapped",
"wasted",
"weakened",
"worn",
"worn-out",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"diseased",
"incapacitated",
"infirm",
"unsound",
"fragile",
"frail",
"puny",
"resistless",
"sensitive",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding",
"mortal",
"perishable",
"temporary",
"transient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make stronger (as through hardship)":{
"examples":[
"She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tempered",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"inured",
"seasoned",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"acclimated",
"acclimatized",
"adapted",
"adjusted",
"invigorated",
"vitalized",
"immunized",
"bolstered",
"boosted",
"braced",
"buttressed",
"enforced",
"forearmed",
"propped (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supported",
"broke in",
"limbered (up)",
"trained",
"accustomed",
"conditioned",
"habituated",
"naturalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"sapped",
"weakened",
"crippled",
"debilitated",
"hamstrung",
"incapacitated",
"sensitized",
"softened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"annotations":{
"a written explanation, observation, etc. that is added to something (such as a book)":{
"examples":[
"The translator's annotations to the text explain some of its cultural and historical context."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comments",
"notes",
"reflections",
"remarks",
"analyses",
"commentaries",
"expositions",
"asides",
"obiter dicta",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"notions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views",
"advice",
"inputs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annealing":{
"to make stronger (as through hardship)":{
"examples":[
"She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tempering",
"fortifying",
"hardening",
"indurating",
"inuring",
"seasoning",
"steeling",
"strengthening",
"toughening",
"acclimating",
"acclimatizing",
"adapting",
"adjusting",
"invigorating",
"vitalizing",
"immunizing",
"bolstering",
"boosting",
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"enforcing",
"forearming",
"propping (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supporting",
"breaking in",
"limbering (up)",
"training",
"accustoming",
"conditioning",
"habituating",
"naturalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"sapping",
"weakening",
"crippling",
"debilitating",
"hamstringing",
"incapacitating",
"sensitizing",
"softening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"announce":{
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the excited coworker announced to everyone within hearing distance that she and her husband were expecting"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertise",
"annunciate",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"release",
"sound",
"trumpet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"announces (to)":{
"as in discloses (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discloses (to)",
"advertises",
"alerts",
"notifies",
"assures",
"certifies",
"convinces",
"reassures",
"warrants",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"apprises",
"briefs",
"catches up",
"clears",
"clues (in)",
"enlightens",
"familiarizes",
"fills in",
"hips",
"informs",
"instructs",
"tells",
"verses",
"wises (up)",
"educates",
"lectures",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors",
"disabuses",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"undeceives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annulets":{
"as in curls , spirals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beckets",
"coils",
"curls",
"furls",
"hanks",
"spirals",
"spires",
"twirls",
"whorls",
"wreaths",
"belts",
"cinctures",
"collars",
"girdles",
"bands",
"circles",
"eyes",
"hoops",
"loops",
"rings",
"rounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annotating":{
"to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)":{
"examples":[
"He annotated the text at several places.",
"annotate a list"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commentating",
"glossing",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"construing",
"demonstrating",
"demystifying",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"explicating",
"expounding",
"getting across",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"simplifying",
"spelling out",
"unriddling",
"deciphering",
"decoding",
"analyzing",
"breaking down",
"disentangling",
"undoing",
"unraveling",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"resolving",
"solving",
"defining",
"specifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogging",
"clouding",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"obfuscating",
"obscuring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annoyers":{
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"a bratty annoyer who wouldn't leave me alone"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyances",
"bothers",
"gadflies",
"gnawers",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"nuisances",
"pains",
"persecutors",
"pests",
"teasers",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headaches",
"harriers",
"hecklers",
"interrupters",
"interruptors",
"hassles",
"plagues",
"harassers",
"molesters",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmers",
"smoothies",
"comforters",
"solacers",
"soothers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"announcer":{
"a person who conducts a program of entertainment by making introductions and providing continuity":{
"examples":[
"announcer for the Indy 500"
],
"synonyms":[
"emcee",
"host",
"MC"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mistress of ceremonies",
"DJ",
"disc jockey",
"disk jockey",
"shock jock",
"veejay",
"VJ",
"huckster",
"pitchman",
"anchor",
"anchorman",
"anchorperson",
"anchorwoman",
"newscaster",
"CBer",
"ham",
"radioman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annihilates":{
"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success"
],
"synonyms":[
"abolishes",
"blacks out",
"blots out",
"cancels",
"cleans (up)",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"obliterates",
"roots (out)",
"rubs out",
"snuffs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"sweeps (away)",
"wipes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"dismantles",
"flattens",
"mows (down)",
"razes",
"tears down",
"ruins",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"dashes",
"dynamites",
"smashes",
"atomizes",
"consumes",
"devours",
"dissolves",
"fragments",
"powders",
"pulverizes",
"shatters",
"splinters",
"dooms",
"finishes",
"kills",
"kills off",
"terminates",
"zaps",
"cuts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"ejects",
"excises",
"expels",
"jettisons",
"ousts",
"throws out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"builds",
"constructs",
"creates",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forges",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"shapes",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"rebuilds",
"reconditions",
"reconstructs",
"renews",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"restores",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{
"examples":[
"the tornado simply annihilated the family's home"
],
"synonyms":[
"creams",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"does in",
"extinguishes",
"nukes",
"pulls down",
"pulverizes",
"razes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"vaporizes",
"wastes",
"wracks",
"wrecks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beats",
"bests",
"clobbers",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"routs",
"scotches",
"skunks",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"wins (against)",
"blasts",
"blows up",
"breaks",
"cripples",
"damages",
"defaces",
"deteriorates",
"disfigures",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"dynamites",
"harms",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mangles",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"erodes",
"scours",
"sweeps (away)",
"washes out",
"wears (away)",
"dilapidates",
"disassembles",
"dismantles",
"guts",
"takes down",
"unbuilds",
"undoes",
"unmakes",
"blots out",
"effaces",
"eradicates",
"expunges",
"exterminates",
"extirpates",
"liquidates",
"obliterates",
"removes",
"roots (out)",
"snuffs (out)",
"stamps (out)",
"wipes out",
"despoils",
"havocs",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"tramples",
"trashes",
"vandalizes",
"assassinates",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"dispatches",
"executes",
"fells",
"kills",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"murders",
"slaughters",
"slays",
"takes out",
"zaps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"doctors",
"fixes",
"mends",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"repairs",
"revamps",
"creates",
"invents",
"assembles",
"fabricates",
"fashions",
"forges",
"forms",
"frames",
"makes",
"manufactures",
"molds",
"produces",
"shapes",
"brings about",
"constitutes",
"establishes",
"fathers",
"founds",
"institutes",
"organizes",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"rebuilds",
"reconstructs",
"remodels",
"renovates",
"restores"
],
"antonyms":[
"builds",
"constructs",
"erects",
"puts up",
"raises",
"rears",
"sets up"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annoy":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"deliberately annoyed the elderly neighbor by walking across his lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annoyances":{
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
"examples":[
"they have an unlisted number in the hopes that it will reduce the constant annoyance by telemarketers"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"bedevilments",
"botherations",
"disturbances",
"harassments",
"importunities",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggros",
"molestations",
"offenses",
"offences",
"persecutions",
"provocations",
"torments",
"tortures",
"devilments",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"mischiefs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"Carlene made known her annoyance at having to pick up her sister's dirty clothes"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"griefs",
"irritations",
"pips",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agitations",
"discomforts",
"displeasures",
"distresses",
"disturbances",
"upsets",
"irritabilities",
"peeves",
"perturbations",
"pets",
"piques",
"resentments",
"troubles",
"angers",
"chafes",
"danders",
"dudgeons",
"galls",
"huffs",
"indignations",
"ires",
"outrages",
"umbrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that is a source of irritation":{
"examples":[
"flashing ads, visual clutter, and other annoyances that are the price for free information on the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravations",
"aggros",
"botherations",
"bothers",
"bugbears",
"exasperations",
"frustrations",
"hair shirts",
"hassles",
"headaches",
"inconveniences",
"irks",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"peeves",
"pests",
"rubs",
"ruffles",
"thorns",
"trials",
"vexations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"fleabites",
"pinpricks",
"affronts",
"insults",
"offenses",
"offences",
"upsets",
"worries",
"afflictions",
"albatross",
"albatrosses",
"burdens",
"crosses",
"curses",
"menaces",
"millstones",
"plagues",
"sores",
"anxieties",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"hang-ups",
"pet peeves",
"problems",
"annoyers",
"disturbers",
"harassers",
"mischiefs",
"offenders",
"pandora's boxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"younger brothers can be an annoyance sometimes"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyers",
"bothers",
"gadflies",
"gnawers",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"nuisances",
"pains",
"persecutors",
"pests",
"teasers",
"teases"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headaches",
"harriers",
"hecklers",
"interrupters",
"interruptors",
"hassles",
"plagues",
"harassers",
"molesters",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmers",
"smoothies",
"comforters",
"solacers",
"soothers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"annuls":{
"to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, his arrogant attitude annuls the many generous favors he does for people"
],
"synonyms":[
"cancels (out)",
"compensates (for)",
"corrects",
"counteracts",
"counterbalances",
"counterpoises",
"makes up (for)",
"negatives",
"neutralizes",
"offsets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"invalidates",
"negates",
"neuters",
"nullifies",
"atones (for)",
"outbalances",
"outweighs",
"redeems",
"redresses",
"relieves",
"remedies",
"overrides",
"overrules"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put an end to by formal action":{
"examples":[
"plans to annul their short-lived, ill-advised marriage"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"abolishes",
"abrogates",
"avoids",
"cancels",
"disannuls",
"dissolves",
"invalidates",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"nulls",
"quashes",
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"rolls back",
"strikes down",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overrules",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"aborts",
"calls",
"calls off",
"drops",
"recalls",
"retracts",
"reverses",
"revokes",
"suspends",
"withdraws",
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"disallows",
"dismisses",
"rejects",
"annihilates",
"breaks down",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"erases",
"liquidates",
"removes",
"throws out",
"writes off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enacts",
"lays down",
"legislates",
"establishes",
"founds",
"institutes",
"formalizes",
"legalizes",
"legitimates",
"legitimizes",
"validates",
"passes",
"ratifies",
"allows",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"permits",
"sanctions",
"warrants",
"commands",
"decrees",
"mandates",
"orders",
"prescribes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"announced (to)":{
"as in disclosed (to)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disclosed (to)",
"advertised",
"alerted",
"notified",
"assured",
"certified",
"convinced",
"reassured",
"warranted",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"apprised",
"briefed",
"caught up",
"cleared",
"clued (in)",
"enlightened",
"familiarized",
"filled in",
"hipped",
"informed",
"instructed",
"told",
"versed",
"wised (up)",
"educated",
"lectured",
"schooled",
"taught",
"tutored",
"disabused",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"undeceived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misinformed",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annotate":{
"to add notes or comments to (a text, book, drawing, etc.)":{
"examples":[
"He annotated the text at several places.",
"annotate a list"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commentate",
"gloss",
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"construe",
"demonstrate",
"demystify",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"explicate",
"expound",
"get across",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"simplify",
"spell out",
"unriddle",
"decipher",
"decode",
"analyze",
"break down",
"disentangle",
"undo",
"unravel",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"resolve",
"solve",
"define",
"specify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befog",
"cloud",
"confound",
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"verb"
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"a new annex that will serve as the permanent home for the school library"
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"extension",
"penthouse"
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"ell",
"wing"
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"attach",
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"tie",
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"inject",
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"separate",
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"cut",
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"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"cut back",
"retrench"
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"bate",
"deduct",
"knock off",
"remove",
"subtract",
"take off"
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"verb"
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"an annulment of that hastily conceived marriage can't come too soon"
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"abolishments",
"abolitions",
"abrogations",
"avoidances",
"cancellations",
"cancelations",
"defeasances",
"dissolutions",
"invalidations",
"negations",
"nullifications",
"repeals",
"rescindments"
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"abortions",
"recalls",
"countermands",
"overrides",
"overturns",
"vetoes",
"retractions",
"reversals",
"revocations",
"suspensions",
"withdrawals",
"forbiddances",
"prohibitions",
"disallowances",
"dismissals",
"rejections",
"eliminations",
"eradications",
"erasures",
"liquidations",
"removals"
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"enactments",
"legislations",
"establishments",
"institutions",
"formalizations",
"legalizations",
"legitimations",
"legitimizations",
"validations",
"passings",
"ratifications",
"approvals",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"permissions",
"commandments",
"orderings",
"prescriptions"
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"noun"
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"to make stronger (as through hardship)":{
"examples":[
"She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood."
],
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"fortify",
"harden",
"indurate",
"inure",
"season",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"toughen",
"acclimate",
"acclimatize",
"adapt",
"adjust",
"invigorate",
"vitalize",
"immunize",
"bolster",
"boost",
"brace",
"buttress",
"enforce",
"forearm",
"prop (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"support",
"break in",
"limber (up)",
"train",
"accustom",
"condition",
"habituate",
"naturalize"
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"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"sap",
"weaken",
"cripple",
"debilitate",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"sensitize",
"soften"
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"type":[
"verb"
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"to make known openly or publicly":{
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"a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them"
],
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"advertise",
"announce",
"blare",
"blaze",
"blazon",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"enunciate",
"flash",
"give out",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"release",
"sound",
"trumpet"
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"bark",
"call (off or out)",
"cry",
"bill",
"billboard",
"bulletin",
"gazette",
"knell",
"ring",
"toll",
"blurb",
"feature",
"pitch",
"plug",
"promote",
"puff",
"disseminate",
"spread",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"introduce",
"kithe",
"manifest",
"report",
"reveal",
"show",
"advise",
"apprise",
"hand down",
"inform",
"notify",
"communicate",
"impart",
"intimate"
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"hush (up)",
"silence",
"suppress",
"withhold",
"recall",
"recant",
"retract",
"revoke"
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"verb"
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"to make known openly or publicly":{
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"a politician is wise to annunciate past minor transgressions before the media make something major of them"
],
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"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
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"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
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"proclaimed",
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"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"sounded",
"trumpeted"
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"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
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"plugged",
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"showed",
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"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
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"type":[
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"to make known openly or publicly":{
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"the excited coworker announced to everyone within hearing distance that she and her husband were expecting"
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"blazons",
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"flashes",
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"placards",
"posts",
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"releases",
"sounds",
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"calls (off or out)",
"cries",
"billboards",
"bills",
"bulletins",
"gazettes",
"knells",
"rings",
"tolls",
"blurbs",
"features",
"pitches",
"plugs",
"promotes",
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"kithes",
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"reports",
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"shows",
"advises",
"apprises",
"hands down",
"informs",
"notifies",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"intimates"
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"hushes (up)",
"silences",
"suppresses",
"withholds",
"recalls",
"recants",
"retracts",
"revokes"
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"verb"
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"a new book by America's best-known annalist of the Civil War"
],
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"chronicler",
"historian"
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"autobiographer",
"biographer",
"archivist",
"chronologist",
"genealogist",
"hagiographer"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"declarations",
"edicts",
"proclamations",
"promulgations",
"pronouncements",
"pronunciamentos",
"pronunciamentoes",
"rescripts",
"significations",
"bulls",
"decrees",
"diktats",
"directives",
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"rulings",
"ukases",
"statements",
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"advertisements",
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"buildups",
"campaigns",
"plugs",
"promos",
"promotions",
"propagandas",
"publicities"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"to destroy all traces of":{
"examples":[
"the family's attempts to annihilate the roach population in their apartment had met with little success"
],
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"abolishing",
"blacking out",
"blotting out",
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"cleaning (up)",
"effacing",
"eradicating",
"erasing",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"obliterating",
"rooting (out)",
"rubbing out",
"snuffing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"sweeping (away)",
"wiping out"
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"decimating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ravaging",
"dismantling",
"flattening",
"mowing (down)",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
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"totalling",
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"wrecking",
"blasting",
"blowing up",
"dashing",
"dynamiting",
"smashing",
"atomizing",
"consuming",
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"dissolving",
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"powdering",
"pulverizing",
"shattering",
"splintering",
"dooming",
"finishing",
"killing",
"killing off",
"terminating",
"zapping",
"cutting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"ejecting",
"excising",
"expelling",
"jettisoning",
"ousting",
"throwing out"
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"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"building",
"constructing",
"creating",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"shaping",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconditioning",
"reconstructing",
"renewing",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"restoring",
"revamping"
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"the tornado simply annihilated the family's home"
],
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"creaming",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"doing in",
"extinguishing",
"nuking",
"pulling down",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"vaporizing",
"wasting",
"wracking",
"wrecking"
],
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"beating",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"scotching",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
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"trimming",
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"defacing",
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"disfiguring",
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"injuring",
"mangling",
"marring",
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"vitiating",
"eroding",
"scouring",
"sweeping (away)",
"washing out",
"wearing (away)",
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"gutting",
"taking down",
"unbuilding",
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"unmaking",
"blotting out",
"effacing",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"obliterating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"snuffing (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out",
"despoiling",
"havocking",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"trampling",
"trashing",
"vandalizing",
"assassinating",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"dispatching",
"executing",
"felling",
"killing",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"murdering",
"slaughtering",
"slaying",
"taking out",
"zapping"
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"doctoring",
"fixing",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"repairing",
"revamping",
"creating",
"inventing",
"assembling",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"manufacturing",
"molding",
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"bringing about",
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"organizing",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"remodeling",
"renovating",
"restoring"
],
"antonyms":[
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up"
]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"we didn't just win; we absolutely annihilated them!"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"anneals":{
"to make stronger (as through hardship)":{
"examples":[
"She was annealed by the tragedies of her childhood."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tempers",
"fortifies",
"hardens",
"indurates",
"inures",
"seasons",
"steels",
"strengthens",
"toughens",
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"invigorates",
"vitalizes",
"immunizes",
"bolsters",
"boosts",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"enforces",
"forearms",
"props (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"supports",
"breaks in",
"limbers (up)",
"trains",
"accustoms",
"conditions",
"habituates",
"naturalizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"saps",
"weakens",
"cripples",
"debilitates",
"hamstrings",
"incapacitates",
"sensitizes",
"softens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"annoyingly":{
"as in distressingly , irritatingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly",
"alack",
"alas",
"ay",
"wirra",
"woe",
"alarmingly",
"disturbingly",
"perturbingly",
"traumatically",
"unsettlingly",
"unhappily",
"unluckily",
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"lamentably",
"regrettably",
"sadly",
"tragically",
"unfortunately",
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"thankfully",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"agreeably",
"charmingly",
"delectably",
"deliciously",
"delightfully",
"dreamily",
"enchantingly",
"enjoyably",
"favorably",
"felicitously",
"fetchingly",
"gloriously",
"gratifyingly",
"great",
"nicely",
"palatably",
"pleasantly",
"pleasingly",
"pleasurably",
"prettily",
"satisfyingly",
"splendidly",
"sweetly",
"swimmingly",
"welcomely",
"well",
"winningly",
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
}
}