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2931 lines
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{
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"ceases":{
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"to come to an end":{
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"examples":[
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"the rain finally ceased , and we were able to continue the baseball game"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaks off",
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"breaks up",
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"closes",
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"concludes",
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"dead-ends",
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"determines",
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"dies",
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"discontinues",
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"elapses",
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"ends",
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"expires",
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"finishes",
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"goes",
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"halts",
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"lapses",
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"leaves off",
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"lets up",
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"passes",
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"quits",
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"stops",
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"terminates",
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"winds up",
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"winks (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"desists (from)",
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"lays off (of)",
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"refrains (from)",
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"gives over",
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"knocks off",
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"packs (up or in)",
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"breaks down",
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"conks (out)",
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"cuts out",
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"stalls",
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"pauses",
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"stays",
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"suspends",
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"abates",
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"peters (out)",
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"winds down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"draws out",
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"extends",
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"prolongs",
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"protracts"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"continues",
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"hangs on",
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"persists"
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]
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},
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"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
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"examples":[
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"cease chattering and get down to work, please"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaks",
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"breaks off",
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"breaks up",
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"cans",
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"cuts off",
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"cuts out",
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"desists (from)",
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"discontinues",
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"drops",
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"ends",
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"gives over",
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"halts",
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"knocks off",
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"lays off",
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"leaves off",
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"packs (up or in)",
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"quits",
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"shuts off",
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"stops"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"completes",
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"concludes",
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"finishes",
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"closes (down)",
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"deactivates",
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"blockades",
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"blocks",
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"dams",
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"delays",
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"detains",
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"hinders",
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"holds",
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"holds back",
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"impedes",
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"kiboshes",
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"obstructs",
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"stems",
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"calls",
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"suspends",
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"arrests",
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"brakes",
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"checks",
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"clamps down",
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"reins (in)",
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"squashes",
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"squelches",
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"stamps",
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"stanches",
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"staunches",
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"stunts",
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"suppresses",
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"turns back",
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"pauses",
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"stays",
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"suspends",
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"abolishes",
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"aborts",
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"annuls",
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"demolishes",
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"destroys",
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"dissolves",
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"kills",
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"ruins",
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"scuttles",
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"snuffs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"carries on",
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"continues",
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"follows through (with)",
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"keeps up",
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"runs on",
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"advances",
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"proceeds",
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"progresses",
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"actuates",
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"drives",
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"impels",
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"propels",
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"stirs"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the stopping of a process or activity":{
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"examples":[
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"worked without cease for the betterment of humanity"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arrestments",
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"arrests",
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"cessations",
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"checks",
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"closedowns",
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"closes",
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"closures",
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"conclusions",
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"cutoffs",
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"discontinuances",
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"discontinuations",
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"endings",
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"ends",
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"expirations",
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"finishes",
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"halts",
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"lapses",
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"offsets",
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"shutdowns",
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"shutoffs",
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"stays",
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"stoppages",
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"stops",
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"surceases",
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"terminations"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mop-ups",
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"phaseouts",
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"abeyances",
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"breaks",
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"interruptions",
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"layoffs",
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"letups",
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"moratoriums",
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"moratoria",
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"pauses",
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"standstills",
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"suspensions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"extensions",
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"persistences",
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"prolongations"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"continuances",
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"continuations"
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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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"cedes":{
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"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"she reluctantly ceded her position as leader"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"keeps",
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"retains",
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"withholds"
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],
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"related":[
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"commits",
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"consigns",
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"entrusts",
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"intrusts",
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"transfers",
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"forfeits",
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"releases",
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"waives",
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"abnegates",
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"renounces",
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"resigns",
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"abandons",
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"deserts",
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"discards",
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"forsakes",
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"parts (with)",
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"sheds"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coughs up",
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"delivers",
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"gives up",
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"hands over",
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"lays down",
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"relinquishes",
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"renders",
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"surrenders",
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"turns in",
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"turns over",
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"yields"
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]
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},
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"to give over the legal possession or ownership of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"Spain ceded Puerto Rico to the United States as part of the settlement of the Spanish-American War"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"expropriates"
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],
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"related":[
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"bequeaths",
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"hands down",
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"leaves",
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"passes (down)",
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"wills",
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"bestows",
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"commends",
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"commits",
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"confers",
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"contributes",
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"delivers",
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"donates",
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"grants",
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"hands over",
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"moves",
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"passes",
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"presents",
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"releases",
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"relinquishes",
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"surrenders",
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"transmits",
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"turns in",
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"turns over",
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"vests",
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"yields",
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"consigns",
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"entrusts",
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"intrusts",
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"trusts",
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"leases",
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"lends",
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"lets",
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"loans",
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"rents"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alienates",
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"aliens",
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"assigns",
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"conveys",
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"deeds",
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"makes over",
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"transfers"
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]
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},
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"to give up (as a position of authority) formally":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the President officially cedes his position on the January 20th immediately following the presidential election"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"appropriates",
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"arrogates",
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"assumes",
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"claims",
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"confiscates",
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"seizes",
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"takes over",
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"usurps",
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"wrests",
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"defends",
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"guards",
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"protects",
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"safeguards",
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"secures"
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],
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"related":[
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"abjures",
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"demits",
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"denies",
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"disavows",
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"disclaims",
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"disowns",
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"waives",
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"forsakes",
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"gives up",
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"hands over",
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"yields",
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"abandons",
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"deserts",
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"quits",
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"vacates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abdicates",
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"abnegates",
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"relinquishes",
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"renounces",
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"resigns",
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"steps aside (from)",
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"steps down (from)",
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"surrenders"
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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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"celerity":{
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"a high rate of movement or performance":{
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"antonyms":[
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"slowness",
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"sluggishness"
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],
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"examples":[
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"a journalist who writes his well-crafted stories with remarkable celerity"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"languidness",
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"languor",
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"leisureliness",
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"lethargy",
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"torpidity",
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"torpor",
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"reluctance",
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"deliberateness",
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"deliberation",
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"dilatoriness",
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"lateness",
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"pokiness",
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"procrastination"
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],
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"related":[
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"clip",
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"gait",
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"pace",
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"rate",
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"tempo",
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"drive",
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"hustle",
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"acceleration",
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"hastiness",
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"precipitation",
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"precipitousness",
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"rush",
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"alacrity",
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"dispatch",
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"expedition",
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"expeditiousness",
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"promptitude",
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"promptness",
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"warp speed"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fastness",
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"fleetness",
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"haste",
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"hurry",
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"quickness",
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"rapidity",
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"rapidness",
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"speed",
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"speediness",
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"swiftness",
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"velocity"
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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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"celestial":{
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"of, relating to, or suggesting heaven":{
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"antonyms":[
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"chthonic",
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"chthonian",
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"hellish",
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"infernal",
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"plutonian",
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"sulfurous",
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"Tartarean"
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],
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"examples":[
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"movie scenes depicting life after death are usually accompanied by celestial music"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"earthly",
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"mundane",
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"terrestrial",
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"worldly",
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"anti-utopian",
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"dystopian"
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],
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"related":[
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"supernatural",
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"transcendent",
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"transcendental",
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"unearthly",
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"unworldly",
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"angelic",
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"angelical",
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"beatific",
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"blissful",
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"Olympian",
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"paradisiacal",
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"paradisiac",
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"utopian",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"galactic",
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"stellar"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"elysian",
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"empyreal",
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"empyrean",
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"ethereal",
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"heavenly",
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"supernal"
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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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"cell":{
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"a local unit of an organization":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"his mission was to locate and infiltrate the terrorist cell that was believed to be hiding in the city"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"arm",
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"division",
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"wing",
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"offshoot",
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"subchapter",
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"lodge",
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"post"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affiliate",
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"branch",
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"chapter",
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"council",
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"local"
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]
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},
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"an area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"a jail cell"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"accommodation",
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"bay",
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"berth",
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"booth",
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"cabin",
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"compartment",
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"cubicle",
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"alcove",
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"niche",
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"nook",
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"recess",
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"snuggery"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"apartment",
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"chamber",
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"closet",
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"room"
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]
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},
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"one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"cells in a honeycomb"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"cubbyhole",
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"pigeonhole",
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"snuggery",
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"alcove",
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"niche",
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"nook",
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"recess",
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"cabinet",
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"drawer",
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"locker",
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"cavity",
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"hole",
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"hollow",
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"booth",
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"box",
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"crib",
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"loge",
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"stall",
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"bunker",
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"crypt",
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"vault"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bay",
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"cabin",
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"chamber",
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"compartment",
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"cube",
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"cubicle"
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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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"cemented":{
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"as in bonded , glued":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in combined , welded":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"cementing":{
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"as in combining , welding":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"as in gluing":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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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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"censoring":{
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"to remove objectionable parts from":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the producers were told that they would have to censor their movie if they wanted a PG rating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"approving",
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"authorizing",
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"sanctioning"
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],
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"related":[
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"cleansing",
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"purging",
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"purifying",
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"abbreviating",
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"blue-penciling",
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"editing",
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"shortening",
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"bleeping",
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"blipping",
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"cutting (out)",
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"deleting",
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"excising",
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"expunging",
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"gutting",
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"x-ing (out)",
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"x'ing (out)",
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"blacking out",
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"repressing",
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"silencing",
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"suppressing",
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"censuring",
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"condemning",
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"denouncing",
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"examining",
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"reviewing",
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"screening",
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"scrutinizing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bowdlerizing",
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"cleaning (up)",
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"expurgating",
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"laundering",
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"red-penciling"
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"censors":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the producers were told that they would have to censor their movie if they wanted a PG rating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"blue-pencils",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"bleeps",
|
|
"blips",
|
|
"cuts (out)",
|
|
"deletes",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"x's (out)",
|
|
"blacks out",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"scrutinizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowdlerizes",
|
|
"cleans (up)",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"launders",
|
|
"red-pencils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"censorship":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"censures":{
|
|
"an often public or formal expression of disapproval":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a rare censure of a senator by the full United States Senate for misconduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclamations",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"plaudits",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonishments",
|
|
"admonitions",
|
|
"castigations",
|
|
"chastisements",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"punishments",
|
|
"remonstrances",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"dressing-downs",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"lessons",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"scoldings",
|
|
"talking-tos",
|
|
"tongue-lashings",
|
|
"belittlements",
|
|
"criticisms",
|
|
"deprecations",
|
|
"depreciations",
|
|
"disparagements",
|
|
"pans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comminations",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"excoriations",
|
|
"objurgations",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproofs",
|
|
"riot acts",
|
|
"strictures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to declare to be morally wrong or evil":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our society generally censures the taking of another person's life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"exalts",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"salutes",
|
|
"touts",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"reveres",
|
|
"venerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"dispraises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"sentences",
|
|
"convicts",
|
|
"blacklists",
|
|
"excommunicates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"rakes",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraids",
|
|
"vituperates",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"imprecates",
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"reviles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathematizes",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"reprobates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"critics have striven to outdo each other in censuring that pop novelist's latest work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"nicks (at)",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"gibbets",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pillories",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraids",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"discommends",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"dispraises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"slags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express public or formal disapproval of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a vote to censure the President for conduct that was unbecoming to his office"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"eulogizes",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chastises",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"punishes",
|
|
"bawls out",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"chews out",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"dresses down",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"gibbets",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"rails (at or against)",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"tells off",
|
|
"upbraids",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"deprecates",
|
|
"depreciates",
|
|
"disparages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"objurgates",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"center":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a stretch of coastline that has long been the area's center of tourism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hot spot",
|
|
"playground",
|
|
"playland",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet",
|
|
"polestar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"central",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"navel",
|
|
"nerve center",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"omphalos",
|
|
"seat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area or point that is an equal distance from all points along an edge or outer surface":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the center of the earth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"core",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midpoint",
|
|
"midst"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decentralize",
|
|
"deconcentrate",
|
|
"spread (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"centered administrative duties under the command of a single person"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"harmonize",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"orchestrate",
|
|
"blend",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"incorporate",
|
|
"merge",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"colligate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"reunify",
|
|
"reunite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centralize",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concenter",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"polarize",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the students centered their attention on final exams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"home (in on)",
|
|
"hone in (on)",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"zero (in on)",
|
|
"attend",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"fixate (on)",
|
|
"obsess (over)",
|
|
"refocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"fasten",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"rivet",
|
|
"train"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"central":{
|
|
"a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a health club that has become dating central for singles in the area"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headquarters",
|
|
"happy hunting ground",
|
|
"hive",
|
|
"hotbed",
|
|
"hot spot",
|
|
"playground",
|
|
"playland",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nub",
|
|
"pith",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"lodestone",
|
|
"loadstone",
|
|
"magnet",
|
|
"polestar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axis",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"cynosure",
|
|
"epicenter",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"mecca",
|
|
"navel",
|
|
"nerve center",
|
|
"nexus",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"omphalos",
|
|
"seat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"avoiding major social change or extreme political ideas":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"ultra"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with all of the attention being paid to the party's right and left wings, the vast central core has been largely ignored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fanatical",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"subversive",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"incendiary",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflammatory",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rabble-rousing",
|
|
"dissenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"nonrevolutionary",
|
|
"orthodox",
|
|
"traditional",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"neutral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centrist",
|
|
"middle-of-the-road",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"coming before all others in importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"last",
|
|
"least"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the central theme of the book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"collateral",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"subsidiary"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"high-level",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"influential",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"celebrated",
|
|
"famed",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"renowned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"cardinal",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greatest",
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"key",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"paramount",
|
|
"predominant",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"primal",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"prior",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"supreme"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"utmost"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"will hold the conference in the central part of the country in order to encourage delegates from both coasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"outer",
|
|
"peripheral"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equidistant",
|
|
"inmost",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"innermost",
|
|
"nearest",
|
|
"betwixt and between",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"in-between"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"halfway",
|
|
"intermediary",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"medial",
|
|
"median",
|
|
"mediate",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"mid",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"midmost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"centralizing":{
|
|
"to bring (something) to a central point or under a single control":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decentralizing",
|
|
"deconcentrating",
|
|
"spreading (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company decided to centralize all of its operations at its Ohio plant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"orchestrating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"incorporating",
|
|
"merging",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"colligating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"reunifying",
|
|
"reuniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"centering",
|
|
"compacting",
|
|
"concentering",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"polarizing",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cerebral":{
|
|
"much given to learning and thinking":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anti-intellectual",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"nonintellectual",
|
|
"philistine"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a very cerebral jurist who has given much thought to what makes our nation's constitution work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"uncultured",
|
|
"ignorant",
|
|
"illiterate",
|
|
"uneducated",
|
|
"unlettered",
|
|
"unread",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"benighted",
|
|
"unenlightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"erudite",
|
|
"learned",
|
|
"literate",
|
|
"polyhistoric",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"polymathic",
|
|
"scholarly",
|
|
"well-read",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"bookish",
|
|
"professorial",
|
|
"didactic",
|
|
"high-toned",
|
|
"hyperintellectual",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"snobby",
|
|
"snooty",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"eggheaded",
|
|
"geeky",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"intellectualist",
|
|
"intellectualistic",
|
|
"long-haired",
|
|
"longhair",
|
|
"nerdish",
|
|
"nerdy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of or relating to the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmental"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a young man given more to cerebral pursuits than to sporting activities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"somatic",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cognitive",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"epistemic",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"noetic",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical",
|
|
"telepathic",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasoning",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"thinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"internal",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"psychological",
|
|
"psychologic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ceremony":{
|
|
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a beautiful, old-fashioned wedding ceremony"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amenities",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"etiquette",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"proprieties",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"manners",
|
|
"mores",
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"tradition",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"celebration",
|
|
"service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ceremonial",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"formality",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"rite",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"solemnity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"certain":{
|
|
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a certain percentage of the profits will go to charity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"open-ended",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nonadjustable",
|
|
"noncancelable",
|
|
"nonnegotiable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"inexpugnable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm certain that they'll arrive on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"vacillating",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"unassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unfaltering",
|
|
"unhesitating",
|
|
"unquestioning",
|
|
"unwavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"doubtless",
|
|
"implicit",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"impossible to avoid or evade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"avoidable",
|
|
"evadable",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unsure"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as he got older, the athlete began to feel the certain effects of the aging process on his body"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preventable",
|
|
"preventible",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"shaky",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"undecided",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"undependable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"improbable",
|
|
"unlikely"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"possible",
|
|
"probable",
|
|
"destined",
|
|
"fated",
|
|
"foreordained",
|
|
"predestined",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"preordained",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"unstoppable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ineluctable",
|
|
"ineludible",
|
|
"inescapable",
|
|
"inevitable",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unavoidable",
|
|
"unescapable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"known but not named":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a certain person told me that today is your birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"known",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"specified"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"one",
|
|
"some",
|
|
"unidentified",
|
|
"unnamed",
|
|
"unspecified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not capable of being challenged or proved wrong":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"answerable",
|
|
"arguable",
|
|
"contradictable",
|
|
"controvertible",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"disputable",
|
|
"doubtable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"refutable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"up to this point there's been no certain evidence that a crime has been committed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controversial",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"iffy",
|
|
"inconclusive",
|
|
"indecisive",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"speculative",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"unambiguous",
|
|
"unequivocal",
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"hands-down",
|
|
"uncontested",
|
|
"uncontradicted",
|
|
"undisputed",
|
|
"unquestioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accomplished",
|
|
"inarguable",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefragable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unanswerable",
|
|
"unarguable",
|
|
"unchallengeable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"unquestionable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not likely to fail":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fallible"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chicken soup is grandma's certain cure for pretty much whatever ails you"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"unerring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"can't-miss",
|
|
"fail-safe",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"surefire",
|
|
"unfailing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"certainty":{
|
|
"a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"incertitude",
|
|
"nonconfidence",
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I have full certainty that I'll pass the test"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"disbelief",
|
|
"incredulity",
|
|
"unbelief",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"concern",
|
|
"misgiving",
|
|
"distrust",
|
|
"mistrust",
|
|
"suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authoritarianism",
|
|
"dogmatism",
|
|
"decisiveness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"resolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"assuredness",
|
|
"certitude",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"doubtlessness",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"positiveness",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"sureness",
|
|
"surety"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being impossible to avoid or evade":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"uncertainty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the proverbial certainty of death and taxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preventability",
|
|
"improbability",
|
|
"unlikelihood",
|
|
"unlikeliness",
|
|
"doubtfulness",
|
|
"dubiousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"likelihood",
|
|
"probability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inexorableness",
|
|
"relentlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ineluctability",
|
|
"inevitability",
|
|
"inevitableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"certificate":{
|
|
"a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a certificate will be awarded to each person who completes the course in lifesaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"credentials",
|
|
"diploma",
|
|
"parchment",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"writ",
|
|
"warranty",
|
|
"coupon",
|
|
"voucher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certification",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"instrument"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"certifications":{
|
|
"a written or printed paper giving information about or proof of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"submitted the required certifications"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"credentials",
|
|
"diplomas",
|
|
"parchments",
|
|
"records",
|
|
"warrants",
|
|
"writs",
|
|
"warranties",
|
|
"coupons",
|
|
"vouchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certificates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"instruments"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"certifying":{
|
|
"to declare (something) to be true or genuine":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"experts certified the letter as indeed having been written by Abraham Lincoln"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"vowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"testifying (to)",
|
|
"vouching (for)",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproving",
|
|
"rebutting",
|
|
"refuting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please bring in a doctor's note to certify that you were really sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"gainsaying",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disavowing",
|
|
"disclaiming",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"questioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"backing (up)",
|
|
"testifying (to)",
|
|
"vouching (for)",
|
|
"witnessing",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"professing",
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"attesting",
|
|
"authenticating",
|
|
"bearing out",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"corroborating",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"verifying",
|
|
"vindicating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give official or legal power to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disqualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"certified her as a teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disbarring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disenfranchising",
|
|
"disfranchising",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"forbidding",
|
|
"interdicting",
|
|
"outlawing",
|
|
"prohibiting",
|
|
"proscribing",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"credentialing",
|
|
"credentialling",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"inducting",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"installing",
|
|
"instating",
|
|
"swearing in",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"letting",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"entitling",
|
|
"privileging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accrediting",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"chartering",
|
|
"commissioning",
|
|
"empowering",
|
|
"enabling",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"licensing",
|
|
"licencing",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"vesting",
|
|
"warranting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cessation":{
|
|
"the stopping of a process or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuance",
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cessation of the snowstorm was a relief"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"prolongation"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"phaseout",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"letup",
|
|
"moratorium",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"standstill",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"arrestment",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closedown",
|
|
"closure",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"discontinuation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiration",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"offset",
|
|
"shutdown",
|
|
"shutoff",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stoppage",
|
|
"surcease",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"census":{
|
|
"a total number obtained or recorded by noting each thing as it was being added":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a thorough census of all the grizzly bears living within the national park"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"count",
|
|
"tale",
|
|
"tally"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"score",
|
|
"amount",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"recount"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"celebrities":{
|
|
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"celebrities from sports and entertainment attended the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
|
|
"causes celebres",
|
|
"celebs",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"icons",
|
|
"ikons",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notabilities",
|
|
"notables",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"somebodies",
|
|
"standouts",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"VIPs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"heartthrobs",
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"demigods",
|
|
"dignitaries",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"immortals",
|
|
"monuments",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"worthies",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"big shots",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
|
"kahunas",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moguls",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"panjandrums",
|
|
"panjandra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightweights",
|
|
"mediocrities",
|
|
"has-beens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nobodies",
|
|
"noncelebrities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fact or state of being known to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actor who reportedly feels very uncomfortable with his celebrity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"notorieties",
|
|
"renowns"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"reputabilities",
|
|
"reputations",
|
|
"reputes",
|
|
"cachets",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"prestiges",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"standings",
|
|
"statures",
|
|
"statuses",
|
|
"megastardoms",
|
|
"popularities",
|
|
"stardoms",
|
|
"superstardoms",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"preeminences",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"visibilities",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"acknowledgments",
|
|
"acknowledgements",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"kudos",
|
|
"laurels",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"recognitions",
|
|
"adorations",
|
|
"idolizations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"invisibilities",
|
|
"unpopularity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"anonymities",
|
|
"oblivions",
|
|
"obscurities"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"cemetery":{
|
|
"a piece of land used for burying the dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many of the soldiers who died in the battle are buried in a cemetery nearby"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boneyard",
|
|
"God's acre",
|
|
"graveyard",
|
|
"memorial park",
|
|
"necropolis",
|
|
"potter's field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catacombs",
|
|
"churchyard",
|
|
"crypt",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"mausoleum",
|
|
"sepulchre",
|
|
"sepulcher",
|
|
"sepulture",
|
|
"tomb",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ceasing":{
|
|
"as in discontinuing , stopping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain finally ceased , and we were able to continue the baseball game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cease chattering and get down to work, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
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"ending",
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"giving over",
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"halting",
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"knocking off",
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"laying off",
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"leaving off",
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"packing (up or in)",
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"quitting",
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"shutting off",
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"stopping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"completing",
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"concluding",
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"finishing",
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"closing (down)",
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"deactivating",
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"blockading",
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"blocking",
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"damming",
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"delaying",
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"detaining",
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"hindering",
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"holding",
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"holding back",
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"impeding",
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"kiboshing",
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"obstructing",
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"stemming",
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"calling",
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"suspending",
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"arresting",
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"braking",
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"checking",
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"clamping down",
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"reining (in)",
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"squashing",
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"squelching",
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"stamping",
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"stanching",
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"staunching",
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"stunting",
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"suppressing",
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"turning back",
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"pausing",
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"staying",
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"suspending",
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"abolishing",
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"aborting",
|
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"annulling",
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"demolishing",
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"destroying",
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"dissolving",
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"killing",
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"ruining",
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"scuttling",
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"snuffing"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"carrying on",
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"continuing",
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"following through (with)",
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"keeping up",
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"running on",
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"advancing",
|
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"proceeding",
|
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"progressing",
|
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"actuating",
|
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"driving",
|
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"impelling",
|
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"propelling",
|
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"stirring"
|
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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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"verb"
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]
|
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},
|
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"cerebrums":{
|
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"the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"you'll need the patience of a saint and the cerebrum of a rocket scientist to figure out the solution to this brainteaser"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"brains",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"psyches",
|
|
"thinkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belfries",
|
|
"gray matters",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"loaves",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"skulls",
|
|
"acumens",
|
|
"brilliances",
|
|
"insights",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"mentalities",
|
|
"perceptions",
|
|
"perspicacities",
|
|
"sagacities",
|
|
"sapiences",
|
|
"wisdoms",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"cognizances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"ceased":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rain finally ceased , and we were able to continue the baseball game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cease chattering and get down to work, please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"kiboshed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"clamped down",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"snuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |