2461 lines
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2461 lines
48 KiB
JSON
{
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"killed":{
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"to deprive of life":{
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"examples":[
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"during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"carried off",
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"claimed",
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"croaked",
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"destroyed",
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"did in",
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"dispatched",
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"felled",
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"slew",
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"took"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bumped off",
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"butchered",
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"cut down",
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"finished",
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"got",
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"iced",
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"knocked off",
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"murdered",
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"neutralized",
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"offed",
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"put away",
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"rubbed out",
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"scragged",
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"snuffed",
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"took out",
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"wasted",
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"whacked",
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"annihilated",
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"blotted out",
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"decimated",
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"killed off",
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"massacred",
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"mowed",
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"slaughtered",
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"smote",
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"assassinated",
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"executed",
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"martyred",
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"terminated",
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"euthanized",
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"euthanatized",
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"put down",
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"suicided"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"raised",
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"restored",
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"resurrected",
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"resuscitated",
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"revived",
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"nurtured"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"animated"
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]
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},
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"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
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"examples":[
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"the Senate killed the bill by a single vote"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blackballed",
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"downed",
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"negatived",
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"nixed",
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"shot down",
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"vetoed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"declined",
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"disallowed",
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"disapproved",
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"dismissed",
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"refused",
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"blacklisted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"admitted",
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"allowed",
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"approved",
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"assented (to)",
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"passed",
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"sanctioned",
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"elected",
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"supported"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"confirmed",
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"ratified"
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]
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},
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"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
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"examples":[
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"I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blue-penciled",
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"canceled",
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"cancelled",
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"crossed (out)",
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"deled",
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"deleted",
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"edited (out)",
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"elided",
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"scratched (out)",
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"stroked (out)",
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"struck (out)",
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"x-ed (out)",
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"x'd (out)",
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"xed (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blotted out",
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"effaced",
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"eradicated",
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"erased",
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"expunged",
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"obliterated",
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"rooted (out)",
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"rubbed out",
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"wiped out",
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"bleeped",
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"blipped",
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"clipped",
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"cut",
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"excised",
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"removed",
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"bowdlerized",
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"censored",
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"cleaned (up)",
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"expurgated",
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"laundered",
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"redacted",
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"red-penciled",
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"abbreviated",
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"cropped",
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"shortened",
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"blacked out",
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"repressed",
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"silenced",
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"suppressed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to use up all the physical energy of":{
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"examples":[
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"the long hike up the mountain just about killed us"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"broke",
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"burned out",
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"burnt out",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"did in",
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"did up",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"fagged",
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"fatigued",
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"frazzled",
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"harassed",
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"knocked out",
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"outwore",
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"tired",
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"tuckered (out)",
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"washed out",
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"wearied",
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"wore",
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"wore out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"debilitated",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"sapped",
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"wasted",
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"weakened"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"activated",
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"energized",
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"invigorated",
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"rejuvenated",
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"strengthened",
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"vitalized",
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"relaxed",
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"rested",
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"unwound"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
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"examples":[
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"with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"allured",
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"beguiled",
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"bewitched",
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"captivated",
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"charmed",
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"enchanted",
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"fascinated",
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"magnetized",
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"wiled",
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"witched"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"disarmed",
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"drew",
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"enticed",
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"lured",
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"pulled",
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"seduced",
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"tempted",
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"delighted",
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"gratified",
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"pleased",
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"arrested",
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"enraptured",
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"enthralled",
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"entranced",
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"appealed (to)",
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"interested",
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"intrigued",
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"beckoned",
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"courted",
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"invited",
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"solicited",
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"wooed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"disgusted",
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"offended",
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"repelled",
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"revolted",
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"annoyed",
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"displeased",
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"irked",
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"bored",
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"tired",
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"wearied"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause to stop functioning":{
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"examples":[
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"kill the engine before it overheats"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"deactivated",
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"shut off",
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"turned off"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flicked (off)",
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"dismantled",
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"mothballed",
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"phased out",
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"arrested",
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"braked",
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"chocked",
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"cut off",
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"drew up",
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"halted",
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"jammed",
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"stalled",
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"stuck"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"charged",
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"electrified",
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"energized",
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"fired",
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"fueled",
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"fuelled",
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"generated",
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"powered",
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"pushed",
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"discharged",
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"launched",
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"released",
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"switched",
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"tripped",
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"reactivated",
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"recharged"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"activated",
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"actuated",
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"cranked (up)",
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"drove",
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"moved",
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"propelled",
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"ran",
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"run",
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"set off",
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"sparked",
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"started",
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"touched off",
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"triggered",
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"turned on"
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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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"killing time":{
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"to spend time doing nothing":{
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"examples":[
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"They were scrolling through their phones to kill time before the movie started."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bumming",
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"chilling",
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"dallying",
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"dawdling",
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"dillydallying",
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"droning",
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"footling",
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"goofing (off)",
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"hacking (around)",
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"hanging about",
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"hanging (around or out)",
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"idling",
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"kicking around",
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"kicking back",
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"lazing",
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"lazying",
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"loafing",
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"lolling",
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"lounging",
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"vegging out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fiddling (around)",
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"fooling",
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"messing",
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"monkeying",
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"mucking",
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"piddling",
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"playing",
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"pottering (around)",
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"puttering (around)",
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"trifling",
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"dozing",
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"estivating",
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"aestivating",
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"hibernating",
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"lagging",
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"lingering",
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"loitering",
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"poking",
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"relaxing",
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"resting",
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"tarrying",
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"ambling",
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"moseying",
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"sauntering",
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"strolling",
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"swanning",
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"furloughing",
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"goldbricking",
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"malingering",
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"truanting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drudging",
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"grinding",
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"grubbing",
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"humping",
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"hustling",
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"laboring",
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"moiling",
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"pegging",
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"plodding",
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"plowing",
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"plugging",
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"slaving",
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"sweating",
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"toiling",
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"travailing",
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"working",
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"applying",
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"buckling (down)",
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"exerting",
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"putting out"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"killjoys":{
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"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"his perpetually negative attitude made him a real killjoy when others were trying to have fun"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cutups",
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"jesters",
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"live wires",
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"carousers",
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"celebrants",
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"celebrators",
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"merrymakers",
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"rejoicers",
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"revelers",
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"revellers",
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"roisterers",
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"libertines",
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"playboys",
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"playgirls",
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"rakes"
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],
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"related":[
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"fuddy-duddies",
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"goody-goodies",
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"old maids",
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"stick-in-the-muds",
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"defeatists",
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"Jeremiahs",
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"knockers",
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"pessimists",
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"complainers",
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"crabs",
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"cynics",
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"grouches",
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"grumps",
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"soreheads",
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"sourpusses",
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"whiners",
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"bores",
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"downers",
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"drips"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drags",
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"grinches",
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"party poopers",
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"spoilsports",
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"wet blankets"
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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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"kilt":{
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"as in fly , sail":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coast",
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"fly",
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"glide",
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"sail",
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"zip",
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"zoom"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"bumble",
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"flog",
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"flounder",
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"limp",
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"lumber",
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"plod",
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"struggle",
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"stumble",
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"trudge",
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"jog",
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"shamble",
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"shuffle",
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"wallow",
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"welter"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"kilts":{
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"as in flies , sails":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coasts",
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"flies",
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"glides",
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"sails",
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"zips",
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"zooms"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blunders",
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"bumbles",
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"flogs",
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"flounders",
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"limps",
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"lumbers",
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"plods",
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"struggles",
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"stumbles",
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"trudges",
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"jogs",
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"shambles",
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"shuffles",
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"wallows",
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"welters"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"killing":{
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"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
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"examples":[
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"he's usually quiet, but occasionally unleashes some killing remark that cracks everyone up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antic",
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"chucklesome",
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"comedic",
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"comic",
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"comical",
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"droll",
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"farcical",
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"funny",
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"hilarious",
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"humoristic",
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"humorous",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"riotous",
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"risible",
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"screaming",
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"sidesplitting",
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"uproarious"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amusing",
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"diverting",
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"entertaining",
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"clownish",
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"knockabout",
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"slapstick",
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"slapsticky",
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"zany",
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"facetious",
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"flip",
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"flippant",
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"pert",
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"smart",
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"smart-aleck",
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"smart-alecky",
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"snickery",
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"jocular",
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"playful",
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"waggish",
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"campy",
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"jokey",
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"joky",
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"priceless",
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"rich",
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"whimsical",
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"witty",
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"wry",
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"blithesome",
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"gleeful",
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"jocose",
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"jocund",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"laughing",
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"mad",
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"merry",
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"mirthful"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"earnest",
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"grave",
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"no-nonsense",
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"sedate",
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"serious",
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"severe",
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"sober",
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"sobersided",
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"solemn",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"staid",
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"unsmiling",
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"weighty",
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"affecting",
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"moving",
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"poignant",
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"touching",
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"tragic",
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"tragical",
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"lachrymose",
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"mournful",
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"sad",
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"sorrowful",
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"tearful",
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"woeful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"humorless",
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"lame",
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"unamusing",
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"uncomic",
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"unfunny",
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"unhumorous",
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"unhysterical"
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]
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},
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"requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{
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"examples":[
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"a killing schedule that requires the touring company to play in a different city every night"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arduous",
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"burdensome",
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"challenging",
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"demanding",
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"exacting",
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"grueling",
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"gruelling",
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"laborious",
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"onerous",
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"persnickety",
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"taxing",
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"toilsome"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"difficult",
|
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"formidable",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"herculean",
|
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"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
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"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"easy",
|
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"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
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"simple",
|
|
"smooth"
|
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],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"light",
|
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"nondemanding",
|
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"unchallenging",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
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},
|
|
"as in cleanup , windfall":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanup",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"bottom line",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"compensation",
|
|
"emolument",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"payment",
|
|
"remittal",
|
|
"requital",
|
|
"salary",
|
|
"wages",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cost",
|
|
"disbursement",
|
|
"expenditure",
|
|
"expense",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"outgo",
|
|
"outlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in murder , homicide":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodletting",
|
|
"bloodshed",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"manslaughter",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"bloodbath",
|
|
"butchery",
|
|
"carnage",
|
|
"death",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"mortality",
|
|
"annihilation",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"devastation",
|
|
"eradication",
|
|
"extermination",
|
|
"genocide",
|
|
"pogrom",
|
|
"assassination",
|
|
"execution"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying off",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"slaying",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bumping off",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"icing",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"neutralizing",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"scragging",
|
|
"snuffing",
|
|
"taking out",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"killing off",
|
|
"massacring",
|
|
"mowing",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"assassinating",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"martyring",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"euthanizing",
|
|
"euthanatizing",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"suiciding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"nurturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Senate killed the bill by a single vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"nixing",
|
|
"shooting down",
|
|
"vetoing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"blacklisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"assenting (to)",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"supporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"ratifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crossing (out)",
|
|
"deleing",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"editing (out)",
|
|
"eliding",
|
|
"scratching (out)",
|
|
"striking (out)",
|
|
"stroking (out)",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting out",
|
|
"effacing",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"erasing",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"obliterating",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"rubbing out",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"bowdlerizing",
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"redacting",
|
|
"red-penciling",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long hike up the mountain just about killed us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"doing up",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"outwearing",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"wiling",
|
|
"witching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kill the engine before it overheats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flicking (off)",
|
|
"dismantling",
|
|
"mothballing",
|
|
"phasing out",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"chocking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killed off":{
|
|
"as in slaughtered , blotted out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blotted out",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"massacred",
|
|
"mowed",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"bumped off",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"neutralized",
|
|
"offed",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rubbed out",
|
|
"scragged",
|
|
"snuffed",
|
|
"took out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"assassinated",
|
|
"executed",
|
|
"martyred",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"euthanized",
|
|
"euthanatized",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"nurtured"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killed time":{
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were scrolling through their phones to kill time before the movie started."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"lazied",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"vegged out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"piddled",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"estivated",
|
|
"aestivated",
|
|
"hibernated",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"swanned",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"malingered",
|
|
"truanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilting":{
|
|
"as in flying , sailing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"flogging",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"wallowing",
|
|
"weltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilter":{
|
|
"a state of being or fitness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"since I dropped my food processor, it's been all out of kilter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"condition",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"fettle",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"health",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"shape",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"practice",
|
|
"practise",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"phase",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"posture",
|
|
"scene",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"status",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"standing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disrepair"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kill":{
|
|
"to deprive of life":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the war more soldiers were killed by disease than anything else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"slay",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bump off",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"ice",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"neutralize",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"scrag",
|
|
"snuff",
|
|
"take out",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"kill off",
|
|
"massacre",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"assassinate",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"martyr",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"euthanize",
|
|
"euthanatize",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"suicide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"nurture"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"animate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reject by or as if by a vote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Senate killed the bill by a single vote"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"shoot down",
|
|
"veto"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"blacklist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"allow",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"assent (to)",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"ratify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I think that paragraph is irrelevant, so kill it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue-pencil",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cross (out)",
|
|
"dele",
|
|
"delete",
|
|
"edit (out)",
|
|
"elide",
|
|
"scratch (out)",
|
|
"strike (out)",
|
|
"stroke (out)",
|
|
"x (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot out",
|
|
"efface",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"erase",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"obliterate",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"rub out",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"bleep",
|
|
"blip",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"excise",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"bowdlerize",
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"clean (up)",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"launder",
|
|
"redact",
|
|
"red-pencil",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"black out",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up all the physical energy of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the long hike up the mountain just about killed us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"do up",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"outwear",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with his dark good looks he would positively kill the ladies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"magnetize",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to stop functioning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kill the engine before it overheats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turn off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flick (off)",
|
|
"dismantle",
|
|
"mothball",
|
|
"phase out",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"chock",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"power",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"switch",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"recharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"crank (up)",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"touch off",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in victim":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"victim",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"critter",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"prey",
|
|
"quarry",
|
|
"target"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"predator",
|
|
"carnivore",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"pursuer",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"murderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cut , race":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutoff",
|
|
"gut",
|
|
"millrace",
|
|
"millstream",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"bayou",
|
|
"coulee",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"confluent",
|
|
"distributary",
|
|
"influent",
|
|
"tributary",
|
|
"arroyo",
|
|
"billabong",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"freshet",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"beck",
|
|
"bourn",
|
|
"bourne",
|
|
"brook",
|
|
"brooklet",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"creek",
|
|
"gill",
|
|
"rill",
|
|
"rivulet",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"runlet",
|
|
"runnel",
|
|
"streamlet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilning":{
|
|
"as in cremating , incinerating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ashing",
|
|
"cremating",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"enkindling",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"torching",
|
|
"immolating",
|
|
"deflagrating",
|
|
"charring",
|
|
"frizzling",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"baking",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"reigniting",
|
|
"rekindling",
|
|
"relighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilderkin":{
|
|
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kilderkins that line one wall of the brewpub are just for decoration\u2014there's no beer in them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"cask",
|
|
"firkin",
|
|
"hogshead",
|
|
"keg",
|
|
"pipe",
|
|
"puncheon",
|
|
"rundlet",
|
|
"runlet",
|
|
"tun"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"cistern",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"vat",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"drum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killer":{
|
|
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"labor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"heavy lifting",
|
|
"lucubration",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinch",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"snap"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who kills another person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gunned down by hired killers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"homicide",
|
|
"manslayer",
|
|
"murderer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"hit man",
|
|
"torpedo",
|
|
"triggerman",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"executioner",
|
|
"massacrer",
|
|
"slaughterer",
|
|
"slayer",
|
|
"murderess"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to cause or capable of causing death":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"killer viruses that claimed millions of lives"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"vital"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"deleterious",
|
|
"destructive",
|
|
"harmful",
|
|
"injurious",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"pernicious",
|
|
"truculent",
|
|
"infectious",
|
|
"infective",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"sublethal",
|
|
"toxic",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"dangerous",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"hazardous",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"parlous",
|
|
"perilous",
|
|
"risky",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"internecine",
|
|
"sanguinary",
|
|
"sanguine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"salubrious",
|
|
"salutary",
|
|
"alleviative",
|
|
"corrective",
|
|
"curative",
|
|
"remedial",
|
|
"tonic",
|
|
"advantageous",
|
|
"beneficial",
|
|
"useful",
|
|
"nonpoisonous",
|
|
"nontoxic",
|
|
"safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"healthful",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"nonfatal",
|
|
"nonlethal",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a killer exercise program guaranteed to whip you into shape"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arduous",
|
|
"Augean",
|
|
"backbreaking",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"effortful",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"grueling",
|
|
"gruelling",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hellacious",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"laborious",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pick-and-shovel",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"sweaty",
|
|
"tall",
|
|
"testing",
|
|
"toilsome",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"uphill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"abstruse",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"complicated",
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"insoluble",
|
|
"intricate",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"knotty",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"problematic",
|
|
"problematical",
|
|
"recondite",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"onerous",
|
|
"oppressive",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"taxing",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"inhuman",
|
|
"painful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievable",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"doable",
|
|
"elementary",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"uncomplicated",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"painless",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"idiotproof",
|
|
"user-friendly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"undemanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilted":{
|
|
"as in flew , sailed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"wallowed",
|
|
"weltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killing field":{
|
|
"as in front line , battle line":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battle line",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"front line",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"battlefield",
|
|
"battleground",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"beachhead",
|
|
"bridgehead",
|
|
"foothold"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kills off":{
|
|
"as in slaughters , blots out":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blots out",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"bumps off",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"ices",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"neutralizes",
|
|
"offs",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"rubs out",
|
|
"scrags",
|
|
"snuffs",
|
|
"takes out",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"assassinates",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"martyrs",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"carries off",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"slays",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"euthanizes",
|
|
"euthanatizes",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"suicides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"nurtures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilns":{
|
|
"as in cremates , incinerates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ashes",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"incinerates",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"torches",
|
|
"immolates",
|
|
"deflagrates",
|
|
"chars",
|
|
"frizzles",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"bakes",
|
|
"broils",
|
|
"cooks",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"scalds",
|
|
"scathes",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"reignites",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"relights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"snuffs (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killers":{
|
|
"a dull, unpleasant, or difficult piece of work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"weeding out that overgrown garden is going to be a killer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"labors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"heavy liftings",
|
|
"lucubrations",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"weights",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"child's play",
|
|
"cinches",
|
|
"duck soup",
|
|
"kid stuff",
|
|
"setups",
|
|
"snaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who kills another person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gunned down by hired killers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assassins",
|
|
"cutthroats",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"manslayers",
|
|
"murderers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bravos",
|
|
"bravoes",
|
|
"hit men",
|
|
"torpedoes",
|
|
"triggermen",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"executioners",
|
|
"massacrers",
|
|
"slaughterers",
|
|
"slayers",
|
|
"murderesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"kilderkins":{
|
|
"an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kilderkins that line one wall of the brewpub are just for decoration\u2014there's no beer in them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"casks",
|
|
"firkins",
|
|
"hogsheads",
|
|
"kegs",
|
|
"pipes",
|
|
"puncheons",
|
|
"rundlets",
|
|
"runlets",
|
|
"tuns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scuttlebutt",
|
|
"cisterns",
|
|
"tubs",
|
|
"vats",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"drums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killings":{
|
|
"as in cleanups , windfalls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanups",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"payoffs",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profits",
|
|
"bottom lines",
|
|
"grosses",
|
|
"sales",
|
|
"compensations",
|
|
"emoluments",
|
|
"incomes",
|
|
"payments",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"remittals",
|
|
"requitals",
|
|
"salaries",
|
|
"wages",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"revenues",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"disbursements",
|
|
"expenditures",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"outlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in murders , homicides":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodlettings",
|
|
"bloodsheds",
|
|
"foul play",
|
|
"homicides",
|
|
"manslaughters",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"slayings",
|
|
"bloodbaths",
|
|
"butcheries",
|
|
"carnages",
|
|
"deaths",
|
|
"holocausts",
|
|
"massacres",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"mortalities",
|
|
"annihilations",
|
|
"decimations",
|
|
"destructions",
|
|
"devastations",
|
|
"eradications",
|
|
"exterminations",
|
|
"genocides",
|
|
"pogroms",
|
|
"assassinations",
|
|
"executions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killing fields":{
|
|
"as in front lines , battle lines":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"battle lines",
|
|
"front lines",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"battlefields",
|
|
"battlegrounds",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"beachheads",
|
|
"bridgeheads",
|
|
"footholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"killer instinct":{
|
|
"as in ambitiousness , overambitiousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambitiousness",
|
|
"overambitiousness",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"self-reliance",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"initiative",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"lethargy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |