2036 lines
40 KiB
JSON
2036 lines
40 KiB
JSON
{
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"skull practice":{
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"as in meeting , bull session":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bull session",
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"chat room",
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"forum",
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"meeting",
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"roundtable",
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"seminar",
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"symposium",
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"talkathon",
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"argument",
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"argumentation",
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"argy-bargy",
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"back-and-forth",
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"colloquy",
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"confab",
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"confabulation",
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"conference",
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"consult",
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"consultation",
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"council",
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"counsel",
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"debate",
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"deliberation",
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"dialogue",
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"dialog",
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"discussion",
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"give-and-take",
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"palaver",
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"parley",
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"talk",
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"chat",
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"conversation",
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"rap",
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"words",
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"discourse",
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"disquisition",
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"bargaining",
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"consultancy",
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"negotiation",
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"pourparler"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"skullduggery":{
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"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"forthrightness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"sincerity",
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"candidness",
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plainspokenness"
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],
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"related":[
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"artfulness",
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"caginess",
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"cageyness",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"deviousness",
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"foxiness",
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"oiliness",
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"shadiness",
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"sharpness",
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"shiftiness",
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"shrewdness",
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"slickness",
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"slipperiness",
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"slyness",
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"sneakiness",
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"treachery",
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"underhandedness",
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"wiliness",
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"crookedness",
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"crookery",
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"cunning",
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"deceit",
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"deceitfulness",
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"deception",
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"deceptiveness",
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"dishonesty",
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"dissimulation",
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"double-dealing",
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"dupery",
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"duplicity",
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"guile",
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"guilefulness",
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"hypocrisy",
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"insincerity",
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"fakery",
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"humbuggery",
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"imposture",
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"quackery",
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"dirty pool",
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"dirty tricks",
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"design",
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"plotting",
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"scheming",
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"secrecy",
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"stealth"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"chicane",
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"chicanery",
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"gamesmanship",
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"hanky-panky",
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"jiggery-pokery",
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"jugglery",
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"legerdemain",
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"subterfuge",
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"trickery",
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"wile"
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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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"skulls":{
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"the case of bone that encloses the brain and supports the jaws of vertebrates":{
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"examples":[
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"paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"craniums",
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"crania"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"braincases",
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"death's-heads",
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"heads",
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"noddles",
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"noggins",
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"pates",
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"polls",
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"crowns",
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"scalps"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in beans , brains":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beans",
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"brains",
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"conks",
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"canes",
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"clubs",
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"cudgels",
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"flails",
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"flogs",
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"lashes",
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"saps",
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"slashes",
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"sledgehammers",
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"sledges",
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"spears",
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"stabs",
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"switches",
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"thrashes",
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"whips",
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"rabbit-punches",
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"sucker punches",
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"bowls (down or over)",
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"creams",
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"decks",
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"dumps",
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"fells",
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"floors",
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"knocks down",
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"levels",
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"bumps",
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"butts",
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"jabs",
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"jostles",
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"kicks",
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"knees",
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"pokes",
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"prods",
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"pushes",
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"shoves",
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"stamps",
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"bunts",
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"flicks",
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"strokes",
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"taps",
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"scuffs",
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"batters",
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"beats",
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"buffets",
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"bungs",
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"chops",
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"cuffs",
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"drubs",
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"laces",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"licks",
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"mangles",
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"mauls",
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"pelts",
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"peppers",
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"pommels",
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"pummels",
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"roughs",
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"bangs",
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"bashes",
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"bats",
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"belts",
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"biffs",
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"bludgeons",
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"bobs",
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"bonks",
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"bops",
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"boxes",
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"busts",
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"claps",
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"clips",
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"clobbers",
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"clocks",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"hammers",
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"hits",
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"knocks",
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"nails",
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"pastes",
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"pounds",
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"punches",
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"raps",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"slogs",
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"slugs",
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"smacks",
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"smites",
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"socks",
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"strikes",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"tags",
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"thumps",
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"thwacks",
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"wallops",
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"whacks",
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"whales",
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"zaps"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"skunking":{
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
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"we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilating",
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"blowing away",
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"bombing",
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"burying",
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"clobbering",
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"creaming",
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"drubbing",
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"dusting",
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"flattening",
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"pasting",
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"routing",
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"shellacking",
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"skinning",
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"smoking",
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"smothering",
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"snowing under",
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"thrashing",
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"trimming",
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"tromping",
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"trouncing",
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"walloping",
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"waxing",
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"whipping",
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"whomping",
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"whopping",
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"whapping",
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"whupping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sweeping",
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"upsetting",
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"beating",
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"besting",
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"conquering",
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"dispatching",
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"hurdling",
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"licking",
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"mastering",
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"overbearing",
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"overcoming",
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"overmatching",
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"prevailing (over)",
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"subduing",
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"surmounting",
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"taking",
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"throwing",
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"triumphing (over)",
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"winning (against)",
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"worsting",
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"crushing",
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"knocking off",
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"knocking over",
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"overpowering",
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"overthrowing",
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"overwhelming",
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"subjugating",
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"upending",
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"vanquishing",
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"acing (out)",
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"bettering",
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"eclipsing",
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"exceeding",
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"outdistancing",
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"outdoing",
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"outfighting",
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"outshining",
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"outstripping",
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"overtopping",
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"surpassing",
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"topping",
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"transcending",
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"edging (out)",
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"nosing out",
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"pipping",
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"capping",
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"excelling",
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"flourishing",
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"scoring",
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"succeeding",
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"breaking",
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"destroying",
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"doing in",
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"finishing",
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"sinking",
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"slaughtering"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to achieve a victory over":{
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"examples":[
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"our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"besting",
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"conquering",
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"defeating",
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"dispatching",
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"doing down",
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"getting",
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"getting around",
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"licking",
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"mastering",
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"overbearing",
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"overcoming",
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"overmatching",
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"prevailing (over)",
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"stopping",
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"subduing",
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"surmounting",
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"taking",
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"trimming",
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"triumphing (over)",
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"upending",
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"winning (against)",
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"worsting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"sweeping",
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"edging (out)",
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"nosing out",
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"pipping",
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"annihilating",
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"blowing away",
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"blowing out",
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"bombing",
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"breaking",
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"burying",
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"clobbering",
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"creaming",
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"crushing",
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"drubbing",
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"finishing",
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"flattening",
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"overwhelming",
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"routing",
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"shellacking",
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"skinning",
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"slaughtering",
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"smoking",
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"snowing under",
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"thrashing",
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"trouncing",
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"upsetting",
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"walloping",
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"waxing",
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"whipping",
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"capping",
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"excelling",
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"flourishing",
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"scoring",
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"succeeding",
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"knocking off",
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"knocking over",
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"overpowering",
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"overthrowing",
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"subjugating",
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"unseating",
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"vanquishing",
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"acing (out)",
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"bettering",
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"eclipsing",
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"exceeding",
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"excelling",
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"outdistancing",
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"outdoing",
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"outfighting",
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"outshining",
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"outstripping",
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"overtopping",
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"surpassing",
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"topping",
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"transcending"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"falling",
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"giving up",
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"going down",
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"going under",
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"collapsing",
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"failing",
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"flopping",
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"flunking",
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"folding",
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"washing out"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"losing (to)"
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]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
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"unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"bilking",
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"bleeding",
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"cheating",
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"chiseling",
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"chiselling",
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"chousing",
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"conning",
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"cozening",
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"defrauding",
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"diddling",
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"doing",
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"doing in",
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"euchring",
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"fiddling",
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"fleecing",
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"flimflamming",
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"gaffing",
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"hosing",
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"hustling",
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"mulcting",
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"nobbling",
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"plucking",
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"reaming",
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"ripping off",
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"rooking",
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"screwing",
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"shaking down",
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"shortchanging",
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"shorting",
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"skinning",
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"squeezing",
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"sticking",
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"stiffing",
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"stinging",
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"suckering",
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"swindling",
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"thimblerigging",
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"victimizing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"extorting",
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"wrenching",
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"wresting",
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"wringing",
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"clipping",
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"gouging",
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"nicking",
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"overcharging",
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"soaking",
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"exploiting",
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"milking",
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"deceiving",
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"duping",
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"fooling",
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"gulling",
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"tricking",
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"roping (in)",
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"betraying",
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"bitching",
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"double-crossing",
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"bamboozling",
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"fast-talking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"skulduggery":{
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"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
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"examples":[
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"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"chicane",
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"chicanery",
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"gamesmanship",
|
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"hanky-panky",
|
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"jiggery-pokery",
|
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"jugglery",
|
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"legerdemain",
|
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"subterfuge",
|
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"trickery",
|
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"wile"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"artfulness",
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"caginess",
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"cageyness",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"deviousness",
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"foxiness",
|
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"oiliness",
|
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"shadiness",
|
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"sharpness",
|
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"shiftiness",
|
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"shrewdness",
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"slickness",
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"slipperiness",
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"slyness",
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"sneakiness",
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"treachery",
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"underhandedness",
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"wiliness",
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"crookedness",
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"crookery",
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"cunning",
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"deceit",
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"deceitfulness",
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"deception",
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"deceptiveness",
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"dishonesty",
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"dissimulation",
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"double-dealing",
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"dupery",
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"duplicity",
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"guile",
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"guilefulness",
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"hypocrisy",
|
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"insincerity",
|
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"fakery",
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"humbuggery",
|
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"imposture",
|
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"quackery",
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"dirty pool",
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"dirty tricks",
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"design",
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"plotting",
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"scheming",
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"secrecy",
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"stealth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"forthrightness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"sincerity",
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"candidness",
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plainspokenness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"skulling":{
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"as in beaning , braining":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"beaning",
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"braining",
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"conking",
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"caning",
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"clubbing",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"flailing",
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"flogging",
|
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"lashing",
|
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"sapping",
|
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"slashing",
|
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"sledgehammering",
|
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"sledging",
|
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"spearing",
|
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"stabbing",
|
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"switching",
|
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"thrashing",
|
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"whipping",
|
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"rabbit-punching",
|
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"sucker punching",
|
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"bowling (down or over)",
|
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"creaming",
|
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"decking",
|
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"dumping",
|
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"felling",
|
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"flooring",
|
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"knocking down",
|
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"leveling",
|
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"levelling",
|
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"bumping",
|
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"butting",
|
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"jabbing",
|
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"jostling",
|
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"kicking",
|
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"kneeing",
|
|
"poking",
|
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"prodding",
|
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"pushing",
|
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"shoving",
|
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"stamping",
|
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"bunting",
|
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"flicking",
|
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"stroking",
|
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"tapping",
|
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"scuffing",
|
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"battering",
|
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"beating",
|
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"buffeting",
|
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"bunging",
|
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"chopping",
|
|
"cuffing",
|
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"drubbing",
|
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"lacing",
|
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"lambasting",
|
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"licking",
|
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"mangling",
|
|
"mauling",
|
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"pelting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
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"pommeling",
|
|
"pommelling",
|
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"pummeling",
|
|
"pummelling",
|
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"roughing",
|
|
"banging",
|
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"bashing",
|
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"batting",
|
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"belting",
|
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"biffing",
|
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"bludgeoning",
|
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"bobbing",
|
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"bonking",
|
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"bopping",
|
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"boxing",
|
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"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
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"clipping",
|
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"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
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"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skunks":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's nothing but a dirty, rotten skunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does down",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fiddles",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"wrenches",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ropes (in)",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"fast-talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skulled":{
|
|
"as in beaned , brained":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaned",
|
|
"brained",
|
|
"conked",
|
|
"caned",
|
|
"clubbed",
|
|
"cudgeled",
|
|
"cudgelled",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"lashed",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"sledged",
|
|
"sledgehammered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"rabbit-punched",
|
|
"sucker punched",
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"dumped",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"bumped",
|
|
"butted",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jostled",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kneed",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"bunted",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"stroked",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"cuffed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"lambasted",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mauled",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"pommeled",
|
|
"pommelled",
|
|
"pummeled",
|
|
"pummelled",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"biffed",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"boxed",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"clocked",
|
|
"clouted",
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled",
|
|
"zapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skunked":{
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ended up skunking them, as our goalie was able to prevent the other team from scoring a single goal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
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"waxed",
|
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"whipped",
|
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"whomped",
|
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"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our football team consistently skunks our traditional rivals Thanksgiving after Thanksgiving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"defeated",
|
|
"did down",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"blew out",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"slaughtered",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"unseated",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"went down",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lost (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unwilling to let suppliers skunk him, the restaurant owner inspected every shipment before signing off on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bilked",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"choused",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fiddled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"hosed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"reamed",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"screwed",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"shorted",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stiffed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"swindled",
|
|
"thimblerigged",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"wrenched",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"overcharged",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"exploited",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"fast-talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skull session":{
|
|
"as in meeting , bull session":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull session",
|
|
"chat room",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"talkathon",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argumentation",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"back-and-forth",
|
|
"colloquy",
|
|
"confab",
|
|
"confabulation",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"consult",
|
|
"consultation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dialogue",
|
|
"dialog",
|
|
"discussion",
|
|
"give-and-take",
|
|
"palaver",
|
|
"parley",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"conversation",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"disquisition",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"consultancy",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"pourparler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skullduggeries":{
|
|
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skulking":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought I saw someone skulking about in the shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"mousing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slinking",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"ghosting",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain out of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"holing up",
|
|
"lurking",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"reposing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slinking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"evading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skull practices":{
|
|
"as in meetings , bull sessions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull sessions",
|
|
"chat rooms",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"talkathons",
|
|
"argumentations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"back-and-forths",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"consultations",
|
|
"consults",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"consultancies",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"pourparlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skulk":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought I saw someone skulking about in the shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"mouse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slink",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remain out of sight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the animal control officers caught the stray cat that had been skulking behind some trash cans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"hole up",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"repose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slink",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"evade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who acts in a sly and secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"were surprised to discover the skulk stealing from the garden was a raccoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurker",
|
|
"skulker",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"weasel",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"stalker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skull sessions":{
|
|
"as in meetings , bull sessions":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bull sessions",
|
|
"chat rooms",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"meetings",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"talkathons",
|
|
"argumentations",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"back-and-forths",
|
|
"colloquies",
|
|
"confabs",
|
|
"confabulations",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"consultations",
|
|
"consults",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"deliberations",
|
|
"dialogues",
|
|
"dialogs",
|
|
"discussions",
|
|
"give-and-takes",
|
|
"palavers",
|
|
"parleys",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"conversations",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"disquisitions",
|
|
"consultancies",
|
|
"negotiations",
|
|
"pourparlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"skulduggeries":{
|
|
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the company's apparently healthy bottom line was merely an illusion, the result of years of accounting skulduggery"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"chicane",
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"chicanery",
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"gamesmanship",
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"hanky-panky",
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"jiggery-pokery",
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"jugglery",
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"legerdemain",
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"subterfuge",
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"trickery",
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"wile"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"artfulness",
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"caginess",
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"cageyness",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"deviousness",
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"foxiness",
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"oiliness",
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"shadiness",
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"sharpness",
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"shiftiness",
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"shrewdness",
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"slickness",
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"slipperiness",
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"slyness",
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"sneakiness",
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"treachery",
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"underhandedness",
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"wiliness",
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"crookedness",
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"crookery",
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"cunning",
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"deceit",
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"deceitfulness",
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"deception",
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"deceptiveness",
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"dishonesty",
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"dissimulation",
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"double-dealing",
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"dupery",
|
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"duplicity",
|
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"guile",
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"guilefulness",
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"hypocrisy",
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"insincerity",
|
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"fakery",
|
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"humbuggery",
|
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"imposture",
|
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"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
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"plotting",
|
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"scheming",
|
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"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |