2885 lines
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2885 lines
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{
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"drubbing":{
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"failure to win a contest":{
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"examples":[
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"took a terrible drubbing in last night's basketball game"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beating",
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"defeat",
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"licking",
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"loss",
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"lump",
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"overthrow",
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"plastering",
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"rout",
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"shellacking",
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"trimming",
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"trouncing",
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"whipping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"collapse",
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"debacle",
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"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
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"failure",
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"fiasco",
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"fizzle",
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"flop",
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"nonsuccess",
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"setback",
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"upset",
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"lurch",
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"shutout",
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"washout",
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"whitewash"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accomplishment",
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"achievement",
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"blowout",
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"cakewalk",
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"landslide",
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"romp",
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"runaway",
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"sweep",
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"walkaway",
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"walkover"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"success",
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"triumph",
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"victory",
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"win"
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]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashing",
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"basting",
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"battering",
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"batting",
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"beating",
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"belaboring",
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"belting",
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"birching",
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"bludgeoning",
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"buffeting",
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"bunging up",
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"clubbing",
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"currying",
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"doing",
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"fibbing",
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"flogging",
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"hammering",
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"hiding",
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"lacing",
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"lambasting",
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"lashing",
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"lathering",
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"licking",
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"mauling",
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"messing (up)",
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"paddling",
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"pelting",
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"pommeling",
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"pommelling",
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"pounding",
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"pummeling",
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"pummelling",
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"punching out",
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"roughing (up)",
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"slating",
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"slogging",
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"switching",
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"tanning",
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"thrashing",
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"threshing",
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"thumping",
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"tromping",
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"walloping",
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"whaling",
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"whipping",
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"whopping",
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"whapping",
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"whupping",
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"working over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailing",
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"assaulting",
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"attacking",
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"besetting",
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"boxing",
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"busting",
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"chopping",
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"clobbering",
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"clouting",
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"cracking",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"cuffing",
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"descending (on or upon)",
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"hitting",
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"jumping (on)",
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"knocking",
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"lamming",
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"laying on",
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"pasting",
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"pouncing (on or upon)",
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"punching",
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"raiding",
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"rushing",
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"slamming",
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"slapping",
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"smacking",
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"smashing",
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"socking",
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"spanking",
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"storming",
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"swatting",
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"swiping",
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"thwacking",
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"whacking",
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"whamming",
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"whomping",
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"blackjacking",
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"caning",
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"cowhiding",
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"flagellating",
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"fustigating",
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"horsewhipping",
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"leathering",
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"pistol-whipping",
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"rawhiding",
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"scourging",
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"strapping",
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"goring",
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"lacerating",
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"wounding",
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"maiming",
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"mangling",
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"mutilating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
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"we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest"
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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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"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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"skunking",
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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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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"drumfire":{
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"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
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"examples":[
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"a rising drumfire of criticism for the president's latest nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barrage",
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"blitz",
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"blitzkrieg",
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"bombardment",
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"cannonade",
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"drumbeat",
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"flurry",
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"fusillade",
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"hail",
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"salvo",
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"shower",
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"storm",
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"volley"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"broadside",
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"earful",
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"avalanche",
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"burst",
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"cataclysm",
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"cataract",
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"deluge",
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"discharge",
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"engulfment",
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"flood",
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"flood tide",
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"flush",
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"gush",
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"inundation",
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"outburst",
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"outflow",
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"outpouring",
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"overflow",
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"rash",
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"spate",
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"surge",
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"torrent",
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"current",
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"river",
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"stream",
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"tide",
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"excess",
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"glut",
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"overabundance",
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"overage",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupply",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"dribble",
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"drip",
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"trickle"
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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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"drudged":{
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"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
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"examples":[
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"factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged away",
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"beavered (away)",
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"dug (away)",
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"endeavored",
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"fagged",
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"grubbed",
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"humped",
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"hustled",
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"labored",
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"moiled",
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"pegged (away)",
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"plodded",
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"plowed",
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"plugged",
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"slaved",
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"slogged",
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"strained",
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"strove",
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"strived",
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"struggled",
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"sweat",
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"sweated",
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"toiled",
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"travailed",
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"tugged",
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"worked",
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"wrought"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"applied (oneself)",
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"buckled (down)",
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"dug in",
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"hammered (away)",
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"knuckled down",
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"pitched in",
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"attacked",
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"drove",
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"essayed",
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"tried",
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"exercised",
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"exerted",
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"overexerted",
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"overworked",
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"eked out",
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"ground (out)",
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"put out",
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"scrabbled",
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"scratched",
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"trudged",
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"waded"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"broke",
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"eased (up)",
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"let up",
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"slackened",
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"bummed",
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"chilled",
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"dallied",
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"dillydallied",
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"footled",
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"goldbricked",
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"goofed (off)",
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"hacked (around)",
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"hung (around or out)",
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"hanged (around or out)",
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"idled",
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"lazed",
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"loafed",
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"lounged",
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"shirked",
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"slacked (off)",
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"vegged out",
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"basked",
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"lolled",
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"relaxed",
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"reposed",
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"rested",
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"unwound",
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"dabbled",
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"doodled",
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"fooled around",
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"fribbled",
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"goofed (around)",
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"hung",
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"hanged",
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"hung about",
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"messed around",
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"monkeyed (around)",
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"played",
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"pottered (around)",
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"puttered (around)",
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"trifled"
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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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"drubbed":{
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
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"a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashed",
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"basted",
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"batted",
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"belabored",
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"belted",
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"birched",
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"bludgeoned",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged up",
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"clubbed",
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"curried",
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"did",
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"fibbed",
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"flogged",
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"hammered",
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"hided",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"lashed",
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"lathered",
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"licked",
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"mauled",
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"messed (up)",
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"paddled",
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"pelted",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pounded",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"punched out",
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"roughed (up)",
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"slated",
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"slogged",
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"switched",
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"tanned",
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"thrashed",
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"threshed",
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"thumped",
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"tromped",
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"walloped",
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"whaled",
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"whipped",
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"whopped",
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"whapped",
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"whupped",
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"worked over"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assailed",
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"assaulted",
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"attacked",
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"beset",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"chopped",
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"clobbered",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"cuffed",
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"descended (on or upon)",
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"hit",
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"jumped (on)",
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"knocked",
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"laid on",
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"lammed",
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"pasted",
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"pounced (on or upon)",
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"punched",
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"raided",
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"rushed",
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"slammed",
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"slapped",
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"smacked",
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"smashed",
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"socked",
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"spanked",
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"stormed",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"thwacked",
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"whacked",
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"whammed",
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"whomped",
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"blackjacked",
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"caned",
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"cowhided",
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"flagellated",
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"fustigated",
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"horsewhipped",
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"leathered",
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"pistol-whipped",
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"rawhided",
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"scourged",
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"strapped",
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"gored",
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"lacerated",
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"wounded",
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"maimed",
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"mangled",
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"mutilated"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to defeat by a large margin":{
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"examples":[
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"we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"annihilated",
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"blew away",
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"bombed",
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"buried",
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"clobbered",
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"creamed",
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"dusted",
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"flattened",
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"pasted",
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"routed",
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"shellacked",
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"skinned",
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"skunked",
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"smoked",
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"smothered",
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"snowed under",
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"thrashed",
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"trimmed",
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"tromped",
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"trounced",
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"walloped",
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"waxed",
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"whipped",
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"whomped",
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"whopped",
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"whapped",
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"whupped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"swept",
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"upset",
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"beat",
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"bested",
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"conquered",
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"dispatched",
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"hurdled",
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"licked",
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"mastered",
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"overbore",
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"overcame",
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"overmatched",
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"prevailed (over)",
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"subdued",
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"surmounted",
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"threw",
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"took",
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"triumphed (over)",
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"won (against)",
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"worsted",
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"crushed",
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"knocked off",
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"knocked over",
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"overpowered",
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"overthrew",
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"overwhelmed",
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"subjugated",
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"upended",
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"vanquished",
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"aced (out)",
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"bettered",
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"eclipsed",
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"exceeded",
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"outdid",
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"outdistanced",
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"outfought",
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"outshone",
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"outshined",
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"outstripped",
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"overtopped",
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"surpassed",
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"topped",
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"transcended",
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"edged (out)",
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"nosed out",
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"pipped",
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"capped",
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"excelled",
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"flourished",
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"scored",
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"succeeded",
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"broke",
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"destroyed",
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"did in",
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"finished",
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"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drumhead court-martial":{
|
|
"as in court-martial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"court-martial",
|
|
"high court",
|
|
"supreme court",
|
|
"inquisition",
|
|
"kangaroo court",
|
|
"criminal court",
|
|
"judicatory",
|
|
"judicature",
|
|
"judiciary",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"bench",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"tribunal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"drumbeat":{
|
|
"a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dizzying drumbeat of interviews in the hours following her winning of the Academy Award"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"earful",
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cataclysm",
|
|
"cataract",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"engulfment",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"inundation",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"outflow",
|
|
"outpouring",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drudger":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a youth striving to become something more than just a drudger working at some dead-end job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"grubber",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"plugger",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slogger",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"serf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drums":{
|
|
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an oil drum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"canisters",
|
|
"cannisters",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"tins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"pails",
|
|
"cannikins",
|
|
"tin cans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"taps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"thuds",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clinks",
|
|
"pings",
|
|
"pats",
|
|
"pit-a-pats",
|
|
"pitter-patters",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clicks",
|
|
"flicks",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drummed up":{
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"constructed",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"devised",
|
|
"excogitated",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"invented",
|
|
"made up",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"thought (up)",
|
|
"trumped up",
|
|
"vamped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coined",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"daydreamed",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"fantasized",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"envisaged",
|
|
"envisioned",
|
|
"imagined",
|
|
"pictured",
|
|
"visioned",
|
|
"visualized",
|
|
"ad-libbed",
|
|
"extemporized",
|
|
"improvised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloned",
|
|
"copied",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"reduplicated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drunkards":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"alkies",
|
|
"boozehounds",
|
|
"boozers",
|
|
"dipsomaniacs",
|
|
"drinkers",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"juiceheads",
|
|
"juicers",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"rummies",
|
|
"soakers",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"topers",
|
|
"tosspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swiggers",
|
|
"swillers",
|
|
"winos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainers",
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drudgery":{
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the \"good old days\" household servants led lives filled with much drudgery and little pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeywork",
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spadework",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"treadmill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"leisure",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"play"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drudges":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"drudgers",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"pluggers",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sloggers",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took hours of pure drudge to sort through the junk in the basement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeyworks",
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spadeworks",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"tediums",
|
|
"treadmills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompressions",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"leisures",
|
|
"relaxations",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"dalliances",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"inactivities",
|
|
"inertias"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs away",
|
|
"beavers (away)",
|
|
"digs (away)",
|
|
"endeavors",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs (away)",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"strives",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"tugs",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applies (oneself)",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"digs in",
|
|
"hammers (away)",
|
|
"knuckles down",
|
|
"pitches in",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"essays",
|
|
"tries",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"overexerts",
|
|
"overworks",
|
|
"ekes out",
|
|
"grinds (out)",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"scrabbles",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"wades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"eases (up)",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"slacks (off)",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"unwinds",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"doodles",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"fribbles",
|
|
"goofs (around)",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"druthers":{
|
|
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"If I had my druthers , I'd stay home tonight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"election",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"volition",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"free will",
|
|
"will",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"vote",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"perspicacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"Hobson's choice"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drumming up":{
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concocting",
|
|
"constructing",
|
|
"contriving",
|
|
"cooking (up)",
|
|
"devising",
|
|
"excogitating",
|
|
"fabricating",
|
|
"inventing",
|
|
"making up",
|
|
"manufacturing",
|
|
"thinking (up)",
|
|
"trumping up",
|
|
"vamping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coining",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"hatching",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"daydreaming",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
|
"fantasizing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"envisioning",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"picturing",
|
|
"visioning",
|
|
"visualizing",
|
|
"ad-libbing",
|
|
"extemporizing",
|
|
"improvising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloning",
|
|
"copycatting",
|
|
"copying",
|
|
"duplicating",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"reduplicating",
|
|
"replicating",
|
|
"reproducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drubbings":{
|
|
"failure to win a contest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a terrible drubbing in last night's basketball game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"plasterings",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellackings",
|
|
"trimmings",
|
|
"whippings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"nonsuccesses",
|
|
"setbacks",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"shutouts",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"cakewalks",
|
|
"landslides",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"runaways",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"walkaways",
|
|
"walkovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drumming":{
|
|
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"tapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"thudding",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"chinking",
|
|
"clattering",
|
|
"clinking",
|
|
"pinging",
|
|
"patting",
|
|
"pit-a-patting",
|
|
"pitter-pattering",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clicking",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drunks":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't trust anything that old drunk says"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"alkies",
|
|
"boozehounds",
|
|
"boozers",
|
|
"dipsomaniacs",
|
|
"drinkers",
|
|
"drunkards",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"juiceheads",
|
|
"juicers",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"rummies",
|
|
"soakers",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"topers",
|
|
"tosspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swiggers",
|
|
"swillers",
|
|
"winos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainers",
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carousals",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"jamborees",
|
|
"sprees",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"wassails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"bibberies",
|
|
"inebriations",
|
|
"inebrieties",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"jags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drunkenness":{
|
|
"habitual or excessive drinking of intoxicants":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately most of his time in college had been devoted to drunkenness and debauchery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholism",
|
|
"insobriety",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inebriety",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"bibulousness",
|
|
"dipsomania",
|
|
"debauchery",
|
|
"dissoluteness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"teetotalism"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"temperance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the condition of being drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"officials warning that public drunkenness would not be tolerated, even during Mardi Gras"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"inebriation",
|
|
"inebriety",
|
|
"intoxication"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tipsiness",
|
|
"insobriety",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"alcoholism",
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"brannigan",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"toot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"druggie":{
|
|
"a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"dopehead",
|
|
"doper",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hophead",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"stoner",
|
|
"user"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acidhead",
|
|
"cokehead",
|
|
"crackhead",
|
|
"pothead",
|
|
"speed freak",
|
|
"burnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaddict",
|
|
"nonuser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drummer":{
|
|
"as in guitarist , pianist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accordionist",
|
|
"bassoonist",
|
|
"clarinetist",
|
|
"clarinettist",
|
|
"cornetist",
|
|
"cornettist",
|
|
"fiddler",
|
|
"flautist",
|
|
"flutist",
|
|
"guitarist",
|
|
"harpist",
|
|
"hornist",
|
|
"keyboardist",
|
|
"oboist",
|
|
"organ-grinder",
|
|
"organist",
|
|
"percussionist",
|
|
"pianist",
|
|
"picker",
|
|
"piper",
|
|
"reedman",
|
|
"saxophonist",
|
|
"trombonist",
|
|
"trumpeter",
|
|
"violinist",
|
|
"violist",
|
|
"accompanist",
|
|
"recitalist",
|
|
"soloist",
|
|
"symphonist",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"performer",
|
|
"minstrel",
|
|
"instrumentalist",
|
|
"musician",
|
|
"player"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drum (out)":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drummed out of the service for conduct unbecoming an officer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"boot (out)",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drum up":{
|
|
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"anyone who drums up a better way of doing this tedious task will make a fortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concoct",
|
|
"construct",
|
|
"contrive",
|
|
"cook (up)",
|
|
"devise",
|
|
"excogitate",
|
|
"fabricate",
|
|
"invent",
|
|
"make up",
|
|
"manufacture",
|
|
"think (up)",
|
|
"trump up",
|
|
"vamp (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coin",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fantasize",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"envisage",
|
|
"envision",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visualize",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"extemporize",
|
|
"improvise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"reduplicate",
|
|
"replicate",
|
|
"reproduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drumsticks":{
|
|
"as in thighs , calves":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calves",
|
|
"calfs",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"shins",
|
|
"thighs",
|
|
"pins",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"forelegs",
|
|
"forelimbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drudgers":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a youth striving to become something more than just a drudger working at some dead-end job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"pluggers",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sloggers",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"druggy":{
|
|
"a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old college classmate who became a druggie and ended up on skid row"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"dopehead",
|
|
"doper",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hophead",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"stoner",
|
|
"user"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acidhead",
|
|
"cokehead",
|
|
"crackhead",
|
|
"pothead",
|
|
"speed freak",
|
|
"burnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaddict",
|
|
"nonuser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drums (out)":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drummed out of the service for conduct unbecoming an officer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"boots (out)",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"extrudes",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"turfs (out)",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforces",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"reads out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"defenestrates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drugs":{
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"prescribed a drug to treat the bacterial infection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in doses , cares (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attends",
|
|
"cares (for)",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"hospitalizes",
|
|
"ministers (to)",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"treats",
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drummed":{
|
|
"to strike or cause to strike lightly and usually rhythmically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"absentmindedly drumming his fingers on the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"tapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"bonked",
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"thudded",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"clattered",
|
|
"clinked",
|
|
"pinged",
|
|
"patted",
|
|
"pit-a-patted",
|
|
"pitter-pattered",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"clapped",
|
|
"clapt",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drubs":{
|
|
"to strike repeatedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a crowd was drubbing the purse snatcher when the police arrived on the scene"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bastes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"belabors",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"birches",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"bungs up",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"curries",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"flogs",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"mauls",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"paddles",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"pommels",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"pummels",
|
|
"punches out",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"slates",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"tans",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"threshes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups",
|
|
"works over"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"cudgels",
|
|
"cuffs",
|
|
"descends (on or upon)",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jumps (on)",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounces (on or upon)",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raids",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"spanks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"blackjacks",
|
|
"canes",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"flagellates",
|
|
"fustigates",
|
|
"horsewhips",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pistol-whips",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we drubbed our traditional football rivals so badly that it was basically no contest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"tromps",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whops",
|
|
"whaps",
|
|
"whups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"wins (against)",
|
|
"worsts",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slaughters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"druggist":{
|
|
"a person who prepares drugs according to a doctor's prescription":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she got her prescription for antibiotics filled by the druggist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apothecary",
|
|
"chemist",
|
|
"pharmacist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pharmacologist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drudge":{
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"worked like a drudge at a low-paying job that had few benefits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbody",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"drudger",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"grubber",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"laborer",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"plugger",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slogger",
|
|
"toiler",
|
|
"worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorse",
|
|
"serf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took hours of pure drudge to sort through the junk in the basement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeywork",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"slavery",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spadework",
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"chore",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"treadmill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decompression",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"leisure",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"idleness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"inertia",
|
|
"inertness",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"play"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"factory workers who must drudge all day at repetitive tasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang away",
|
|
"beaver (away)",
|
|
"dig (away)",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"peg (away)",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plow",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (oneself)",
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"hammer (away)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"pitch in",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exert",
|
|
"overexert",
|
|
"overwork",
|
|
"eke out",
|
|
"grind (out)",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"scratch",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"wade"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"ease (up)",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"veg out",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"unwind",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drunkard":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accused him of being a no-good drunkard who needed professional help for his problem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"soaker",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swigger",
|
|
"swiller",
|
|
"wino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drunk (in)":{
|
|
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the studio audience for the infomercial seemed to drink in \u2014a little too readily\u2014every word of the host's spiel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"eaten (up)",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"lapped (up)",
|
|
"welcomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"taken up",
|
|
"greeted",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"decided (on)",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"taken"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balked (at)",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"passed up",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"thrown over",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"demurred (to)",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
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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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"drunk":{
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"being under the influence of alcohol":{
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"examples":[
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"several wedding guests who got a little drunk"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"besotted",
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"blasted",
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"blind",
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"blitzed",
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"blotto",
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"bombed",
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"boozy",
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"canned",
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"cockeyed",
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"crocked",
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"drunken",
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"fried",
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"gassed",
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"hammered",
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"high",
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"impaired",
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"inebriate",
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"inebriated",
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"intoxicated",
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"juiced",
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"lit",
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"lit up",
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"loaded",
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"looped",
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"oiled",
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"pickled",
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"pie-eyed",
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"plastered",
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"potted",
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"ripped",
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"sloshed",
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"smashed",
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"sottish",
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"soused",
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"sozzled",
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"squiffed",
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"squiffy",
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"stewed",
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"stiff",
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"stinking",
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"stoned",
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"tanked",
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"tiddly",
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"tight",
|
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"tipsy",
|
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"wasted",
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"wet",
|
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"wiped out"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"maudlin",
|
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"beery",
|
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"befuddled",
|
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"bleary-eyed",
|
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"crapulous",
|
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"dopey",
|
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"dopy",
|
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"rocky",
|
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"strung out",
|
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"stupefied",
|
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"debauched",
|
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"dissipated",
|
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"dissolute",
|
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"alcoholic",
|
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"bibulous",
|
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"dipsomaniacal"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't trust anything that old drunk says"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"soaker",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swigger",
|
|
"swiller",
|
|
"wino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a weeklong drunk he was unable to remember anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"jamboree",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"toot",
|
|
"wassail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"bibbery",
|
|
"bibulousness",
|
|
"drunkenness",
|
|
"inebriation",
|
|
"inebriety",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"tipsiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to swallow in liquid form":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doctor wants her to drink lots of water before the examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belted (down)",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"pounded (down)",
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"slugged (down)",
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"tossed (down or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tippled",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
"wined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're worried that she's started drinking again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbed",
|
|
"boozed",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"liquored (up)",
|
|
"lushed (up)",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"nipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the hot surface of the porous rock drank water like a sponge"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"soaked (up)",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"taken up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
"swilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |