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{
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"faze":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": to disturb the composure of : disconcert , daunt":[
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"Nothing fazed her.",
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"Criticism did not seem to faze the writer."
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"You'll never succeed as a writer if you let a little bit of criticism faze you.",
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"the collapse of part of the scenery didn't faze the actors one bit, and they just carried on",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Eppler and Showalter worked under George Steinbrenner, so having an owner who is always in the news, as Cohen is, doesn\u2019t faze them. \u2014 Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com , 7 May 2022",
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"Having long nails can be laborious to some, but lengthy manicures do not faze others who have figured out how to adapt to them. \u2014 Gabi Thorne, Allure , 23 May 2022",
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"There\u2019s very few, if any, situations that faze him, utilizing the kind of court awareness that can take years for players to master. \u2014 Ashley Bastock, cleveland , 22 Apr. 2022",
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"Walker projects the position that the opinions don\u2019t faze him. \u2014 Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY , 19 Apr. 2022",
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"The cast has terrific chemistry, and includes skillful performances from Janelle James as Ava, the totally unqualified principal, and Lisa Ann Walter as Melissa, a second-grade teacher who doesn\u2019t let much faze her. \u2014 oregonlive , 11 Jan. 2022",
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"In another part of town, a rocket blast that rattled the walls of a basement housing about 30 people somehow didn\u2019t faze a 6-year-old girl named Varvara, who sat drawing at a little table. \u2014 New York Times , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"Not much could faze the 27-year-old Mahle, who was making his first career Opening Day start. \u2014 Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer , 8 Apr. 2022",
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"Random terrifying stuff doesn\u2019t faze any of the quartet of treasure hunters, which makes the whole movie thin and desperate and lacking in human drama. \u2014 Kyle Smith, National Review , 16 Feb. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1830, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of feeze to drive away, frighten, from Middle English fesen , from Old English f\u0113sian to drive away":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8f\u0101z"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"abash",
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"confound",
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"confuse",
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"discomfit",
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"disconcert",
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"discountenance",
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"embarrass",
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"fluster",
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"mortify",
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"nonplus",
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"rattle"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-053948",
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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}
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} |