contredanse | (noun) a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance, country dancing |
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depredation | (noun) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding | Synonyms: predation |
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(noun) (usually plural) a destructive action | Synonyms: ravage |
firedamp | (noun) a mixture of gases (mostly methane) that form in coal mines and become explosive when mixed with air | - |
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predaceousness | (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaciousness, rapaciousness, rapacity |
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predaciousness | (noun) (of an animal, usually a bird) The quality of subsisting off live prey. | Synonyms: predaceousness, rapaciousness, rapacity |
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predation | (noun) the act of preying by a predator who kills and eats the prey | - |
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(noun) an act of plundering and pillaging and marauding | Synonyms: depredation |
predator | (noun) any animal that lives by preying on other animals | Synonyms: predatory animal |
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(noun) someone who attacks in search of booty | Synonyms: marauder, piranha, vulture |
redact | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redactor, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter |
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redaction | (noun) the act of putting something in writing | - |
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(noun) putting something (as a literary work or a legislative bill) into acceptable form | Synonyms: editing |
redactor | (noun) someone who puts text into appropriate form for publication | Synonyms: redact, reviser, rewrite man, rewriter |
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