| detach | (verb) come to be detached | Synonyms: come away, come off |
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| (verb) cause to become detached or separated; take off | - |
| (verb) separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment | - |
| detail | (verb) assign to a specific task | - |
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| (verb) provide details for | - |
| detain | (verb) cause to be slowed down or delayed | Synonyms: delay, hold up |
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| (verb) stop or halt | Synonyms: delay, stay |
| (verb) deprive of freedom; take into confinement | Synonyms: confine |
| dovetail | (verb) fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail | - |
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| metabolise | (verb) produce by metabolism | Synonyms: metabolize |
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| metabolize | (verb) produce by metabolism | Synonyms: metabolise |
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| metal | (verb) cover with metal | - |
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| metalize | (verb) coat with metal | Synonyms: metallize |
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| metallize | (verb) coat with metal | Synonyms: metalize |
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| metamorphose | (verb) change completely the nature or appearance of | Synonyms: transfigure, transmogrify |
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| (verb) change in outward structure or looks | Synonyms: transform, transmute |
| metastasise | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasize |
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| metastasize | (verb) spread throughout the body | Synonyms: metastasise |
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| retail | (verb) sell on the retail market | - |
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| (verb) be sold at the retail level | - |
| retain | (verb) keep in one's mind | - |
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| (verb) secure and keep for possible future use or application | Synonyms: hold, hold back, keep back |
| (verb) allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature | Synonyms: continue, keep, keep on |
| (verb) hold back within | - |
| retake | (verb) photograph again | - |
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| (verb) capture again | Synonyms: recapture |
| (verb) take back by force, as after a battle | Synonyms: recapture |
| retaliate | (verb) make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil | Synonyms: strike back |
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| (verb) take revenge for a perceived wrong | Synonyms: avenge, revenge |
| retard | (verb) lose velocity; move more slowly | Synonyms: decelerate, slow, slow down, slow up |
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| (verb) cause to move more slowly or operate at a slower rate | - |
| (verb) slow the growth or development of | Synonyms: check, delay |
| (verb) be delayed | - |
| superfetate | (verb) conceive when a fetus is already present in the uterus | - |
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| vegetate | (verb) engage in passive relaxation | Synonyms: veg out |
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| (verb) propagate asexually | - |
| (verb) grow like a plant | - |
| (verb) produce vegetation | - |
| (verb) establish vegetation on | - |
| (verb) grow or spread abnormally | - |
| (verb) lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind | - |
| wiretap | (verb) tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information | Synonyms: bug, intercept, tap |
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