| compose | (verb) make up plans or basic details for | Synonyms: draw up, frame |
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| (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: indite, pen, write |
| (verb) write music | Synonyms: write |
| (verb) put together out of existing material | Synonyms: compile |
| (verb) calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet | - |
| (verb) form the substance of | - |
| compost | (verb) convert to compost | - |
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| compound | (verb) put or add together | Synonyms: combine |
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| (verb) make more intense, stronger, or more marked | Synonyms: deepen, heighten, intensify |
| (verb) combine so as to form a whole; mix | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) create by mixing or combining | - |
| (verb) calculate principal and interest | - |
| comprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: apprehend, compass, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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| (verb) to become aware of through the senses | Synonyms: perceive |
| (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: cover, embrace, encompass |
| compress | (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
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| (verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compact, pack together |
| comprise | (verb) include or contain; have as a component | Synonyms: contain, incorporate |
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| (verb) be composed of | Synonyms: consist |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: be, constitute, make up, represent |
| compromise | (verb) settle by concession | - |
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| (verb) make a compromise; arrive at a compromise | - |
| (verb) expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute | - |
| compute | (verb) make a mathematical calculation or computation | Synonyms: calculate, cipher, cypher, figure, reckon, work out |
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| computerise | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerize, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerize |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerize |
| computerize | (verb) control a function, process, or creation by a computer | Synonyms: computerise, cybernate |
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| (verb) store in a computer | Synonyms: computerise |
| (verb) provide with computers | Synonyms: computerise |
| conglomerate | (verb) increase in amount by collecting or gathering | Synonyms: accumulate, amass, cumulate, gather, pile up |
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| currycomb | (verb) clean (a horse) with a currycomb | - |
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| customise | (verb) make according to requirements | Synonyms: customize |
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| (verb) make to specifications | Synonyms: custom-make, customize, tailor-make |
| customize | (verb) make according to requirements | Synonyms: customise |
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| (verb) make to specifications | Synonyms: custom-make, customise, tailor-make |
| decommission | (verb) withdraw from active service | - |
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| decompose | (verb) separate (substances) into constituent elements or parts | Synonyms: break down, break up |
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| (verb) break down | Synonyms: molder, moulder, rot |
| (verb) lose a stored charge, magnetic flux, or current | Synonyms: decay, disintegrate |
| decompress | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: loosen up, relax, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) decrease the pressure of | Synonyms: depressurise, depressurize |
| (verb) restore to its uncompressed form | Synonyms: uncompress |
| denominate | (verb) assign a name or title to | Synonyms: designate |
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| dichotomise | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomize |
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| dichotomize | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomise |
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| discombobulate | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) cause to be confused emotionally | Synonyms: bemuse, bewilder, throw |
| discomfit | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discompose, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| discommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, disoblige, incommode, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| discompose | (verb) cause to lose one's composure | Synonyms: discomfit, disconcert, untune, upset |
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| domesticate | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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| (verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
| (verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: tame |
| domesticise | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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| domesticize | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, reclaim, tame |
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| domicile | (verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domiciliate, reside, shack |
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| domiciliate | (verb) provide someone with accomodation | Synonyms: house, put up |
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| (verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domicile, reside, shack |
| dominate | (verb) have dominance or the power to defeat over | Synonyms: master |
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| (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: predominate, prevail, reign, rule |
| (verb) be in control | - |
| (verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, overlook, overtop |
| (verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: eclipse, overshadow |
| domineer | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: tyrannise, tyrannize |
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| doom | (verb) pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law | Synonyms: condemn, sentence |
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| (verb) decree or designate beforehand | Synonyms: designate, destine, fate |
| (verb) make certain of the failure or destruction of | - |
| economise | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economize, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economize, save |
| economize | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economise, save |
| encompass | (verb) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory | Synonyms: comprehend, cover, embrace |
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| entomb | (verb) place in a grave or tomb | Synonyms: bury, inhume, inter, lay to rest |
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| envenom | (verb) add poison to | Synonyms: poison |
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| (verb) cause to be bitter or resentful | Synonyms: acerbate, embitter |
| epitomise | (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomize, typify |
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| epitomize | (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomise, typify |
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| excommunicate | (verb) exclude from a church or a religious community | Synonyms: curse, unchurch |
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| (verb) oust or exclude from a group or membership by decree | - |
| fathom | (verb) measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line | Synonyms: sound |
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| (verb) come to understand | Synonyms: bottom, penetrate |
| firebomb | (verb) attack with incendiary bombs | - |
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| foment | (verb) bathe with warm water or medicated lotions | - |
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| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: agitate, stir up |
| foredoom | (verb) doom beforehand | - |
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| glom | (verb) take by theft | Synonyms: cop, hook, knock off, snitch, thieve |
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| (verb) seize upon or latch onto something | - |
| groom | (verb) care for one's external appearance | Synonyms: neaten |
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| (verb) give a neat appearance to | Synonyms: curry, dress |
| (verb) educate for a future role or function | Synonyms: prepare, train |
| home | (verb) return home accurately from a long distance | - |
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| (verb) provide with, or send to, a home | - |
| homer | (verb) hit a home run | - |
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| homestead | (verb) settle land given by the government and occupy it as a homestead | - |
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| homogenise | (verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenize |
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| (verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenize |
| (verb) break up the fat globules of | Synonyms: homogenize |
| homogenize | (verb) become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenise |
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| (verb) cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing | Synonyms: homogenise |
| (verb) break up the fat globules of | Synonyms: homogenise |
| homologise | (verb) make homologous | Synonyms: homologize |
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| homologize | (verb) make homologous | Synonyms: homologise |
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| (verb) be homologous | - |
| honeycomb | (verb) make full of cavities, like a honeycomb | - |
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| (verb) penetrate thoroughly and into every part | - |
| (verb) carve a honeycomb pattern into | - |
| hypophysectomise | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomize |
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| hypophysectomize | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomise |
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| incommode | (verb) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to | Synonyms: bother, discommode, disoblige, inconvenience, put out, trouble |
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| intercommunicate | (verb) transmit thoughts or feelings | Synonyms: communicate |
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| (verb) be interconnected, afford passage | - |
| intromit | (verb) allow to enter; grant entry to | Synonyms: admit, allow in, let in |
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| isomerise | (verb) change into an isomer | Synonyms: isomerize |
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| (verb) cause to change into an isomer | Synonyms: isomerize |
| isomerize | (verb) change into an isomer | Synonyms: isomerise |
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| (verb) cause to change into an isomer | Synonyms: isomerise |
| locomote | (verb) change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically | Synonyms: go, move, travel |
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| loom | (verb) weave on a loom | - |
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| (verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, predominate, tower |
| (verb) come into view indistinctly, often threateningly | - |
| (verb) hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing | Synonyms: brood, bulk large, hover |
| mushroom | (verb) grow and spread fast | - |
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| (verb) pick or gather mushrooms | - |
| nominate | (verb) propose as a candidate for some honor | Synonyms: put forward, put up |
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| (verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: appoint, constitute, name |
| (verb) charge with a function; charge to be | Synonyms: make, name |
| (verb) put forward; nominate for appointment to an office or for an honor or position | Synonyms: propose |
| omen | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
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| omit | (verb) leave undone or leave out | Synonyms: drop, leave out, miss, neglect, overleap, overlook, pretermit |
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| (verb) prevent from being included or considered or accepted | Synonyms: except, exclude, leave off, leave out, take out |
| overcome | (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully | Synonyms: get over, master, subdue, surmount |
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| (verb) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome | Synonyms: get the best, have the best |
| (verb) win a victory over | Synonyms: defeat, get the better of |
| (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli | Synonyms: overpower, overtake, overwhelm, sweep over, whelm |
| overcompensate | (verb) make excessive corrections for fear of making an error | Synonyms: over-correct |
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| (verb) make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities | Synonyms: compensate, cover |
| pantomime | (verb) act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only | Synonyms: mime |
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| phlebotomise | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomize |
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| phlebotomize | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomise |
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| photobomb | (verb) to jump into someone's photo | - |
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| polychrome | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychromise, polychromize |
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| polychromise | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromize |
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| polychromize | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromise |
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| pomade | (verb) apply pomade to (hair) | - |
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| pommel | (verb) strike, usually with the fist | Synonyms: biff, pummel |
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| pompadour | (verb) style women's hair in a pompadour | - |
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| predominate | (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, prevail, reign, rule |
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| (verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, loom, tower |
| promenade | (verb) take a leisurely walk | - |
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| (verb) march in a procession in a public place | Synonyms: parade, troop |
| promise | (verb) make a promise or commitment | Synonyms: assure |
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| (verb) promise to undertake or give | - |
| (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate |
| (verb) give grounds for expectations | - |
| promote | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertise, advertize, push |
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| (verb) change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent | - |
| (verb) be changed for a superior chess or checker piece | - |
| (verb) give a promotion to or assign to a higher position | Synonyms: advance, elevate, kick upstairs, raise, upgrade |
| (verb) contribute to the progress or growth of | Synonyms: advance, boost, encourage, further |
| prompt | (verb) serve as the inciting cause of | Synonyms: inspire, instigate |
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| (verb) assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned | Synonyms: cue, remind |
| (verb) give an incentive for action | Synonyms: actuate, incite, motivate, move, propel |
| promulgate | (verb) state or announce | Synonyms: exclaim, proclaim |
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| (verb) put a law into effect by formal declaration | - |
| randomise | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomize |
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| randomize | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomise |
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| ransom | (verb) exchange or buy back for money; under threat | Synonyms: redeem |
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| recombine | (verb) undergo genetic recombination | - |
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| (verb) cause genetic recombination | - |
| (verb) to combine or put together again | - |
| recommence | (verb) begin again | - |
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| (verb) cause to start anew | - |
| recommend | (verb) make attractive or acceptable | - |
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| (verb) express a good opinion of | Synonyms: commend |
| (verb) push for something | Synonyms: advocate, urge |
| recommit | (verb) send back to a committee | - |
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| (verb) commit again | - |
| (verb) commit once again, as of a crime | - |
| recompense | (verb) make payment to; compensate | Synonyms: compensate, remunerate |
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| (verb) make amends for; pay compensation for | Synonyms: compensate, indemnify, repair |
| romance | (verb) tell romantic or exaggerated lies | - |
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| (verb) talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions | Synonyms: butterfly, chat up, coquet, coquette, dally, flirt, mash, philander |
| (verb) have a love affair with | - |
| (verb) make amorous advances towards | Synonyms: court, solicit, woo |
| romanticise | (verb) make romantic in style | Synonyms: romanticize |
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| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, romanticize |
| romanticize | (verb) act in a romantic way | - |
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| (verb) make romantic in style | Synonyms: romanticise |
| (verb) interpret romantically | Synonyms: glamorize, glamourise, romanticise |
| romp | (verb) win easily | - |
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| (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: cavort, disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, run around, skylark, sport |
| (verb) run easily and fairly fast | - |
| room | (verb) live and take one's meals at or in | Synonyms: board |
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| slalom | (verb) race on skis around obstacles | - |
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| sodomise | (verb) practice anal sex upon | Synonyms: bugger, sodomize |
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| (verb) copulate with an animal | Synonyms: sodomize |