| contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
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| distinguish | (verb) mark as different | Synonyms: differentiate, secern, secernate, separate, severalise, severalize, tell, tell apart |
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| (verb) identify as in botany or biology, for example | Synonyms: describe, discover, identify, key, key out, name |
| (verb) be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense | Synonyms: differentiate, mark |
| (verb) make conspicuous or noteworthy | Synonyms: signalise, signalize |
| (verb) detect with the senses | Synonyms: discern, make out, pick out, recognise, recognize, spot, tell apart |
| extinguish | (verb) put an end to; kill | Synonyms: snuff out |
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| (verb) kill in large numbers | Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, wipe out |
| (verb) terminate, end, or take out | Synonyms: do away with, eliminate, get rid of |
| (verb) extinguish by crushing | Synonyms: crush out, press out, stub, stub out |
| (verb) put out, as of fires, flames, or lights | Synonyms: blow out, quench, snuff out |
| sting | (verb) saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous | Synonyms: stick |
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| (verb) deliver a sting to | Synonyms: bite, prick |
| (verb) cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging | - |
| (verb) cause a stinging pain | Synonyms: prick, twinge |
| (verb) cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort | Synonyms: bite, burn |
| ting | (verb) make a light, metallic sound; go `ting' | - |
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| (verb) cause to make a ting | - |
| tinge | (verb) color lightly | Synonyms: tinct, tint, touch |
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| (verb) affect as in thought or feeling | Synonyms: color, colour, distort |
| tingle | (verb) cause a stinging or tingling sensation | Synonyms: prickle |
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