abstract | (verb) consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically | - |
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(verb) consider apart from a particular case or instance | - |
(verb) give an abstract (of) | - |
(verb) make off with belongings of others | Synonyms: cabbage, filch, hook, lift, nobble, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe |
accoutre | (verb) provide with military equipment | Synonyms: accouter |
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administrate | (verb) work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of | Synonyms: administer |
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apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
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apostrophize | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophise |
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arbitrage | (verb) practice arbitrage, as in the stock market | - |
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arbitrate | (verb) act between parties with a view to reconciling differences | Synonyms: intercede, intermediate, liaise, mediate |
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astringe | (verb) become constricted or compressed | - |
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(verb) constrict or bind or draw together | - |
astrogate | (verb) navigate in space | - |
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(verb) guide in interplanetary travel | - |
atrophy | (verb) undergo atrophy | - |
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attract | (verb) direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes | Synonyms: draw, draw in, pull, pull in |
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(verb) exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away | - |
(verb) be attractive to | Synonyms: appeal |
attribute | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: ascribe, assign, impute |
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(verb) decide as to where something belongs in a scheme | Synonyms: assign |
backstroke | (verb) swim on one's back | - |
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backtrack | (verb) retrace one's course | Synonyms: double back, turn back |
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bestrew | (verb) cover by strewing | - |
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bestride | (verb) get up on the back of | Synonyms: climb on, get on, hop on, jump on, mount, mount up |
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betray | (verb) give away information about somebody | Synonyms: denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
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(verb) reveal unintentionally | Synonyms: bewray |
(verb) cause someone to believe an untruth | Synonyms: deceive, lead astray |
(verb) disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake | Synonyms: fail |
(verb) deliver to an enemy by treachery | Synonyms: sell |
(verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage | Synonyms: cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander |
betroth | (verb) give to in marriage | Synonyms: affiance, engage, plight |
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bootstrap | (verb) help oneself, often through improvised means | - |
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breaststroke | (verb) swim with the face down and extend the arms forward and outward while kicking with the leg | - |
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buttress | (verb) make stronger or defensible | - |
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(verb) reinforce with a buttress | - |
castrate | (verb) remove the testicles of a male animal | Synonyms: demasculinise, demasculinize, emasculate |
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(verb) remove the ovaries of | Synonyms: alter, neuter, spay |
(verb) deprive of strength or vigor | Synonyms: emasculate |
(verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, expurgate, shorten |
centralise | (verb) make central | Synonyms: centralize, concentrate |
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centralize | (verb) make central | Synonyms: centralise, concentrate |
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centre | (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
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(verb) move into the center | Synonyms: center |
(verb) center upon | Synonyms: center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
centrifugate | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifuge |
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centrifuge | (verb) rotate at very high speed in order to separate the liquids from the solids | Synonyms: centrifugate |
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cicatrise | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrize |
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cicatrize | (verb) form a scar, after an injury | Synonyms: cicatrise |
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citrate | (verb) cause to form a salt or ester of citric acid | - |
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concentrate | (verb) cook until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, reduce |
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(verb) make denser, stronger, or purer | - |
(verb) make central | Synonyms: centralise, centralize |
(verb) be cooked until very little liquid is left | Synonyms: boil down, decoct, reduce |
(verb) make more concise | Synonyms: condense, digest |
(verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: condense, contract |
(verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, centre, focus, pore, rivet |
(verb) draw together or meet in one common center | - |
concentre | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, focalise, focalize, focus |
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constrain | (verb) severely restrict in scope or extent | Synonyms: stiffen, tighten, tighten up |
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(verb) to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement | Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain |
(verb) compel to behave in a certain way | Synonyms: enforce, impose |
constrict | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constringe, narrow |
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(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, contract, press, squeeze |
constringe | (verb) become tight or as if tight | Synonyms: constrict, narrow |
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construct | (verb) reassemble mentally | Synonyms: reconstruct, retrace |
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(verb) draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions | - |
(verb) make by combining materials and parts | Synonyms: build, make |
(verb) put together out of artificial or natural components or parts | Synonyms: fabricate, manufacture |
(verb) create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts | - |
(verb) create by linking linguistic units | - |
construe | (verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to | Synonyms: interpret, see |
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contract | (verb) be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness | Synonyms: get, take |
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(verb) make or become more narrow or restricted | Synonyms: narrow |
(verb) become smaller or draw together | Synonyms: shrink |
(verb) reduce in scope while retaining essential elements | Synonyms: abbreviate, abridge, cut, foreshorten, reduce, shorten |
(verb) compress or concentrate | Synonyms: concentrate, condense |
(verb) enter into a contractual arrangement | Synonyms: undertake |
(verb) make smaller | - |
(verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, compress, constrict, press, squeeze |
(verb) engage by written agreement | Synonyms: sign, sign on, sign up |
contradance | (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contredanse, country-dance |
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contradict | (verb) prove negative; show to be false | Synonyms: negate |
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(verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contravene, negate |
(verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: controvert, oppose |
(verb) be in contradiction with | Synonyms: belie, negate |
contradistinguish | (verb) distinguish by contrasting qualities | - |
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contraindicate | (verb) make a treatment inadvisable | - |
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contrast | (verb) put in opposition to show or emphasize differences | - |
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(verb) to show differences when compared; be different | Synonyms: counterpoint |
contravene | (verb) deny the truth of | Synonyms: contradict, negate |
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(verb) go against, as of rules and laws | Synonyms: conflict, infringe, run afoul |
contredanse | (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance |
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contribute | (verb) contribute to some cause | Synonyms: chip in, give, kick in |
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(verb) bestow a quality on | Synonyms: add, bestow, bring, impart, lend |
(verb) provide | Synonyms: put up |
(verb) be conducive to | Synonyms: conduce, lead |
contrive | (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: devise, excogitate, forge, formulate, invent |
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(verb) make or work out a plan for; devise | Synonyms: design, plan, project |
(verb) put or send forth | Synonyms: cast, project, throw |
control | (verb) have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of | Synonyms: master |
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(verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: ascertain, assure, check, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
(verb) verify by using a duplicate register for comparison | - |
(verb) handle and cause to function | Synonyms: operate |
(verb) maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage | Synonyms: keep in line, manipulate |
(verb) exercise authoritative control or power over | Synonyms: command |
(verb) lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits | Synonyms: check, contain, curb, hold, hold in, moderate |
(verb) check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard | Synonyms: verify |
(verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law | Synonyms: restrict |
controvert | (verb) prove to be false or incorrect | Synonyms: rebut, refute |
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(verb) be resistant to | Synonyms: contradict, oppose |
counterstrike | (verb) make a counterattack | Synonyms: counterattack |
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decentralise | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralize, deconcentrate |
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decentralize | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, deconcentrate |
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deconcentrate | (verb) make less central | Synonyms: decentralise, decentralize |
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deconstruct | (verb) interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing | - |
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decontrol | (verb) relax or remove controls of | - |
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defenestrate | (verb) throw through or out of the window | - |
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demonstrate | (verb) establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment | Synonyms: establish, prove, shew, show |
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(verb) provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | Synonyms: attest, certify, evidence, manifest |
(verb) give an exhibition of to an interested audience | Synonyms: demo, exhibit, present, show |
(verb) march in protest; take part in a demonstration | Synonyms: march |
denitrify | (verb) remove nitrogen from | - |
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derestrict | (verb) make free from restrictions | - |
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destress | (verb) reduce the emphasis | Synonyms: de-emphasise, de-emphasize |
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destroy | (verb) defeat soundly and humiliatingly | Synonyms: demolish |
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(verb) destroy completely; damage irreparably | Synonyms: ruin |
(verb) put (an animal) to death | Synonyms: put down |
(verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | Synonyms: destruct |
destruct | (verb) do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of | Synonyms: destroy |
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(verb) destroy (one's own missile or rocket) | - |
detract | (verb) take away a part from; diminish | Synonyms: take away |
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detrain | (verb) leave a train | - |
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detransitivise | (verb) intransitivize | Synonyms: detransitivize, intransitivise, intransitivize |
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detransitivize | (verb) intransitivize | Synonyms: detransitivise, intransitivise, intransitivize |
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detribalise | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalize |
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detribalize | (verb) cause members of a tribe to lose their cultural identity | Synonyms: detribalise |
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devitrify | (verb) become crystalline | - |
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(verb) make (glassy materials) brittle or opaque | - |
distract | (verb) draw someone's attention away from something | Synonyms: deflect |
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(verb) disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or alarmed | Synonyms: cark, disorder, disquiet, perturb, trouble, unhinge |
distrain | (verb) confiscate by distress | - |
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(verb) levy a distress on | - |
(verb) legally take something in place of a debt payment | - |
distress | (verb) cause mental pain to | - |
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(verb) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship | Synonyms: straiten |
distribute | (verb) cause to become widely known | Synonyms: broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, pass around, propagate, spread |
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(verb) to arrange in a systematic order | Synonyms: stagger |
(verb) distribute or disperse widely | Synonyms: spread |
(verb) cause to be distributed | Synonyms: circulate, pass around, pass on |
(verb) administer or bestow, as in small portions | Synonyms: administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, dole out, lot, mete out, parcel out, shell out |
(verb) give to several people | Synonyms: give out, hand out, pass out |
(verb) release | - |
(verb) be mathematically distributive | - |
(verb) be distributed or spread, as in statistical analyses | - |
(verb) spread throughout a given area | - |
district | (verb) regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | Synonyms: zone |
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distrust | (verb) regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | Synonyms: mistrust, suspect |
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egotrip | (verb) act in a way that attracts attention | - |
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electrify | (verb) equip for use with electricity | Synonyms: wire |
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(verb) charge (a conductor) with electricity | - |
(verb) excite suddenly and intensely | - |
electrocute | (verb) kill by electrocution, as in the electric chair | Synonyms: fry |
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(verb) kill by electric shock | - |
electroplate | (verb) coat with metal by electrolysis | - |
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entrain | (verb) board a train | - |
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entrance | (verb) put into a trance | Synonyms: spellbind |
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(verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, fascinate, trance |
entrap | (verb) catch in or as if in a trap | Synonyms: ensnare, snare, trammel, trap |
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(verb) take or catch as if in a snare or trap | Synonyms: ensnare, frame, set up |
entreat | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press |
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entrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: intrench |
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(verb) occupy a trench or secured area | Synonyms: dig in |
(verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, impinge, trench |
entrust | (verb) confer a trust upon | Synonyms: commit, confide, intrust, trust |
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(verb) put into the care or protection of someone | Synonyms: leave |
estrange | (verb) arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness | Synonyms: alienate, disaffect |
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(verb) remove from customary environment or associations | - |
exfiltrate | (verb) escape furtively, as from an area under enemy control | - |
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(verb) transfer secretly out of an area under enemy control | - |
expatriate | (verb) move away from one's native country and adopt a new residence abroad | - |
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(verb) expel from a country | Synonyms: deport, exile |
extract | (verb) extract by the process of distillation | Synonyms: distil, distill |
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(verb) take out of a literary work in order to cite or copy | Synonyms: excerpt, take out |
(verb) calculate the root of a number | - |
(verb) remove, usually with some force or effort; also used in an abstract sense | Synonyms: draw out, pull, pull out, pull up, rip out, take out, tear out |
(verb) obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action | Synonyms: express, press out |
(verb) separate (a metal) from an ore | - |
(verb) deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning) | Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, evoke |
(verb) get despite difficulties or obstacles | - |
extradite | (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, deport |
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extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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(verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
(verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
extravasate | (verb) cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth | - |
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(verb) become active and spew forth lava and rocks | Synonyms: belch, erupt |
(verb) force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel | - |
extricate | (verb) release from entanglement of difficulty | Synonyms: disencumber, disentangle, untangle |
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extrude | (verb) form or shape by forcing through an opening | Synonyms: squeeze out |
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filtrate | (verb) remove by passing through a filter | Synonyms: filter, filter out, separate out, strain |
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foxtrot | (verb) dance the foxtrot | - |
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frustrate | (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment |
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(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart |
gentrify | (verb) renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations | - |
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hamstring | (verb) cripple by cutting the hamstring | - |
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(verb) make ineffective or powerless | - |
hypertrophy | (verb) undergo hypertrophy | - |
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