| expunge | (verb) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line | Synonyms: excise, scratch, strike |
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| expurgate | (verb) edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate | Synonyms: bowdlerise, bowdlerize, castrate, shorten |
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| exsert | (verb) thrust or extend out | Synonyms: extend, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out |
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| exsiccate | (verb) lose water or moisture | Synonyms: dehydrate, desiccate, dry up |
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| extemporise | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporize, improvise, improvize |
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| extemporize | (verb) perform without preparation | Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvize |
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| (verb) manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand | Synonyms: improvise |
| extend | (verb) extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body | Synonyms: stretch |
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| (verb) thrust or extend out | Synonyms: exsert, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out |
| (verb) extend in scope or range or area | Synonyms: broaden, widen |
| (verb) lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer | Synonyms: draw out, prolong, protract |
| (verb) continue or extend | Synonyms: carry |
| (verb) expand the influence of | Synonyms: expand |
| (verb) increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance | Synonyms: stretch |
| (verb) prolong the time allowed for payment of | - |
| (verb) use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity | Synonyms: strain |
| (verb) open or straighten out; unbend | - |
| (verb) extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length | Synonyms: stretch, stretch out, unfold |
| (verb) cause to move at full gallop | Synonyms: gallop |
| (verb) offer verbally | Synonyms: offer |
| (verb) make available; provide | Synonyms: offer |
| (verb) span an interval of distance, space or time | Synonyms: continue, cover |
| (verb) reach outward in space | Synonyms: poke out, reach out |
| (verb) stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point | Synonyms: go, lead, pass, run |
| extenuate | (verb) lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of | Synonyms: mitigate, palliate |
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| exteriorise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorize, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| exteriorize | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, externalise, externalize, objectify |
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| (verb) bring outside the body for surgery, of organs | Synonyms: bring outside |
| exterminate | (verb) kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many | Synonyms: kill off |
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| (verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: eradicate, extirpate, root out, uproot |
| externalise | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalize, objectify |
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| (verb) regard as objective | Synonyms: externalize, project |
| externalize | (verb) make external or objective, or give reality to | Synonyms: exteriorise, exteriorize, externalise, objectify |
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| (verb) regard as objective | Synonyms: externalise, project |
| 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 |
| extirpate | (verb) surgically remove (an organ) | - |
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| (verb) pull up by or as if by the roots | Synonyms: deracinate, root out, uproot |
| (verb) destroy completely, as if down to the roots | Synonyms: eradicate, exterminate, root out, uproot |
| extol | (verb) praise, glorify, or honor | Synonyms: exalt, glorify, laud, proclaim |
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| extort | (verb) get or cause to become in a difficult or laborious manner | Synonyms: wring from |
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| (verb) obtain by coercion or intimidation | Synonyms: gouge, rack, squeeze, wring |
| (verb) obtain through intimidation | - |
| 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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| exuberate | (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exult, jubilate, rejoice, triumph |
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| exudate | (verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: exude, ooze, ooze out, transude |
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| exude | (verb) release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities | Synonyms: exudate, ooze, ooze out, transude |
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| (verb) make apparent by one's mood or behavior | - |
| exult | (verb) to express great joy | Synonyms: exuberate, jubilate, rejoice, triumph |
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| (verb) feel extreme happiness or elation | Synonyms: be on cloud nine, jump for joy, walk on air |
| exuviate | (verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers | Synonyms: molt, moult, shed, slough |
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| fax | (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: facsimile, telefax |
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| fix | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, sterilise, sterilize, unsex |
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| (verb) make fixed, stable or stationary | Synonyms: fixate |
| (verb) restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken | Synonyms: bushel, doctor, furbish up, mend, repair, restore, touch on |
| (verb) kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study | - |
| (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: gear up, prepare, ready, set, set up |
| (verb) decide upon or fix definitely | Synonyms: define, determine, limit, set, specify |
| (verb) take vengeance on or get even | Synonyms: get, pay back, pay off |
| (verb) cause to be firmly attached | Synonyms: fasten, secure |
| (verb) put (something somewhere) firmly | Synonyms: deposit, posit, situate |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, make, prepare, ready |
| (verb) set or place definitely | - |
| (verb) to be about to do something | - |
| (verb) influence an event or its outcome by illegal means | - |
| fixate | (verb) become fixed (on) | Synonyms: settle on |
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| (verb) make fixed, stable or stationary | Synonyms: fix |
| (verb) pay attention to exclusively and obsessively | - |
| (verb) attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way | - |
| flex | (verb) cause (an object) to assume a crooked or angular form | Synonyms: bend, deform, turn, twist |
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| (verb) bend a joint | Synonyms: bend |
| (verb) form a curve | Synonyms: bend |
| (verb) contract | - |
| (verb) exhibit the strength of | - |
| flummox | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
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| flux | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, fuse, immix, meld, merge, mix |
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| (verb) become liquid or fluid when heated | Synonyms: liquefy, liquify |
| (verb) move or progress freely as if in a stream | Synonyms: flow |
| fox | (verb) become discolored with, or as if with, mildew spots | - |
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| (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: bedevil, befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fuddle, throw |
| (verb) deceive somebody | Synonyms: flim-flam, fob, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick |
| foxhunt | (verb) hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogs | - |
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| foxtrot | (verb) dance the foxtrot | - |
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| hex | (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, jinx, witch |
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| hoax | (verb) subject to a playful hoax or joke | Synonyms: play a joke on, pull someone's leg |
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| hyperextend | (verb) extend a joint beyond its normal range | - |
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| immix | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, meld, merge, mix |
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| index | (verb) adjust through indexation | - |
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| (verb) provide with an index | - |
| (verb) list in an index | - |
| infix | (verb) attach a morpheme into a stem word | - |
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| (verb) put or introduce into something | Synonyms: enter, insert, introduce |
| intermix | (verb) combine into one | Synonyms: blend, immingle, intermingle |
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| intoxicate | (verb) have an intoxicating effect on, of a drug | - |
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| (verb) make drunk (with alcoholic drinks) | Synonyms: inebriate, soak |
| (verb) fill with high spirits; fill with optimism | Synonyms: elate, lift up, pick up, uplift |
| jinx | (verb) foredoom to failure | - |
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| (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, hex, witch |
| juxtapose | (verb) place side by side | - |
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| lexicalise | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalize |
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| lexicalize | (verb) make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language | Synonyms: lexicalise |
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| luxate | (verb) move out of position | Synonyms: dislocate, slip, splay |
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| luxuriate | (verb) thrive profusely or flourish extensively | - |
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| (verb) become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously | Synonyms: wanton |
| (verb) enjoy to excess | Synonyms: indulge |
| maximise | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximize |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximize |
| maximize | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximise |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximise |
| mix | (verb) mix together different elements | Synonyms: blend, coalesce, combine, commingle, conflate, flux, fuse, immix, meld, merge |
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| (verb) add as an additional element or part | Synonyms: mix in |
| (verb) combine (electronic signals) | - |
| (verb) to bring or combine together or with something else | Synonyms: amalgamate, commix, mingle, unify |
| (verb) mix so as to make a random order or arrangement | Synonyms: ruffle, shuffle |
| (verb) open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups | Synonyms: desegregate, integrate |
| nix | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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| outfox | (verb) outdo someone in trickery | - |
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| (verb) beat through cleverness and wit | Synonyms: beat, circumvent, outsmart, outwit, overreach |
| overexert | (verb) exert (oneself) excessively and go beyond one's strength | - |
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| overexploit | (verb) exploit excessively | - |
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| overexpose | (verb) expose excessively | - |
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| (verb) expose to too much light | - |
| overextend | (verb) strain excessively | Synonyms: overstrain |
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| overtax | (verb) tax excessively | - |
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| oxidate | (verb) add oxygen to or combine with oxygen | Synonyms: oxidise, oxidize |
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| (verb) enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide | Synonyms: oxidise, oxidize |
| oxidise | (verb) add oxygen to or combine with oxygen | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidize |
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| (verb) enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidize |
| oxidize | (verb) add oxygen to or combine with oxygen | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidise |
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| (verb) enter into a combination with oxygen or become converted into an oxide | Synonyms: oxidate, oxidise |
| oxygenate | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenise, oxygenize |
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| oxygenise | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenize |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenize |
| oxygenize | (verb) impregnate, combine, or supply with oxygen | Synonyms: aerate, oxygenate, oxygenise |
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| (verb) dehydrogenate with oxygen | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| (verb) change (a compound) by increasing the proportion of the electronegative part; or change (an element or ion) from a lower to a higher positive valence: remove one or more electrons from (an atom, ion, or molecule) | Synonyms: oxygenise |
| peroxide | (verb) bleach with peroxide | - |
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| perplex | (verb) make more complicated | Synonyms: complicate |
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| (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy, vex |
| poleax | (verb) fell with or as if with a poleax | Synonyms: poleaxe |
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| poleaxe | (verb) fell with or as if with a poleax | Synonyms: poleax |
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| preexist | (verb) exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time | - |
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| prefix | (verb) attach a prefix to | - |
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| reexamine | (verb) look at again; examine again | Synonyms: review |
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| relax | (verb) become less tense, rest, or take one's ease | Synonyms: decompress, loosen up, slow down, unbend, unwind |
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| (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind |
| (verb) make less taut | Synonyms: unbend |
| (verb) become loose or looser or less tight | Synonyms: loose, loosen |
| (verb) make less active or fast | Synonyms: slack, slack up, slacken |
| (verb) become less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) make less severe or strict | Synonyms: loosen |
| (verb) become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner | Synonyms: loosen up |
| retroflex | (verb) articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate | - |
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| (verb) bend or turn backward | Synonyms: replicate |
| sex | (verb) tell the sex (of young chickens) | - |
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| (verb) to evoke sexual feelings | Synonyms: arouse, excite, turn on, wind up |
| sexualise | (verb) make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to | Synonyms: sexualize |
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| sexualize | (verb) make sexual, endow with sex, attribute sex to | Synonyms: sexualise |
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| shadowbox | (verb) go through boxing motions without an opponent | - |
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| subluxate | (verb) sprain or dislocate slightly | - |
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| suffix | (verb) attach a suffix to | - |
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| surtax | (verb) levy an extra tax on | - |
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| tax | (verb) make a charge against or accuse | - |
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| (verb) use to the limit | Synonyms: task |
| (verb) levy a tax on | - |
| (verb) set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) | Synonyms: assess |
| taxi | (verb) ride in a taxicab | Synonyms: cab |
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| (verb) travel slowly | - |
| telefax | (verb) send something via a facsimile machine | Synonyms: facsimile, fax |
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| telex | (verb) communicate by telex | - |
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| text | (verb) to send a message by SMS or similar text-based messaging service | - |
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| transfix | (verb) pierce with a sharp stake or point | Synonyms: empale, impale, spike |
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| (verb) to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe | Synonyms: fascinate, grip, spellbind |
| unbox | (verb) remove from a box | - |
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| (verb) to open a new product on a video stream | - |
| underexpose | (verb) expose insufficiently | - |
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| (verb) expose to too little light | - |
| unlax | (verb) cause to feel relaxed | Synonyms: loosen up, make relaxed, relax, unstrain, unwind |
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| unsex | (verb) make infertile | Synonyms: desex, desexualise, desexualize, fix, sterilise, sterilize |
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| (verb) remove the qualities typical of one's sex | - |
| (verb) deprive of sex or sexual powers | - |
| vex | (verb) be a mystery or bewildering to | Synonyms: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, pose, puzzle, stick, stupefy |
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| (verb) subject to prolonged examination, discussion, or deliberation | - |
| (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, devil, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile |
| (verb) disturb the peace of mind of; afflict with mental agitation or distress | Synonyms: worry |
| wax | (verb) go up or advance | Synonyms: climb, mount, rise |
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| (verb) increase in phase | Synonyms: full |
| (verb) cover with wax | - |
| xerox | (verb) reproduce by xerography | Synonyms: photocopy, run off |
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