addict | (verb) to cause (someone or oneself) to become dependent (on something, especially a narcotic drug) | Synonyms: hook |
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afflict | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in | Synonyms: smite |
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(verb) cause great unhappiness for; distress | - |
conflict | (verb) go against, as of rules and laws | Synonyms: contravene, infringe, run afoul |
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(verb) be in conflict | - |
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 |
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 |
convict | (verb) find or declare guilty | - |
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depict | (verb) give a description of | Synonyms: describe, draw |
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(verb) show in, or as in, a picture | Synonyms: picture, render, show |
(verb) make a portrait of | Synonyms: limn, portray |
derestrict | (verb) make free from restrictions | - |
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district | (verb) regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns | Synonyms: zone |
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evict | (verb) expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process | Synonyms: force out |
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(verb) expel or eject without recourse to legal process | - |
indict | (verb) accuse formally of a crime | - |
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inflict | (verb) impose something unpleasant | Synonyms: bring down, impose, visit |
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interdict | (verb) command against | Synonyms: disallow, forbid, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto |
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(verb) destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication | - |
maledict | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate |
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predict | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, prognosticate, promise |
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(verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
reconvict | (verb) convict anew | - |
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restrict | (verb) place limits on (extent or amount or access) | Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, throttle, trammel |
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(verb) place restrictions on | Synonyms: curb, curtail, cut back |
(verb) place under restrictions; limit access to by law | Synonyms: control |
(verb) prevent (information) from being circulated or disclosed | - |