| acres | (noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: demesne, estate, land, landed estate |
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| actress | (noun) a female actor | - |
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| acupressure | (noun) treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body | Synonyms: G-Jo, shiatsu |
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| address | (noun) the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion | Synonyms: savoir-faire |
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| (noun) the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball | - |
| (noun) the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience | Synonyms: speech |
| (noun) a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described | - |
| (noun) written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location | Synonyms: destination, name and address |
| (noun) the manner of speaking to another individual | - |
| (noun) (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored | Synonyms: computer address, reference |
| (noun) the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with | - |
| (verb) adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting | - |
| (verb) speak to | Synonyms: turn to |
| (verb) speak to someone | Synonyms: accost, come up to |
| (verb) give a speech to | Synonyms: speak |
| (verb) put an address on (an envelope) | Synonyms: direct |
| (verb) act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression | Synonyms: cover, deal, handle, plow, treat |
| (verb) direct a question at someone | - |
| (verb) address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question | - |
| (verb) access or locate by address | - |
| (verb) greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name | Synonyms: call |
| addressable | (adjective) capable of being addressed | - |
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| addressed | (adjective) (of mail) marked with a destination | - |
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| addressee | (noun) one to whom something is addressed | - |
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| adpressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: appressed |
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| adulteress | (noun) a woman adulterer | Synonyms: fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, slut, strumpet, trollop |
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| adventuresome | (adjective) willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises | Synonyms: adventurous |
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| adventuress | (noun) a woman adventurer | - |
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| afforest | (verb) establish a forest on previously unforested land | Synonyms: forest |
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| afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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| aforesaid | (adjective) being the one previously mentioned or spoken of | Synonyms: aforementioned, said |
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| afresh | (adverb) again but in a new or different way | Synonyms: anew |
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| aggress | (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: attack |
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| aggression | (noun) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | Synonyms: hostility |
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| (noun) deliberately unfriendly behavior | - |
| (noun) the act of initiating hostilities | - |
| (noun) a disposition to behave aggressively | - |
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggressiveness |
| aggressive | (adjective) having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends | - |
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| (adjective) characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight | Synonyms: belligerent |
| (adjective) tending to spread quickly | Synonyms: fast-growing, strong-growing |
| aggressively | (adverb) in an aggressive manner | Synonyms: sharply |
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| aggressiveness | (noun) the quality of being bold and enterprising | - |
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| (noun) a natural disposition to be hostile | Synonyms: belligerence, pugnacity |
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggression |
| aggressor | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: assailant, assaulter, attacker |
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| (noun) a confident assertive person who acts as instigator | - |
| agrestic | (adjective) characteristic of the fields or country | Synonyms: rustic |
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| (adjective) (of behavior) rustic and uncouth | - |
| alfresco | (adjective) in the open air | Synonyms: open-air |
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| (adverb) outside a building | Synonyms: out of doors, outdoors, outside |
| allegoresis | (noun) the interpretation of written, oral, or artistic expression as allegory. | - |
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| ambassadress | (noun) a woman ambassador | - |
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| ancestress | (noun) a woman ancestor | - |
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| antidepressant | (noun) any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects | Synonyms: antidepressant drug |
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| antipyresis | (noun) medication with antipyretics to treat a fever | - |
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| anuresis | (noun) inability to urinate | Synonyms: anuria |
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| aphaeresis | (noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | Synonyms: apheresis |
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| apheresis | (noun) a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion | Synonyms: pheresis |
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| (noun) (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coon' for `raccoon' or `till' for `until' | Synonyms: aphaeresis |
| appressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: adpressed |
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| arborescent | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arboresque, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| arboresque | (adjective) resembling a tree in form and branching structure | Synonyms: arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, tree-shaped, treelike |
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| armrest | (noun) a support for the arm | - |
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| arrest | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
| (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
| (verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
| (verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: catch, get |
| (verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: halt, hold |
| arrester | (noun) a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier | Synonyms: arrester hook |
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| arresting | (adjective) commanding attention | Synonyms: sensational, stunning |
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| atresia | (noun) an abnormal condition in which a normal opening or tube in the body (as the urethra) is closed or absent | - |
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| authoress | (noun) a woman author | - |
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| autofluorescence | (noun) self-induced fluorescence | - |
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| autofluorescent | (adjective) emitting light via self-induced fluorescence | - |
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| aviatress | (noun) a woman aviator | Synonyms: airwoman, aviatrix |
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| backrest | (noun) a support that you can lean against while sitting | Synonyms: back |
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| balldress | (noun) a suit or dress for formal occasions | - |
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| bedrest | (noun) confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons) | Synonyms: bed rest |
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| benefactress | (noun) a woman benefactor | - |
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| bittercress | (noun) any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic | Synonyms: bitter cress |
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| buttress | (noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | Synonyms: buttressing |
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| (verb) make stronger or defensible | - |
| (verb) reinforce with a buttress | - |
| buttressed | (adjective) held up by braces or buttresses | Synonyms: braced |
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| buttressing | (noun) a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building | Synonyms: buttress |
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| cardiorespiratory | (adjective) of or pertaining to or affecting both the heart and the lungs and their functions | Synonyms: cardiopulmonary |
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| caress | (noun) a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) | - |
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| (verb) touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner | Synonyms: fondle |
| caressing | (noun) affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) | Synonyms: cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling |
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| catachresis | (noun) strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths') | - |
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| catachrestic | (adjective) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis | Synonyms: catachrestical |
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| catachrestical | (adjective) constituting or characterized by or given to catachresis | Synonyms: catachrestic |
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| cataphoresis | (noun) the motion of charged particles in a colloid under the influence of an electric field; particles with a positive charge go to the cathode and negative to the anode | Synonyms: dielectrolysis, electrophoresis, ionophoresis |
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| ceresin | (noun) a white wax extracted from ozokerite | - |
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| chrestomathy | (noun) a selection of passages from different authors that is compiled as an aid in learning a language | - |
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| churrigueresco | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresque |
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| churrigueresque | (adjective) having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation | Synonyms: baroque, churrigueresco |
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| ciderpress | (noun) a press that is used to extract the juice from apples | - |
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| clerestory | (noun) part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light | Synonyms: clearstory |
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| clothespress | (noun) a closet where clothes are stored | Synonyms: clothes closet |
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| coatdress | (noun) a dress that is tailored like a coat and buttons up the front | - |
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| compress | (noun) a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever) | - |
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| (verb) squeeze or press together | Synonyms: compact, constrict, contract, press, squeeze |
| (verb) make more compact by or as if by pressing | Synonyms: compact, pack together |
| compressed | (adjective) pressed tightly together | Synonyms: tight |
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| (adjective) reduced in volume by pressure | - |
| (adjective) flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) | Synonyms: flat |
| compressibility | (noun) the property of being able to occupy less space | Synonyms: sponginess, squeezability |
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| compressible | (adjective) capable of being compressed or made more compact | - |
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| (adjective) capable of being easily compressed | Synonyms: squeezable |
| compressing | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compression |
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| compression | (noun) applying pressure | Synonyms: compressing |
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| (noun) encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required | - |
| (noun) the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together | Synonyms: condensation, contraction |
| (noun) an increase in the density of something | Synonyms: compaction, concretion, densification |
| compressor | (noun) a mechanical device that compresses gasses | - |
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| (noun) an electronic device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. | - |
| conductress | (noun) a woman conductor | - |
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| congress | (noun) the social act of assembling for some common purpose | Synonyms: coming together, meeting |
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| (noun) a meeting of elected or appointed representatives | - |
| (noun) a national legislative assembly | - |
| congressional | (adjective) of or relating to congress | - |
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| congressman | (noun) a male member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
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| congresswoman | (noun) a female member of the United States House of Representatives | - |
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| corespondent | (noun) the codefendant charged with adultery with the estranged spouse in a divorce proceeding | Synonyms: co-respondent |
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| correspond | (verb) exchange messages | - |
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| (verb) be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics | Synonyms: agree, check, fit, gibe, jibe, match, tally |
| (verb) take the place of or be parallel or equivalent to | Synonyms: represent, stand for |
| (verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics | Synonyms: equate |
| correspondence | (noun) similarity by virtue of corresponding | Synonyms: parallelism |
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| (noun) compatibility of observations | Synonyms: agreement |
| (noun) (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane | Synonyms: balance, symmetricalness, symmetry |
| (noun) communication by the exchange of letters | - |
| (noun) the relation of corresponding in degree or size or amount | Synonyms: commensurateness, proportionateness |
| correspondent | (adjective) similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar | Synonyms: analogous |
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| (noun) someone who communicates by means of letters | Synonyms: letter writer |
| (noun) a journalist employed to provide news stories for newspapers or broadcast media | Synonyms: newswriter |
| corresponding | (adjective) accompanying | - |
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| (adjective) conforming in every respect | Synonyms: comparable, like |
| (adjective) similar especially in position or purpose | - |
| correspondingly | (adverb) in a corresponding manner | - |
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| counterespionage | (noun) spying on the spies | - |
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| crescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually increasing in volume | - |
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| (noun) (music) a gradual increase in loudness | - |
| (verb) grow louder | - |
| crescent | (adjective) resembling the new moon in shape | Synonyms: crescent-shaped, lunate, semilunar |
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| (noun) any shape resembling the curved shape of the moon in its first or last quarters | - |
| cresol | (noun) any of three poisonous colorless isomeric phenols; derived from coal or wood tar; used as a disinfectant | Synonyms: methyl phenol |
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| cress | (noun) pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs | - |
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| (noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste | Synonyms: cress plant |
| cresson | (adjective) of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green | Synonyms: cress green, watercress |
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| crest | (noun) a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal | - |
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| (noun) (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet | - |
| (noun) the center of a cambered road | Synonyms: crown |
| (noun) the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave | - |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crown, peak, summit, tip, top |
| (verb) reach a high point | - |
| (verb) lie at the top of | Synonyms: cap |
| crested | (adjective) (of a knight's helmet) having a decorative plume | Synonyms: plumed |
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| (adjective) (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head; often used in combination | Synonyms: topknotted, tufted |
| (adjective) bearing an heraldic device | - |
| crestfallen | (adjective) brought low in spirit | Synonyms: chapfallen, chopfallen, deflated |
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| cypress | (noun) any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones | Synonyms: cypress tree |
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| (noun) wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus | - |
| dearest | (noun) a beloved person; used as terms of endearment | Synonyms: baby, beloved, darling, dear, dearie, deary, honey, love, sweetheart, sweetie |
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| 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 |
| decompressing | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompression |
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| decompression | (noun) relieving pressure (especially bringing a compressed person gradually back to atmospheric pressure) | Synonyms: decompressing |
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| (noun) restoring compressed information to its normal form for use or display | - |
| decrescendo | (adjective) (music) gradually decreasing in volume | Synonyms: diminuendo |
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| (noun) (music) a gradual decrease in loudness | Synonyms: diminuendo |
| (verb) grow quieter | - |
| deforest | (verb) remove the trees from | Synonyms: disafforest, disforest |
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