| alchemize | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemise |
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| anathemize | (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemise, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
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| (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemise, comminate, execrate |
| anatomize | (verb) analyze down to the smallest detail | - |
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| (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomise |
| animize | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animise |
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| atomize | (verb) break up into small particles | Synonyms: atomise |
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| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomise, nuke, zap |
| (verb) spray very finely | Synonyms: atomise |
| autotomize | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomise |
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| customize | (verb) make according to requirements | Synonyms: customise |
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| (verb) make to specifications | Synonyms: custom-make, customise, tailor-make |
| dichotomize | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomise |
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| dynamize | (verb) make (a drug) effective | Synonyms: dynamise |
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| (verb) make more dynamic | Synonyms: dynamise |
| economize | (verb) use cautiously and frugally | Synonyms: conserve, economise, husband |
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| (verb) spend sparingly, avoid the waste of | Synonyms: economise, save |
| epitomize | (verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of | Synonyms: epitomise, typify |
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| euphemize | (verb) refer to something with a euphemism | Synonyms: euphemise |
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| hypophysectomize | (verb) remove the pituitary glands | Synonyms: hypophysectomise |
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| itemize | (verb) specify individually | Synonyms: enumerate, itemise, recite |
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| (verb) place on a list of items | Synonyms: itemise |
| legitimize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise |
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| macadamize | (verb) surface with macadam | Synonyms: macadam, macadamise, tarmac |
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| maximize | (verb) make as big or large as possible | Synonyms: maximise |
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| (verb) make the most of | Synonyms: maximise |
| minimize | (verb) make small or insignificant | Synonyms: minimise |
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| (verb) cause to seem less serious; play down | Synonyms: belittle, denigrate, derogate |
| (verb) represent as less significant or important | Synonyms: downplay, minimise, understate |
| optimize | (verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world | Synonyms: optimise |
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| (verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best | Synonyms: optimise |
| (verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost | Synonyms: optimise |
| phlebotomize | (verb) draw blood | Synonyms: bleed, leech, phlebotomise |
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| polemize | (verb) engage in a controversy | Synonyms: polemicise, polemicize, polemise |
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| polychromize | (verb) color with many colors; make polychrome | Synonyms: polychrome, polychromise |
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| randomize | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomise |
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| sodomize | (verb) practice anal sex upon | Synonyms: bugger, sodomise |
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| (verb) copulate with an animal | Synonyms: sodomise |
| systemize | (verb) arrange according to a system or reduce to a system | Synonyms: systematise, systematize, systemise |
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| uniformize | (verb) make uniform | Synonyms: uniformise |
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| vasectomize | (verb) remove the vas deferens | Synonyms: vasectomise |
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| victimize | (verb) punish unjustly | Synonyms: victimise |
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| (verb) make a victim of | Synonyms: victimise |
| (verb) deprive of by deceit | Synonyms: bunco, con, defraud, diddle, goldbrick, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle |