caviler | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviller, pettifogger, quibbler |
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caviller | (noun) a disputant who quibbles; someone who raises annoying petty objections | Synonyms: caviler, pettifogger, quibbler |
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cavitied | (adjective) pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | Synonyms: alveolate, faveolate, honeycombed, pitted |
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cavity | (noun) (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body | Synonyms: bodily cavity, cavum |
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(noun) a sizeable hole (usually in the ground) | Synonyms: pit |
(noun) soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth | Synonyms: caries, dental caries, tooth decay |
(noun) space that is surrounded by something | Synonyms: enclosed space |
cavort | (verb) play boisterously | Synonyms: disport, frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, lark about, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport |
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cavum | (noun) (anatomy) a natural hollow or sinus within the body | Synonyms: bodily cavity, cavity |
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cavy | (noun) short-tailed rough-haired South American rodent | - |
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caw | (noun) the sound made by corvine birds | - |
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(verb) utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens | - |
cay | (noun) a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida | Synonyms: Florida key, key |
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cayenne | (noun) ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum | Synonyms: cayenne pepper, red pepper |
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(noun) a long and often twisted hot red pepper | Synonyms: cayenne pepper |
(noun) plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | Synonyms: Capsicum annuum longum, cayenne pepper, chili pepper, chilli pepper, jalapeno, long pepper |
cayman | (noun) a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly | Synonyms: caiman |
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cayuse | (noun) a small native range horse | Synonyms: Indian pony |
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cazique | (noun) black-and-red or black-and-yellow orioles of the American tropics | Synonyms: cacique |
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cc | (adjective) being ten more than one hundred ninety | Synonyms: 200, two hundred |
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(noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter | Synonyms: cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mil, milliliter, millilitre, ml |
ccc | (adjective) being one hundred more than two hundred | Synonyms: 300, three hundred |
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cd | (adjective) being one hundred more than three hundred | Synonyms: 400, four hundred |
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(noun) the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin | Synonyms: candela, candle, standard candle |
cease | (noun) (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end | - |
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(verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: end, finish, stop, terminate |
ceaseless | (adjective) uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing | Synonyms: constant, incessant, never-ending, perpetual, unceasing, unremitting |
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ceaselessly | (adverb) with unflagging resolve | Synonyms: continuously, endlessly, incessantly, unceasingly, unendingly |
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ceaselessness | (noun) the quality of something that continues without end or interruption | Synonyms: continuousness, incessancy, incessantness |
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cecal | (adjective) of or like a cecum | Synonyms: caecal |
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cecity | (noun) the state of being blind or lacking sight | Synonyms: blindness, sightlessness |
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cecropia | (noun) North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees | Synonyms: cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia |
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cecum | (noun) the cavity in which the large intestine begins and into which the ileum opens | Synonyms: blind gut, caecum |
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cedar | (noun) any cedar of the genus Cedrus | Synonyms: cedar tree, true cedar |
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(noun) any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars | Synonyms: cedar tree |
(noun) durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests | Synonyms: cedarwood |
cedarbird | (noun) widely distributed over temperate North America | Synonyms: Bombycilla cedrorun, cedar waxwing |
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cedarn | (adjective) consisting of or made of cedar | - |
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cedarwood | (noun) durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests | Synonyms: cedar |
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cede | (verb) relinquish possession or control over | Synonyms: deliver, give up, surrender |
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(verb) give over; surrender or relinquish to the physical control of another | Synonyms: concede, grant, yield |
cedi | (noun) the basic unit of money in Ghana | - |
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cedilla | (noun) a diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s | - |
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ceding | (noun) the act of ceding | Synonyms: cession |
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cefadroxil | (noun) a cephalosporin antibiotic (trade name Ultracef) | Synonyms: Ultracef |
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cefoperazone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Cefobid) used for severe infections | Synonyms: Cefobid |
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cefotaxime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Claforan) used for severe infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Claforan |
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ceftazidime | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade names Fortaz and Tazicef) used to treat moderate infections | Synonyms: Fortaz, Tazicef |
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ceftriaxone | (noun) a parenteral cephalosporin (trade name Rocephin) used for severe infection of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract | Synonyms: Rocephin |
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cefuroxime | (noun) a cephalosporin that can be given parenterally (trade name Zinacef) or orally by tablets (trade name Ceftin); indicated for infections of the lungs or throat or ears or urinary tract or meninges | Synonyms: Ceftin, Zinacef |
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ceibo | (noun) small South American spiny tree with dark crimson and scarlet flowers solitary or clustered | Synonyms: common coral tree, cry-baby tree, crybaby tree, Erythrina crista-galli |
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ceilidh | (noun) an informal social gathering at which there is Scottish or Irish folk music and singing and folk dancing and story telling | - |
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ceiling | (noun) the overhead upper surface of a covered space | - |
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(noun) (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds | - |
(noun) maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions) | - |
(noun) an upper limit on what is allowed | Synonyms: cap, roof |
ceilinged | (adjective) provided with a ceiling especially the overhead interior surface | - |
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celandine | (noun) perennial herb with branched woody stock and bright yellow flowers | Synonyms: Chelidonium majus, greater celandine, swallow wort, swallowwort |
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(noun) North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers; grows chiefly on wet rather acid soil | Synonyms: Impatiens capensis, jewelweed, lady's earrings, orange balsam, touch-me-not |
celebrant | (noun) an officiating priest celebrating the Eucharist | - |
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(noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrater, celebrator |
celebrate | (verb) have a celebration | Synonyms: fete |
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(verb) behave as expected during of holidays or rites | Synonyms: keep, observe |
(verb) assign great social importance to | Synonyms: lionise, lionize |
celebrated | (adjective) having an illustrious past | Synonyms: historied, storied |
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(adjective) widely known and esteemed | Synonyms: famed, famous, far-famed, illustrious, notable, noted, renowned |
celebrater | (noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrant, celebrator |
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celebration | (noun) any joyous diversion | Synonyms: festivity |
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(noun) the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual | Synonyms: solemnisation, solemnization |
(noun) a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event | Synonyms: jubilation |
celebrator | (noun) a person who is celebrating | Synonyms: celebrant, celebrater |
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celebratory | (adjective) used for celebrating | - |
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celebrity | (noun) a widely known person | Synonyms: famous person |
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(noun) the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed | Synonyms: fame, renown |
celecoxib | (noun) a Cox-2 inhibitor (trade name Celebrex) that relieves pain and inflammation without harming the digestive tract | Synonyms: Celebrex |
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celeriac | (noun) thickened edible aromatic root of a variety of celery plant | Synonyms: celery root |
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(noun) grown for its thickened edible aromatic root | Synonyms: Apium graveolens rapaceum, celery root, knob celery, root celery, turnip-rooted celery |
celerity | (noun) a rate that is rapid | Synonyms: quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness |
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celery | (noun) stalks eaten raw or cooked or used as seasoning | - |
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(noun) widely cultivated herb with aromatic leaf stalks that are eaten raw or cooked | Synonyms: Apium graveolens dulce, cultivated celery |
celesta | (noun) a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard | - |
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celestial | (adjective) relating to or inhabiting a divine heaven | Synonyms: heavenly |
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(adjective) of or relating to the sky | Synonyms: heavenly |
(adjective) of heaven or the spirit | Synonyms: ethereal, supernal |
celestite | (noun) a mineral consisting of strontium sulphate | - |
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celiac | (adjective) of or in or belonging to the cavity of the abdomen | Synonyms: coeliac |
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(adjective) belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease | - |
celibacy | (noun) abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows) | Synonyms: chastity, sexual abstention |
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(noun) an unmarried status | - |
celibate | (adjective) abstaining from sexual intercourse | Synonyms: continent |
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(noun) an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity | - |
celiocentesis | (noun) removal of fluid from the abdomen by centesis | - |
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celioma | (noun) an abdominal tumor | - |
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celioscopy | (noun) endoscopic examination of the abdomen through the abdominal wall | - |
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cell | (noun) (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | - |
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(noun) a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction | Synonyms: electric cell |
(noun) a room where a prisoner is kept | Synonyms: jail cell, prison cell |
(noun) small room in which a monk or nun lives | Synonyms: cubicle |
(noun) any small compartment | - |
(noun) a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | Synonyms: cellphone, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone |
(noun) a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement | Synonyms: cadre |
cellar | (noun) the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage | Synonyms: basement |
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(noun) storage space where wines are stored | Synonyms: wine cellar |
(noun) an excavation where root vegetables are stored | Synonyms: root cellar |
cellarage | (noun) a storage area in a cellar | - |
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(noun) a charge for storing goods in a cellar | - |
cellaret | (noun) sideboard with compartments for holding bottles | Synonyms: minibar |
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cellblock | (noun) a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | Synonyms: ward |
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cellist | (noun) someone who plays a violoncello | Synonyms: violoncellist |
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cello | (noun) a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing | Synonyms: violoncello |
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cellophane | (noun) a transparent paperlike product that is impervious to moisture and used to wrap candy or cigarettes etc. | - |
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cellphone | (noun) a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver | Synonyms: cell, cellular phone, cellular telephone, mobile phone |
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cellular | (adjective) characterized by or divided into or containing cells or compartments (the smallest organizational or structural unit of an organism or organization) | - |
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(adjective) relating to cells | - |
cellularity | (noun) the state of having cells | - |
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cellulite | (noun) lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. | - |
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cellulitis | (noun) an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain | - |
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celluloid | (adjective) artificial as if portrayed in a film | Synonyms: synthetic |
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(noun) a medium that disseminates moving pictures | Synonyms: cinema, film |
(noun) highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor; used in e.g. motion-picture and X-ray film; its use has decreased with the development of nonflammable thermoplastics | - |
cellulose | (noun) a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers | - |
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cellulosic | (noun) a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose) | - |
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cellulosid | (adjective) of or containing or made from cellulose | - |
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celom | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celoma, coelom |
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celoma | (noun) a cavity in the mesoderm of an embryo that gives rise in humans to the pleural cavity and pericardial cavity and peritoneal cavity | Synonyms: celom, coelom |
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celtuce | (noun) leaves having celery-like stems eaten raw or cooked | - |
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(noun) lettuce valued especially for its edible stems | Synonyms: Lactuca sativa asparagina, stem lettuce |
cembalo | (noun) a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | Synonyms: harpsichord |
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cement | (noun) a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth | Synonyms: cementum |
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(noun) a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar | - |
(noun) something that hardens to act as adhesive material | - |
(noun) concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement | - |
(noun) any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth | - |
(verb) bind or join with or as if with cement | - |
(verb) make fast as if with cement | - |
(verb) cover or coat with cement | - |
cementite | (noun) a chemical compound that is a constituent of steel and cast iron; very hard and brittle | Synonyms: iron carbide |
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cementitious | (adjective) like or relevant to or having the properties of cement | - |
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cementum | (noun) a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth | Synonyms: cement |
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cemetery | (noun) a tract of land used for burials | Synonyms: burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis |
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cenobite | (noun) a member of a religious order living in common | Synonyms: coenobite |
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cenobitic | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitical, coenobitic, coenobitical |
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cenobitical | (adjective) of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living | Synonyms: cenobitic, coenobitic, coenobitical |
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cenogenesis | (noun) introduction during embryonic development of characters or structure not present in the earlier evolutionary history of the strain or species (such as the addition of the placenta in mammalian evolution) | Synonyms: caenogenesis, cainogenesis, kainogenesis, kenogenesis |
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cenogenetic | (adjective) of or relating to cenogenesis | - |
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cenotaph | (noun) a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered | Synonyms: empty tomb |
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cense | (verb) perfume especially with a censer | Synonyms: incense, thurify |
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censer | (noun) a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual) | Synonyms: thurible |
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censor | (noun) a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable | - |
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(noun) someone who censures or condemns | - |
(verb) subject to political, religious, or moral censorship | - |
(verb) forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper) | Synonyms: ban |
censored | (adjective) suppressed or subject to censorship | - |
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