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adj
- susceptible to attack
- susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
- capable of being wounded or hurt
- Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
- More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
- (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
- (of a language or species) at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.
verb
- protect against a challenge or attack
- argue or speak in defense of
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- state or assert
- protect or fight for as a champion
- fight against or resist strongly
- (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- (cricket) Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
- (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
- (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
- (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
- (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
verb
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
- to keep watch over
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
- (transitive) To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- (transitive) To fasten by binding; to gird.
- (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
- (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
- (ambitransitive) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
noun
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage
- the duty of serving as a sentry
- a soldier who is a member of a unit called ‘the guard’ or ‘guards’
- a military unit serving to protect some place or person
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a position on a basketball team
- (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- (military, often in the plural) An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
- (rail transport) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
- (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
- The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
- (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
- (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
- Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
- (programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- A watchchain.
- (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
- (martial arts) A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
- (aviation) The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
- (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
- (uncountable) A state of caution; posture of defence.
- A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
verb
- protect against a challenge or attack
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
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noun
- (computing) A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
- susceptibility to injury or attack
- (uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
- (countable) A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
adj
- (computing) Of a vulnerability, newly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminals.
- (computing) Of an exploit or its threat or an attack, benefiting from a newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using a zero-day vulnerability.
- (computing) Of warez, released less than a day after the official product release.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zero, day.
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- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the act of attacking
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
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verb
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
verb
- (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- (Slavic phonology) To unpalatalize or velarize.
- (intransitive, informal) To get an erection.
- (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
- (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- (transitive, figurative) To strengthen.
- (intransitive) To become hard.
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
- become hard or harder
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- make hard or harder
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- make healthy
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- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
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noun
- a persistent attacker
- a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
- One who harries.
- A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
- A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.
- Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
noun
- (cybersecurity) Initialism of advanced persistent threat.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of acyl protein thioesterase.
- (US) Abbreviation of apartment, preferred by the United States Postal Service; compare Apt. and apt..
- Initialism of arbitrage pricing theory.
- (UK, healthcare) Initialism of anatomical pathology technologist.
- Initialism of automation presses tooling.
- (UK, rail transport) Initialism of advanced passenger train.
name
- Initialism of Alabama Public Television.
- (computing) Initialism of advanced packaging tool: a package management system used by Debian and Debian-based distributions, also used by other Linux distributions.
- (computing) Initialism of automatically programmed tool: a high-level language for numerically controlled machine tools.
- Initialism of American Public Television.
noun
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
verb
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
adj
- secure against
- (usually followed by ‘to’) not affected by a given influence
- relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
- relating to the condition of immunity
- (medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
- (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.
- (by extension) Not vulnerable.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.
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adj
- Fatally vulnerable.
- Of or relating to the time of death.
- Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
- Punishable by death.
- Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly; related to a life-and-death struggle.
- Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal.
- (Scotland, Geordie, slang) Very drunk.
- Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
- (religion, of a sin) Causing spiritual death (the destruction of charity in the soul) and thus, a disruption of one's relationship with God.
- Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
- causing or capable of causing death
- subject to death
- involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
- unrelenting and deadly
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- (computer security) Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack.
- (nautical, aviation) Initialism of closest point of approach.
- (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.
- (Canada, accounting) Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
- (computer security) Initialism of correlation power analysis.
- (physics) Initialism of chirped-pulse amplification.
- (advertising) Initialism of cost per action.
- (accounting) Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
- (pathology) Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
- (US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.
- (South Asia) Initialism of crores per annum.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of copolymer alloy.
- (metascience) Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis.
- an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
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- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- capable of conceiving
- incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted
- (figuratively) Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible.
- Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable.
- (military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.
adj
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- must be kept sacred
- not capable of being violated or infringed
- incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
- Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.
- Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
- Not violable; not to be infringed.
adj
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- financially safe
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
- free from danger or risk
- not likely to fail or give way
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
- Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
verb
- make certain of
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- assure payment of
- cause to be firmly attached
- get by special effort
- furnish with battens
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
- To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
adj
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- strong and sure
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- having or wielding force or authority
- freshly made or left
- not faint or feeble
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- (of an argument) Convincing.
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)
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- attack
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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- (computer security) A smurf attack.
- (Internet slang) A smurf account or its user.
- (comics, fiction) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
- (law enforcement, drugs, slang) One member of a team, each of whom acquires a small amount of money or ingredients for manufacturing drugs, keeping the transactions too small in order to not raise suspicion.
verb
- (slang) Used to replace any other verb, as is typical of smurfs.
- (Internet slang) To use a smurf account.
- (computer security, transitive) To carry out a smurf attack against someone.
- (by extension, intransitive, transitive) To perform exceptionally well, as if one's using a smurf account, playing into much inferior opponents.
- (law enforcement, banking) To split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny; to carry out structuring.
verb
- (transitive) To breach (a security system).
- (transitive) To cause impairment of.
- (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
- (ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
- To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
- expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
- settle by concession
- make a compromise; arrive at a compromise
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- (computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
- The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
- A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
- an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
- a middle way between two extremes
noun
- The measure of resistance to damage of a facility, equipment, installation, or telecommunications infrastructure when subjected to attack.
- (physics) The penetrating ability of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays; generally, the shorter the wavelength, the harder and more penetrating the radiation.
- (inorganic chemistry) The quantity of calcium carbonate dissolved in water, usually expressed in parts per million (ppm).
- (countable, engineering) A measure of how hard a material is.
- The quality of being hard.
- An instance of this quality; hardship.
- The resistance to scratching, cutting, indentation or abrasion of a metal or other solid material.
- devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
- excessive sternness
- a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
- the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
- the quality of being difficult to do
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- (computing) A weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security.
- susceptibility to injury or attack
- (uncountable) The state of being vulnerable; susceptibility to attack or injury, either physical or emotional; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.
- (countable) A specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
- the state of being vulnerable or exposed
noun
- (computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
- (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
- (gaming) Any of several specific maneuvers, skills, or special abilities that a character can use to inflict damage against opponents.
- (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
- (audio) The amount of time taken for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
- (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
- (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
- A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
- An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
- An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
- (South India) Short for heart attack.
- An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of an opponent or enemy.
- (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
- (wine) The initial sensory impact of a wine.
- (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
- intense adverse criticism
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the act of attacking
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- strong criticism
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verb
- (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
- (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
- (transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
- (transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
- (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
- (physical chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
- (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
- (transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
- (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
- (transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
- take the initiative and go on the offensive
- attack someone physically or emotionally
- launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with
- begin to injure
- set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task
- attack in speech or writing
noun
- (computing) A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- (slang) An undesirable place to live or visit.
- (slang, rail transport) A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- (baseball) The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- (figuratively) A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- (slang) Any bodily orifice, in particular the anus.
- (archaeology, slang) An excavation pit or trench.
- (figurative) Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- (slang, derogatory) A person's mouth.
- (informal, with "the") Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- (golf) A subsurface standard-size hole, also called cup, hitting the ball into which is the object of play. Each hole, of which there are usually eighteen as the standard on a full course, is located on a prepared surface, called the green, of a particular type grass.
- (Ireland, Scotland, vulgar) A vagina.
- (stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
- (physics) In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- (chess) A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in the future, control with a friendly pawn.
- (graph theory) A chordless cycle in a graph.
- (Canada, US, historical) A mountain valley.
- (golf) The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- a depression hollowed out of solid matter
- informal terms for a difficult situation
- one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course
- an unoccupied space
- an opening deliberately made in or through something
- a fault
- an opening into or through something
- informal terms for the mouth
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verb
noun
- a persistent attacker
- a hound that resembles a foxhound but is smaller; used to hunt rabbits
- hawks that hunt over meadows and marshes and prey on small terrestrial animals
- One who harries.
- A runner, specifically, a cross country runner.
- A kind of dog used to hunt hares; a harehound.
- Any of several birds of prey in the genus Circus of the subfamily Circinae which fly low over meadows and marshes and hunt small mammals or birds.
noun
- (cybersecurity) Initialism of advanced persistent threat.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of acyl protein thioesterase.
- (US) Abbreviation of apartment, preferred by the United States Postal Service; compare Apt. and apt..
- Initialism of arbitrage pricing theory.
- (UK, healthcare) Initialism of anatomical pathology technologist.
- Initialism of automation presses tooling.
- (UK, rail transport) Initialism of advanced passenger train.
name
- Initialism of Alabama Public Television.
- (computing) Initialism of advanced packaging tool: a package management system used by Debian and Debian-based distributions, also used by other Linux distributions.
- (computing) Initialism of automatically programmed tool: a high-level language for numerically controlled machine tools.
- Initialism of American Public Television.
noun
- A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities; a safeguard or countermeasure.
- (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution of land and water, altitude, exposure, prevailing winds, permanent high- or low-barometric-pressure areas, ocean currents, mountain barriers, soil, and vegetation.
- A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
- (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an expression in context. See control.
- (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something.
- (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not going according to plan.
- (cycling, countable) A checkpoint along an audax route.
- A control group or control experiment.
- The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.
- (parapsychology) A spirit that takes possession of a psychic or medium and allows other spirits to communicate with the living.
- Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
- (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window or a text box.
- (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
- power to direct or determine
- the activity of managing or exerting control over something
- the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.
- a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
- great skillfulness and knowledge of some subject or activity
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
- a standard against which other conditions can be compared in a scientific experiment
- a spiritual agency that is assumed to assist the medium during a seance
- the state that exists when one person or group has power over another
- discipline in personal and social activities
verb
- (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
- (transitive) To hold in check, to curb, to restrain.
- (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or more variables are reduced or eliminated.
- check or regulate (a scientific experiment) by conducting a parallel experiment or comparing with another standard
- place under restrictions; limit access to by law
- exercise authoritative control or power over
- have a firm understanding or knowledge of; be on top of
- be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
- maintain influence over (others or oneself) skillfully, usually to one's advantage
- verify by using a duplicate register for comparison
- handle and cause to function
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
noun
- (computer security) Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack.
- (nautical, aviation) Initialism of closest point of approach.
- (organic chemistry, pharmacology) Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.
- (Canada, accounting) Initialism of chartered professional accountant.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.
- (computer security) Initialism of correlation power analysis.
- (physics) Initialism of chirped-pulse amplification.
- (advertising) Initialism of cost per action.
- (accounting) Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML.
- (pathology) Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis.
- (US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.
- (South Asia) Initialism of crores per annum.
- (chemistry) Abbreviation of copolymer alloy.
- (metascience) Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis.
- an accountant who has passed certain examinations and met all other statutory and licensing requirements of a United States state to be certified by that state
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noun
adj
verb
noun
- attack
- aqua
- annus (a year)
- acre; acres
- army
- application
- adjutant
- air
- associate; association
- age; aged
- ambassador
- academy; academician
- automobile
- answer
- Americanization
- air branch
- accumulator
- artillery
- adult
- artificer
- aircraft; airplane
- apprentice
- atomic weight
- amplitude
- absolute temperature
- article
- acid
- alto
- anode
- amphibian
- administration
- ana; anna
- admiral
- (military) assault, as on a badge
- alfa
- airman
- address
- Angstrom
- accusative case
- accommodation
- amateur
- absorbance; absorbancy
- arctic
- author
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noun
- (computer security) A smurf attack.
- (Internet slang) A smurf account or its user.
- (comics, fiction) A blue pixie with a white stocking cap, from the media franchise The Smurfs.
- (law enforcement, drugs, slang) One member of a team, each of whom acquires a small amount of money or ingredients for manufacturing drugs, keeping the transactions too small in order to not raise suspicion.
verb
- (slang) Used to replace any other verb, as is typical of smurfs.
- (Internet slang) To use a smurf account.
- (computer security, transitive) To carry out a smurf attack against someone.
- (by extension, intransitive, transitive) To perform exceptionally well, as if one's using a smurf account, playing into much inferior opponents.
- (law enforcement, banking) To split a large financial transaction into smaller ones so as to avoid scrutiny; to carry out structuring.
noun
- The measure of resistance to damage of a facility, equipment, installation, or telecommunications infrastructure when subjected to attack.
- (physics) The penetrating ability of electromagnetic radiation, such as x-rays; generally, the shorter the wavelength, the harder and more penetrating the radiation.
- (inorganic chemistry) The quantity of calcium carbonate dissolved in water, usually expressed in parts per million (ppm).
- (countable, engineering) A measure of how hard a material is.
- The quality of being hard.
- An instance of this quality; hardship.
- The resistance to scratching, cutting, indentation or abrasion of a metal or other solid material.
- devoid of passion or feeling; hardheartedness
- excessive sternness
- a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering
- the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
- the quality of being difficult to do
verb
noun
verb
- protect against a challenge or attack
- argue or speak in defense of
- be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
- be on the defensive; act against an attack
- state or assert
- protect or fight for as a champion
- fight against or resist strongly
- (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- (cricket) Mostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.
- (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
- (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.
- (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
- (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
verb
- protect against a challenge or attack
- take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
- to keep watch over
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
- (transitive) To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
- (transitive) To fasten by binding; to gird.
- (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
- (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
- (ambitransitive) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
noun
- a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
- the person who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team on the line of scrimmage
- the duty of serving as a sentry
- a soldier who is a member of a unit called ‘the guard’ or ‘guards’
- a military unit serving to protect some place or person
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
- (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage between the center and the tackles
- a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- a position on a basketball team
- (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
- A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
- (military, often in the plural) An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
- (rail transport) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
- (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
- The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
- (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
- (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
- (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
- Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
- (programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
- A watchchain.
- (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
- (martial arts) A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
- (aviation) The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
- (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
- (uncountable) A state of caution; posture of defence.
- A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
verb
- protect against a challenge or attack
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- keep from exhaling or expelling
- resist or confront with resistance
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- aim, point, or direct
- support or hold in a certain manner
- have room for; hold without crowding
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- remain committed to
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- contain or hold; have within
- be valid, applicable, or true
- be in accord; be in agreement
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- hold the attention of
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- assert or affirm
- keep from departing
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- declare to be
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- stop dealing with
- organize or be responsible for
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- (transitive) To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.
- To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
- (imperative) In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
- To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
- (transitive) To reserve.
- (transitive) To bear, carry, or manage.
- (transitive) To have and keep possession of something.
- (transitive) To contain or store.
- (intransitive, copulative) To keep oneself in a particular state.
- (slang, intransitive) To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
- (intransitive, chiefly imperative) Not to move; to halt; to stop.
- (transitive) To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
- To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
- (transitive) To detain.
- (transitive) To maintain, to consider, to opine.
- To take place, to occur.
- To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
- (intransitive) Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
- (tennis, ambitransitive) To win one's own service game.
- (transitive) To grasp or grip.
- (intransitive, copulative) To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
- (transitive) To cause to wait or delay.
noun
- a stronghold
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- time during which some action is awaited
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- a cell in a jail or prison
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- the act of grasping
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
- (exercise) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
- The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
- An act or instance of holding.
- A place where animals are held for safety
- Something reserved or kept.
- (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
- The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
- The ability to persist.
- An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
- (baseball) A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
- (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
- (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
- (aviation) A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
- A grasp or grip.
- Power over someone or something.
- The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
- (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
- (wrestling, self-defense) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
verb
- (transitive, computing) To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks.
- (Slavic phonology) To unpalatalize or velarize.
- (intransitive, informal) To get an erection.
- (transitive, ergative) To make something hard or harder.
- (ambitransitive) To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive.
- (transitive, figurative) To strengthen.
- (intransitive) To become hard.
- (ambitransitive, phonology) To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition.
- become hard or harder
- cause to accept or become hardened to; habituate
- make hard or harder
- harden by reheating and cooling in oil
- make healthy
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verb
- (transitive) To breach (a security system).
- (transitive) To cause impairment of.
- (intransitive) To find a way between extremes.
- (ambitransitive) To bind by mutual agreement.
- To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.
- To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.
- expose or make liable to danger, suspicion, or disrepute
- settle by concession
- make a compromise; arrive at a compromise
noun
- (computer security) A breach of a computer or network's rules such that an unauthorized disclosure or loss of sensitive information may have occurred, or the unauthorized disclosure or loss itself.
- The settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions.
- A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender.
- an accommodation in which both sides make concessions
- a middle way between two extremes
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adj
- susceptible to attack
- susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation
- capable of being wounded or hurt
- Open to disclosing one's inner thoughts and feelings, acting in spite of one's instinct to self-preservation.
- More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally.
- (computing) More likely to be exposed to malicious programs or viruses.
- (of a language or species) at moderate risk of extinction though not quite endangered.
adj
- (computing) Of a vulnerability, newly discovered, and therefore still not fixed and possibly exploited by hackers or other criminals.
- (computing) Of an exploit or its threat or an attack, benefiting from a newly found and yet unpatched or unmitigated flaw in software or hardware; using a zero-day vulnerability.
- (computing) Of warez, released less than a day after the official product release.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see zero, day.
noun
adj
- secure against
- (usually followed by ‘to’) not affected by a given influence
- relating to or conferring immunity (to disease or infection)
- relating to the condition of immunity
- (medicine, usually with "to") Protected by inoculation, or due to innate resistance to pathogens.
- (usually with "from") Exempt; not subject to.
- (by extension) Not vulnerable.
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to immunity.
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verb
adj
- Fatally vulnerable.
- Of or relating to the time of death.
- Very painful or tedious; wearisome.
- Punishable by death.
- Affecting as if with power to kill; deathly; related to a life-and-death struggle.
- Human; belonging or pertaining to people who are mortal.
- (Scotland, Geordie, slang) Very drunk.
- Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal.
- (religion, of a sin) Causing spiritual death (the destruction of charity in the soul) and thus, a disruption of one's relationship with God.
- Causing death; deadly, fatal, killing, lethal (now only of wounds, injuries etc.).
- causing or capable of causing death
- subject to death
- involving loss of divine grace or spiritual death
- unrelenting and deadly
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noun
adj
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- capable of conceiving
- incapable of being overcome, challenged or refuted
- (figuratively) Too strong to be defeated or overcome; invincible.
- Capable of being impregnated; impregnatable.
- (military) Of a fortress or other fortified place: able to withstand all attacks; impenetrable, inconquerable, unvanquishable.
adj
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- must be kept sacred
- not capable of being violated or infringed
- incapable of being transgressed or dishonored
- Incapable of being injured or invaded; indestructible.
- Not susceptible to violence, or of being profaned, corrupted, or dishonoured.
- Not violable; not to be infringed.
adj
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- financially safe
- free from fear or doubt; easy in mind
- free from danger or risk
- not likely to fail or give way
- Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
- Free from attack or danger; protected.
- Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
- Free from the danger of theft; safe.
- Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
- Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
- Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
- Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
verb
- make certain of
- fill or close tightly with or as if with a plug
- assure payment of
- cause to be firmly attached
- get by special effort
- furnish with battens
- To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
- To fix in place; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
- To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
- To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
adj
- immune to attack; incapable of being tampered with
- having strength or power greater than average or expected
- strong and sure
- having a strong physiological or chemical effect
- being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
- of verbs not having standard (or regular) inflection
- having or wielding force or authority
- freshly made or left
- not faint or feeble
- of good quality and condition; solidly built
- (specifically) Having a high alcoholic content.
- (chemistry) That completely ionizes into anions and cations in a solution.
- Having an offensive or intense odor or flavor.
- Capable of withstanding great physical force.
- (loosely) Possessing power, might, or strength.
- (military) Not easily subdued or taken.
- (slang, US) Impressive, good.
- Determined; unyielding.
- Highly stimulating to the senses.
- Having a specified number of people or units.
- (grammar) Inflecting in a different manner than the one called weak, such as Germanic verbs which change vowels.
- (of an argument) Convincing.
- Having a high concentration of an essential or active ingredient.
- Having wealth or resources.
- (of a disease or symptom) Severe; very bad or intense.
- Capable of producing great physical force.
- (mathematics, logic) Having a wide range of logical consequences; widely applicable. (Often contrasted with a weak statement which it implies.)