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verb
- To repeatedly bomb a military target or targets.
- To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
- To cause, by some other means, injuries comparable to the result of being beaten up.
- To feel badly guilty and accuse oneself over something. (Usually followed by over or about.)
- To get something done (derived from the idea of beating for game).
- To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
noun
- A raid.
- A tree planted later than others in a plantation.
- A person who, or thing that, has been beaten up.
- An artificially or disingenuously manufactured alarm or outcry, especially one agitated by or through the media.
- A beating; a hazing.
adj
noun
- A destructive capacity that exceeds that needed to destroy an enemy; especially with nuclear weapons.
- An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.
- Destruction beyond what is necessary to kill, especially in murder.
- An unnecessary excess of whatever is needed to achieve a goal.
verb
noun
- The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
- A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- A bud.
- An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
- Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
- A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
- Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
- The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- The center (bullseye) of the house.
- The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
- The end of a runway.
- Synonym of adjuster.
- The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- A button man; a professional assassin.
- A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
- The clitoris.
- A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
- A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
verb
adj
- Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
- Intended for defence; protective.
- In a state or posture of defense.
- Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
- Performed so as to minimise risk.
- Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
- Intended to deter attack.
noun
verb
- To attack.
- To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana.
- To come up to bat.
- To have sex with.
- To affect negatively.
- To strike against something.
- To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party.
- To attack, especially amphibiously.
- In blackjack, to deal a card to.
- to work out
- To manage to touch (a target) in the right place.
- To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile.
- To guess; to light upon or discover.
- To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck.
- To switch on.
- To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person.
- To reach or achieve.
- To use; to connect to.
- (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part.
- To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point.
- To briefly visit.
- To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly.
- To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it.
- To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty.
adj
pron
noun
- The hit was very slight.
- A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server.
- A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
- A match found by searching a computer system or search engine
- An approximately correct answer in a test set.
- Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim.
- An attack on a location, person or people.
- The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice.
- A dose of an illegal or addictive drug.
- A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes.
- A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point.
- A collision of a projectile with the target.
- In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is.
- A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon.
noun
- The strategy of forcing a change in the major policies of a state, usually by replacing its ruling regime, or by totally annihilating an enemy's armed forces and occupying the country, as was done in World War II to Italy, Germany, and Japan.
- A withdrawal of military forces.
- The situation where a rollercoaster fails to reach the top of a hill and instead rolls backward.
- An operation which returns a database, or group of records in a database, to a previous state (normally to the previous commit point).
- A form of flatbed truck adapted or designed specifically as a tow truck or for transporting other vehicles.
- An uncommanded reduction in the thrust of a jet engine.
- A return to a prior state by undoing some operation, especially of policy or price changes.
verb
verb
- To attack.
- To serve.
- To perform maintenance.
- To supply (media outlets) with press releases etc.
- To inseminate through sexual intercourse.
- To perform a sexual act upon.
noun
- The materials used for serving a rope, etc., such as spun yarn and small lines.
- The act of initially starting, or serving, the ball in play in tennis, volleyball, and other games.
- An act of being of assistance to someone.
- A musical composition for use in churches.
- The military.
- A taxi shared among unrelated passengers, each of whom pays part of the fare; often, it has a fixed route between cities.
- A function that is provided by one program or machine for another.
- A department in a company, an organization, a government department, etc.
- The serving, or delivery, of a summons or writ.
- The state of being subordinate to or employed by an individual or group
- The sorb; the fruit of this tree.
- Access to resources such as hotel rooms and web-based videos without transfer of the resources' ownership.
- A set of dishes or utensils.
- A religious rite or ritual.
- The practice of providing such a service as economic activity.
- Service tree.
verb
- To attack.
- To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things like people or cars, or intangible things like moods or information.)
- To change (from one value to another) in the meaning of wend.
- To elapse, to pass; to slip away. (Compare go by.)
- To be spent or used up.
- To belong (somewhere).
- To (begin to) date or have sex with (a particular race).
- To make the (specified) sound.
- To fit.
- To urinate or defecate.
- To tend (toward a result).
- To be lost.
- To have (final) authority; to be authoritative.
- I woke up just before the clock went.
- To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
- Let's go halves on this.
- Synonyms: crumble, collapse, disintegrate, give way
- To continuously or habitually be in a state.
- I went at him with a knife.
- To be in general; to be usually; often in comparison to others of the same group.
- To enjoy. (Compare go for.)
- To attend.
- To be sold.
- To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
- Synonyms: become, turn, change into
- To move or travel in order to do something, or to do something while moving.
- To proceed (often in a specified manner, indicating the perceived quality of an event or state).
- To apply oneself; to undertake; to have as one's goal or intention. (Compare be going to.)
- To navigate (to a file or folder on a computer, a site on the internet, a memory, etc).
- To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
- To sound; to make a noise.
- To leave; to move away.
- To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
- To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
- To come to (a certain condition or state).
- To start; to begin (an action or process).
- To work (through or over), especially mentally.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urinate, see also Thesaurus:defecate
- To say (something, aloud or to oneself). (Often used in present tense.)
- To date.
- Yesterday was the second-wettest day on record; you have to go all the way back to 1896 to find a day when more rain fell.
- Synonyms: function, work, operate
- To break down or decay.
- To be accepted.
- We've only gone twenty miles today.
- To be valid.
- To have a certain record.
- To take a turn, especially in a game.
- To make an effort, to subject oneself (to something).
- To be out.
- To resort (to).
- To move (a particular distance, or in a particular fashion).
- To yield or weigh.
- Those babies go five tons apiece.
- To be discarded or disposed of.
- To follow or proceed according to (a course or path).
- To lead (to a place); to give access to.
- To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
- Anything goes around here.
- Why don’t you go with us?
- Let's go this way for a while.
- To end or disappear. (Compare go away.)
- To fight or attack.
- How long can you go without water?
- To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
- To proceed (especially to do something foolish).
- To collapse or give way, to break apart.
- Expressing encouragement or approval.
- To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.)
- To move or travel through time (either literally—in a fictional or hypothetical situation in which time travel is possible—or in one's mind or knowledge of the historical record). (See also go back.)
- To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
- To die.
- To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
- To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
- To travel or pass along.
- To be compatible, especially of colors or food and drink.
noun
- A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
- An attempt, a try.
- An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
- Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
- The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
- An act; the working or operation.
- A period of activity.
- Synonym: green light
- A strategic board game, originally from China and today also popular in Japan and Korea, in which two players (black and white) attempt to control the largest area of the board with their counters.
- Synonyms: attempt, bash, shot, stab, try
- The act of going.
adj
verb
- To attack.
- To try for, to attempt to reach.
- To favor, accept; to have a preference for.
- To develop a strong interest in, especially in a sudden manner; to be infatuated with.
- To apply equally to.
- To undertake (an action); to choose an option.
- To suffice to be used for; to serve as.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, for.
verb
noun
- A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- The elements necessary to start a fire.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
verb
- To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- To forcibly direct (something).
- To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- To drive away by setting a fire.
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- To set off an explosive in a mine.
- To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
- To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- To cause an action potential in a cell.
- To cauterize.
adj
noun
- A change from defense to attack, or attack to defense.
- A word or phrase connecting one part of a discourse to another.
- A published procedure for instrument flight, coming between the departure and en-route phases of flight, or between en-route flight and an approach/landing procedure.
- Professional special education assistance for children or adults in the process of leaving one educational environment or support program for another to relatively more independent living.
- A point mutation in which one base is replaced by another of the same class (purine or pyrimidine); compare transversion.
- Death; passing from life into death.
- A change between forward and backward motion without stopping.
- The process of change from one form, state, style or place to another.
- A change of key.
- A brief modulation; a passage connecting two themes.
- The process or act of changing from one gender role to another, or of bringing one's outward appearance in line with one's internal gender identity.
- The onset of the final stage of childbirth.
verb
verb
- To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
- To attack with the teeth.
- To criticise vehemently.
noun
- An aggressively defiant person.
- A person living in a traditional, especially tribal, rather than civilized society, especially when viewed as uncivilized and uncultivated; a barbarian.
adj
verb
noun
verb
- To have a weapon on one's person; to be armed.
- To adopt or resolve on, especially in a deliberative assembly
- To notionally transfer from one place (such as a country, book, or column) to another.
- To capture a ship by coming alongside and boarding.
- To have on one's person.
- To have propulsive power; to propel.
- to physically transport (in the general sense, not necessarily by lifting)
- To be pregnant (with).
- To lead or guide.
- To hold the head; said of a horse.
- To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another.
- To be disproportionately responsible for a team's success.
- To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, for example a leader or principle
- To be transmitted; to travel.
- To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting.
- To contain; to comprise; have a particular aspect; to show or exhibit
- To transport (the ball) whilst maintaining possession.
- To adopt (something); take (something) over.
- To stock or supply (something); to have in store.
- To have, hold, possess or maintain (something).
- To convey by extension or continuance; to extend.
- To insult, to diss.
- to succeed in (e.g. a contest); to succeed in; to win.
- To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare.
- To bear (oneself); to behave or conduct.
- To bear a firearm, such as a gun.
- In an addition, to transfer the quantity in excess of what is countable in the units in a column to the column immediately to the left in order to be added there.
noun
- A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.
- The distance travelled by the ball when struck, until it hits the ground.
- The bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation.
- Carried interest.
- The benefit or cost of owning an asset over time.
- A tract of land over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a portage.
- The sky; cloud-drift.
noun
- nuclear deterrence: discouraging nuclear attack through the threat of nuclear retaliation.
- The action of discouraging an action or event by instilling doubt or fear of the penalty or punishment.
- The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
- The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
- Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
verb
- To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
- To attack or annoy in the manner of a bombing.
- To crash.
- To move at high speed.
- To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
- To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
- To fail dismally.
- To make oneself drunk.
- To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
- To make a smelly mess in a toilet.
noun
- A cyclone whose central pressure drops at an average rate of at least one millibar per hour for at least 24 hours.
- Events or conditions that have a speedy destructive effect.
- A woman’s breast.
- An act of jumping into water while keeping one's arms and legs tucked into the body, as in a squatting position, to maximize splashing.
- A large amount of money.
- A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first down to the mat.
- A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
- A success; the bomb.
- Any explosive charge.
- A long forward pass.
- A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
- A throw into the basket from a considerable distance.
- A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.
- An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, (especially) one dropped from an aircraft.
- An action or statement that causes a strong reaction.
- A car in poor condition.
- A very attractive woman.
- A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
adj
verb
- To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
- To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
- To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
- To continuously send or direct (at someone)
noun
verb
noun
- climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam
- any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
- pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground
- sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum
verb
- To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- To defend, to protect.
- To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches (usually followed by off)
- To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
noun
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- An object used for guarding.
- A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Land tenure through military service.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- A division of a forest.
verb
- To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
- To recover forcibly.
- To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.
- To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
- To save from any violence, danger or evil.
- To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
noun
noun
- (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
- an offensive move in a sport or game
- intense adverse criticism
- ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation
- the act of attacking
- a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase
- a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition
- the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)
- strong criticism
verb
prep
- Against, especially with force or violence.
- After the start of.
- Interested in or attracted to.
- Investigating the subject (of).
- Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
- To or towards the inside of.
- Indicates transition into another form or substance.
- To or towards the region of.
- Indicates division or the creation of subgroups or sections.
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