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verb
- To wither, parch or destroy something by heat or fire, especially to make land or buildings unusable to an enemy
- To move at high speed (so as to leave scorch marks on the ground, physically or figuratively).
- To burn; to destroy by, or as by, fire.
- To attack with bitter sarcasm or virulence.
- (To cause) to become scorched or singed
- To burn the surface of something so as to discolour it
noun
verb
- To seize and hold enemy property.
- To separate in order to store.
- To cause (one) to submit to the process of sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc.
- To prevent an ion in solution from behaving normally by forming a coordination compound
- To remove (certain funds) automatically from a budget.
- To separate from all external influence; to seclude; to withdraw.
- To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.
- To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate from other things.
- To withdraw; to retire.
- To temporarily remove (property) from the possession of its owner and hold it as security against legal claims.
noun
verb
- To kill many of one species of animal, with the intent of removing them from human habitats.
- To harass with importunity; to pursue with persistent solicitations; to annoy.
- To pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
adj
verb
- To destroy (something) utterly; to eradicate, exterminate.
- To remove (someone or something) from a familiar circumstance, especially suddenly and unwillingly.
- Of oneself or someone: to move away from a familiar environment (for example, to live elsewhere).
- To tear up (a plant, etc.) by the roots, or as if by the roots; to extirpate, to root up.
- Of a pig or other animal: to dig up (something in the ground) using the snout; to rummage for (something) in the ground; to grub up, to root, to rout.
noun
verb
- To destroy by striking (against).
- To leave or depart.
- To complete hastily.
- To ruin; to destroy.
- To dishearten; to sadden.
- To sprinkle; to splatter.
- To run quickly or for a short distance.
- To draw or write quickly; jot.
- To throw violently.
noun
- Violent strike; a whack.
- The dashboard of a Tumblr user.
- A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
- Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
- A rushing or violent onset.
- A short run, flight.
- Ostentatious vigor.
- The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
- A slight admixture.
- A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
- A dashboard.
- A hyphen or minus sign.
intj
noun
- (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)
- a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water
- action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war
- action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
noun
- (euphemism) the removal of a threat by killing or destroying it (especially in a covert operation or military operation)
- action intended to keep a country politically neutral or exclude it from a possible war
- a chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt; with strong acids and bases the essential reaction is the combination of hydrogen ions with hydroxyl ions to form water
- action intended to nullify the effects of some previous action
noun
verb
noun
verb
- To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.
- To sink (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
- To strike (a ship) with one or more torpedoes.
noun
- A similar projectile that can travel through space.
- A professional gunman or assassin.
- An electric ray of the genus Torpedo.
- A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
- A small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning when a train passes over it.
- A thick marijuana cigarette.
- A cigarette containing marijuana and crack cocaine.
- A submarine sandwich.
- An automobile with a streamlined profile and a folding or detachable soft top, and having the hood or bonnet line raised to be level with the car's waistline, resulting in a straight beltline from front to back.
- A woman's shoe with a pointed toe.
- A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
- A large breast; a breast with a large nipple.
noun
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile
- the act of terminating a life
- the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal
verb
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
- thwart the passage of
- end or extinguish by forceful means
- be fatal
- be the source of great pain for
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games
- hit with great force
- deprive of life
- cause the death of, without intention
- drink down entirely
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase
- tire out completely
- cause to cease operating
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in
verb
- To destroy; to put an end to.
- To strike (someone) on the head.
- To dash out the brains of; to kill by smashing the skull.
noun
- A part of the brain, especially associated with particular mental functions, abilities, etc.
- Mind.
- A loose compartment of a backpack that straps on over the top opening.
- An intellectual or mental capacity.
- A person who provides the intelligence required for something.
- By analogy with a human brain, the part of a machine or computer that performs calculations.
- Oral sex.
- An intelligent person.
- Intellect.
- The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull which is responsible for perception, cognition, attention, memory, emotion, and action.
verb
- To destroy.
- To play (jazz music).
- To complicate.
- To move (around/about) in a lively or frivolous manner; to fool around.
- To distract or pester.
- To ejaculate.
- To enliven, brighten up, make more colourful or exciting; excite
- To dance to the tunes of jazz music.
noun
- Something of excellent quality, the genuine article.
- The substance or makeup of a thing; unspecified thing(s).
- A musical art form rooted in West African cultural and musical expression and in the African American blues tradition, with diverse influences over time, commonly characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms and improvisation.
- Semen, jizz.
- Energy, excitement, excitability.
- Nonsense.
verb
- To destroy.
- To go into a hole.
- To make holes in (an object or surface).
- To cut, dig, or bore a hole or holes in.
- To drive into a hole, as an animal, or a billiard ball or golf ball.
noun
- An undesirable place to live or visit.
- A passing loop; a siding provided for trains traveling in opposite directions on a single-track line to pass each other.
- An excavation pit or trench.
- 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.
- A container or receptacle.
- Difficulty, in particular, debt.
- In semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle.
- The rear portion of the defensive team between the shortstop and the third baseman.
- Sex, or a sex partner.
- A security vulnerability in software which can be taken advantage of by an exploit.
- Solitary confinement, a high-security prison cell often used as punishment.
- The part of a game in which a player attempts to hit the ball into one of the holes.
- A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
- An opening that goes all the way through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent.
- A weakness; a flaw or ambiguity.
- A chordless cycle in a graph.
- A square on the board, with some positional significance, that a player does not, and cannot in future, control with a friendly pawn.
- 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.
- In the game of fives, part of the floor of the court between the step and the pepperbox.
- An orifice, in particular the anus. When used with shut it always refers to the mouth.
verb
verb
- To mar; to damage; to destroy by misuse; to waste.
- To drop something that was intended to be caught.
- To open the leadership of a parliamentary party for re-election.
- To reveal information to an uninformed party.
- To cover or decorate with slender pieces of wood, metal, ivory, etc.; to inlay.
- To relieve a sail from the pressure of the wind, so that it can be more easily reefed or furled, or to lessen the strain.
- To come undone.
- To spread out or fall out, as above.
- To cause to flow out and be lost or wasted; to shed.
- To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
noun
- A fall or stumble.
- A metallic rod or pin.
- One of the thick laths or poles driven horizontally ahead of the main timbering in advancing a level in loose ground.
- A small stick or piece of paper used to light a candle, cigarette etc by the transfer of a flame from a fire.
- A peg or pin for plugging a hole, as in a cask; a spile.
- A declaration that the leadership of a parliamentary party is vacant, and open for re-election. Short form of leadership spill.
- A mess of something that has been dropped.
- The situation where sound is picked up by a microphone from a source other than that which is intended.
verb
- To deprive of property; to fleece.
- To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
- To make a vertical cut in coal.
- To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
- To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping.
- To cut the hair of (a person).
- To reap, as grain.
- To change in direction or speed.
noun
- A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
- The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
- Wind shear, or an instance thereof.
- A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
- The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
- A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
- Forces that push in opposite directions.
noun
- the action of attacking an enemy
- a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
- a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
- the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
verb
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- cause to move by striking
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- encounter by chance
- cause to experience suddenly
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- drive something violently into a location
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- hit the intended target or goal
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
noun
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- a connection made via the internet to another website
verb
- To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
- To curse; to damn.
- To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
- To make a loud noise.
- To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
- To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
- To shatter, as if by an explosion.
- To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
- To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
- To blight or wither.
- To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
noun
- An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
- The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
- An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
- A violent gust of wind.
- A loud, sudden sound.
- A good time; an enjoyable moment.
- A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
- A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
- A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
- The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
- An explosive charge for blasting.
- A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
- A flatulent disease of sheep.
intj
noun
- The act of completely defeating an army or other enemy force, causing it to retreat in a disorganized manner; (by extension) in politics, sport, etc.: a convincing defeat; a thrashing, a trouncing.
- A lowing or mooing sound by an animal, especially cattle; a bellow, a moo.
- A group of (often violent) criminals or gangsters; such people as a class; (more generally) a disorderly and tumultuous crowd, a mob; hence (archaic, preceded by the), the common people as a group, the rabble.
- The retreat of an enemy force, etc., in this manner; also (archaic, rare), the army, enemy force, etc., so retreating.
- An illegal assembly of people; specifically, three or more people who have come together intending to do something illegal, and who have taken steps towards this, regarded as more serious than an unlawful assembly but not as serious as a riot; the act of assembling in this manner.
- A loud, resounding noise, especially one made by the sea, thunder, wind, etc.; a roar.
- A loud shout; a bellow, a roar; also, an instance of loud and continued exclamation or shouting; a clamour, an outcry.
- A group of disorganized things.
verb
- Usually followed by from: to compel (someone) to leave a place; specifically (usually followed by out or up), to cause (someone) to get out of bed.
- Of a person: to speak loudly; to bellow, roar, to shout.
- Usually followed by out or up: of a person: to search for and find (something); also (transitive) to completely empty or clear out (something).
- Usually followed by out or up: to dig or pull up (a plant) by the roots; to extirpate, to uproot.
- Of an animal, especially a pig: to search (for something) in the ground with the snout; to root.
- Of a person: to say or shout (something) loudly.
- To make a noise; to bellow, to roar, to snort.
- Usually followed by out: to find and eradicate (something harmful or undesirable); to root out.
- Of a person: to search through belongings, a place, etc.; to rummage.
- To use a gouge, router, or other tool to scoop out material (from a metallic, wooden, etc., surface), forming a groove or recess.
- To snore, especially loudly.
- To completely defeat and force into disorderly retreat (an enemy force, opponent in sport, etc.).
- Of an animal, especially cattle: to low or moo loudly; to bellow.
- To dig or plough (earth or the ground); to till.
verb
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- stop work in order to press demands
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- attain
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- find unexpectedly
- produce by ignition or a blow
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cause to experience suddenly
- drive something violently into a location
- occupy or take on
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- smooth with a strickle
- pierce with force
- hook by a pull on the line
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
noun
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- a gentle blow
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a conspicuous success
noun
- the action of attacking an enemy
- the team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score
- a feeling of anger caused by being offended
- a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
- a transgression that constitutes a violation of what is judged to be right
verb
- to destroy; to comprehensively defeat
- To make or furnish with cane or rattan.
- to strike or beat with a cane or similar implement
- to produce extreme pain
- to do something well, in a competent fashion
noun
- Maize or, rarely, sorghum, when such plants are processed to make molasses (treacle) or sugar
- Sugar cane
- The slender, flexible main stem of a plant such as bamboo, including many species in the grass family Gramineae
- A short rod or stick, traditionally of wood or bamboo, used for corporal punishment.
- A strong short staff used for support or decoration during walking; a walking stick
- Split rattan, as used in wickerwork, basketry and the like
- A length of colored and/or patterned glass rod, used in the specific glassblowing technique called caneworking
- A local European measure of length; the canna.
- Corporal punishment by beating with a cane.
- A long rod often collapsible and commonly white (for visibility to other persons), used by vision impaired persons for guidance in determining their course and for probing for obstacles in their path
- A lance or dart made of cane
- The plant itself, including many species in the grass family Gramineae; a reed
verb
- To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.
- To sink or submerge oneself.
- To operate or serve on a submarine.
- To slide forwards underneath one's seat belt (during a crash or sudden stop).
noun
- A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
- Any submarine plant or animal.
- A boat that can go underwater.
- A pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
- A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
adj
verb
- To destroy (something) by depriving it of a vital resource.
- To cause (a person) to lose consciousness by applying a chokehold.
- To say (something) with difficulty, while or as if choking.
- To extinguish (fire) (by depriving it of oxygen or fuel).
- To prevent (light) from passing through.
- To prevent (something) from growing by overwhelming it or robbing it of nutrients.
verb
- To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
noun
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- A choking coil.
- In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
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