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naturalize
collapse
make into a citizen; "The French family was naturalized last year"
make more natural or lifelike
adopt to another place; "The stories had become naturalized into an American setting"
explain with reference to nature
related words >
Americanize
,
Anglicize
,
acclimate
,
acclimatize
,
accommodate
,
acculturate
,
acculturize
,
accustom
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
admit
,
adopt
,
affiliate
,
assimilate
,
assimilate to
,
become
,
break
,
break in
,
bring to
,
case harden
,
change
,
change into
,
change over
,
condition
,
confer citizenship
,
confirm
,
convert
,
do over
,
domesticate
,
domesticize
,
establish
,
familiarize
,
fix
,
gentle
,
go native
,
habituate
,
harden
,
housebreak
,
inure
,
make
,
make over
,
orient
,
orientate
,
reconvert
,
reduce to
,
render
,
resolve into
,
reverse
,
season
,
shift
,
switch
,
switch over
,
tame
,
train
,
transform
,
turn back
,
turn into
,
wont
limitation
collapse
an act of limiting or restricting (as by regulation)
the quality of being limited or restricted; "it is a good plan but it has serious limitations"
(law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations"
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absolute interest
,
allowance
,
benefit
,
border line
,
bound
,
boundary
,
boundary condition
,
boundary line
,
bounds
,
bourn
,
break boundary
,
breakoff point
,
ceiling
,
cession
,
circumscription
,
claim
,
closeness
,
common
,
compass
,
concession
,
confine
,
confinement
,
confines
,
continence
,
contingent interest
,
cramp
,
cramping
,
crowdedness
,
cutoff
,
cutoff point
,
deadline
,
delimitation
,
determinant
,
discipline
,
division line
,
easement
,
end
,
equitable interest
,
equity
,
estate
,
exception
,
exemption
,
extenuating circumstances
,
extremity
,
finish
,
floor
,
frontier
,
grain of salt
,
grant
,
hair
,
hairbreadth
,
hairsbreadth
,
hedge
,
hedging
,
high-water mark
,
holding
,
incapaciousness
,
incommodiousness
,
interest
,
interface
,
limen
,
limit
,
limiting factor
,
line
,
line of demarcation
,
low-water mark
,
lower limit
,
march
,
mark
,
mental reservation
,
mete
,
moderation
,
modification
,
narrow gauge
,
narrowness
,
nearness
,
part
,
percentage
,
prescription
,
proscription
,
qualification
,
reservation
,
restrain
,
restrictedness
,
restriction
,
right
,
right of entry
,
salvo
,
settlement
,
slenderness
,
special case
,
special treatment
,
specialness
,
specification
,
stake
,
start
,
starting line
,
starting point
,
stint
,
straitness
,
strict settlement
,
strictness
,
stricture
,
target date
,
term
,
terminal date
,
terminus
,
threshold
,
tight squeeze
,
tightness
,
time allotment
,
title
,
trust
,
upper limit
,
use
,
vested interest
,
waiver
spill over
collapse
be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"
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alluvion
,
alluvium
,
cascade
,
cataclysm
,
cataract
,
deluge
,
engulf
,
engulfment
,
fill
,
flood
,
inundate
,
inundation
,
know no bounds
,
luxuriate
,
overabound
,
overbrim
,
overflow
,
overflowing
,
overgrow
,
overrun
,
overrunning
,
overspill
,
overspread
,
overswarm
,
overwhelm
,
pour out
,
pour over
,
pullulate
,
run over
,
run riot
,
slop
,
slosh
,
spill
,
spill out
,
spillage
,
submerge
,
submersion
,
superabound
,
swamp
,
swarm
,
sweep
,
teem
,
the Deluge
,
the Flood
,
washout
,
whelm
,
whelming
deaden
collapse
convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil
make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor
lessen the momentum or velocity of; "deaden a ship's headway"
make vapid or deprive of spirit; "deadened wine"
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KO
,
abate
,
absorb the shock
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
baffle
,
bank the fire
,
bedaze
,
benumb
,
besot
,
blunt
,
break the fall
,
chasten
,
chloroform
,
coldcock
,
constrain
,
control
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden the pain
,
deafen
,
debilitate
,
desensitize
,
devitalize
,
diminish
,
dope
,
downplay
,
drug
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
etherize
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
foment
,
freeze
,
give relief
,
gruel
,
kayo
,
keep within bounds
,
knock out
,
knock senseless
,
knock stiff
,
knock unconscious
,
lay
,
lay low
,
lay out
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lull
,
mat
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
muffle
,
mull
,
mute
,
narcotize
,
neutralize
,
numb
,
obtund
,
offset
,
pad
,
palliate
,
palsy
,
paralyze
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
put to sleep
,
rattle
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
relieve
,
restrain
,
salve
,
sap
,
shake
,
shake up
,
show consideration
,
show mercy
,
show pity
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soften the blow
,
soften up
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
stop
,
stun
,
stupe
,
stupefy
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
unbrace
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
weaken
get out
collapse
express with difficulty; "I managed to get out a few words"
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appear
,
avulse
,
bail out
,
be off
,
be revealed
,
beat it
,
become known
,
begone
,
bow out
,
break away
,
break forth
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
break out
,
bring out
,
clear
,
clear out
,
come out
,
come to light
,
cut loose
,
cut out
,
decamp
,
depart
,
deracinate
,
dig out
,
dig up
,
disembarrass
,
disembroil
,
disengage
,
disentangle
,
disinvolve
,
dislodge
,
draw
,
draw out
,
dredge
,
dredge up
,
duck out
,
egress
,
emit
,
engrave
,
eradicate
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
evade
,
evolve
,
evulse
,
excavate
,
excise
,
exit
,
exsect
,
extract
,
extricate
,
flake off
,
flee
,
fly the coop
,
free
,
get
,
get away
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get going
,
get lost
,
get off
,
get out of
,
git
,
give forth
,
go
,
go out
,
gouge out
,
grub up
,
hectograph
,
hightail
,
hit the road
,
impress
,
imprint
,
issue
,
jump
,
kite
,
leak out
,
leave
,
make a getaway
,
make an exit
,
make tracks
,
make yourself scarce
,
manifest itself
,
march out
,
mimeograph
,
mine
,
multigraph
,
out
,
overprint
,
pass out
,
pick out
,
pluck out
,
pluck up
,
print
,
proof
,
prove
,
publish
,
pull
,
pull a proof
,
pull out
,
pull up
,
put forth
,
put out
,
put to bed
,
put to press
,
quarry
,
rake out
,
reissue
,
release
,
remove
,
reprint
,
rip out
,
root out
,
root up
,
run
,
run off
,
run out
,
scram
,
send forth
,
shove off
,
show its colors
,
show its face
,
skedaddle
,
skip
,
slip the collar
,
split
,
stamp
,
stand revealed
,
strike
,
take
,
take a powder
,
take off
,
take out
,
tear loose
,
tear out
,
transpire
,
unearth
,
unknot
,
unravel
,
unsnarl
,
untangle
,
uproot
,
vamoose
,
walk out
,
weed out
,
withdraw
,
wrest out
judiciously
collapse
in a judicious manner; "let's use these intelligence tests judiciously"
related words >
artfully
,
astutely
,
calmly
,
cannily
,
carefully
,
cautiously
,
circumspectly
,
cleverly
,
composedly
,
conservatively
,
considerately
,
coolly
,
cunningly
,
discerningly
,
discreetly
,
dispassionately
,
easy
,
equably
,
evenly
,
gingerly
,
guardedly
,
heedfully
,
in balance
,
in moderation
,
in reason
,
intelligently
,
knowingly
,
mindfully
,
moderately
,
pawkily
,
providently
,
prudently
,
rationally
,
reasonably
,
regardfully
,
restrainedly
,
sagaciously
,
sensibly
,
serenely
,
shrewdly
,
smartly
,
soberly
,
soothingly
,
steadily
,
subduedly
,
temperately
,
thoughtfully
,
tranquilly
,
understandingly
,
wisely
,
with care
,
with caution
,
within bounds
,
within compass
,
within reason
beyond compare
collapse
related words >
a outrance
,
absolutely
,
all out
,
beyond all bounds
,
beyond comparison
,
beyond measure
,
completely
,
dead
,
downright
,
easily first
,
essentially
,
extremely
,
facile princeps
,
flat out
,
fundamentally
,
immeasurably
,
immortal
,
in the extreme
,
incalculably
,
incomparable
,
indefinitely
,
infinitely
,
inimitable
,
invincible
,
matchless
,
most
,
nulli secundus
,
peerless
,
perfectly
,
purely
,
radically
,
second to none
,
sui generis
,
totally
,
unapproachable
,
unapproached
,
unbeatable
,
unconditionally
,
unequaled
,
unequivocally
,
unexampled
,
unexcelled
,
unique
,
unmatchable
,
unmatched
,
unparagoned
,
unparalleled
,
unpeered
,
unrivaled
,
unsurpassable
,
unsurpassed
,
utterly
,
with a vengeance
,
without equal
,
without parallel
suppress
collapse
to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
put out of one's consciousness
related words >
abate
,
absorb the shock
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
annihilate
,
arrest
,
asphyxiate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
ban
,
bank the fire
,
bar
,
beat down
,
bend
,
black out
,
block
,
blunt
,
bottle up
,
break
,
break down
,
break the fall
,
bring low
,
bring to terms
,
browbeat
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
castrate
,
cease
,
censor
,
chasten
,
check
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clamp down on
,
coerce
,
compel
,
conceal
,
conquer
,
constrain
,
control
,
cork
,
cork up
,
countercheck
,
cover up
,
cow
,
crack down on
,
crush
,
curb
,
cushion
,
cut off
,
dam up
,
damp
,
damp down
,
dampen
,
daunt
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
debar
,
delay
,
deny
,
despotize
,
detain
,
diminish
,
disallow
,
discontinue
,
domineer
,
domineer over
,
downplay
,
drown
,
dull
,
dwarf
,
embargo
,
end
,
enjoin
,
enslave
,
exclude
,
exclude from
,
extenuate
,
extinguish
,
fell
,
flatten
,
forbid
,
gag
,
grind
,
grind down
,
halt
,
henpeck
,
hide
,
hinder
,
hold back
,
hold down
,
hold in
,
hold in check
,
hold up
,
hugger-mugger
,
humble
,
humiliate
,
hush
,
hush up
,
hush-hush
,
impede
,
inhibit
,
intercept
,
interdict
,
interfere
,
intermeddle
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
intimidate
,
jump on
,
keep
,
keep back
,
keep down
,
keep in
,
keep in check
,
keep quiet
,
keep secret
,
keep under
,
keep under control
,
keep within bounds
,
kill
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
lock in
,
lord it over
,
maintain
,
master
,
meddle
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
muffle
,
mute
,
muzzle
,
neutralize
,
obstruct
,
obtund
,
offset
,
oppose
,
oppress
,
outlaw
,
overawe
,
overbear
,
overmaster
,
override
,
overwhelm
,
palliate
,
play down
,
pour water on
,
preclude
,
preserve
,
press heavy on
,
prevent
,
prohibit
,
proscribe
,
prostrate
,
put
,
put down
,
put out
,
quash
,
quell
,
quench
,
quiet
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
refuse
,
reject
,
repress
,
resist
,
restrain
,
retain
,
retard
,
ride down
,
ride over
,
ride roughshod over
,
rule out
,
save
,
save up
,
say no to
,
scotch
,
set back
,
show consideration
,
show mercy
,
show pity
,
shush
,
shut down on
,
shut out
,
silence
,
sit down on
,
sit on
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smash
,
smother
,
snub
,
snuff out
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
soften the blow
,
squash
,
squelch
,
stamp out
,
stanch
,
stifle
,
stop
,
strangle
,
stultify
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
sublimate
,
suffocate
,
taboo
,
tame
,
temper
,
terminate
,
terrorize
,
throttle
,
tone down
,
trample down
,
trample out
,
trample underfoot
,
trample upon
,
tread down
,
tread underfoot
,
tread upon
,
tune down
,
tyrannize
,
tyrannize over
,
underplay
,
unman
,
vanquish
,
walk all over
,
walk over
,
weaken
,
weigh heavy on
,
withhold
immeasurably
collapse
to an immeasurable degree; beyond measurement; "the war left him immeasurably fearful of what man can do to man"
related words >
a outrance
,
absolutely
,
abundantly
,
acervatim
,
ad infinitum
,
all out
,
beyond all bounds
,
beyond compare
,
beyond comparison
,
beyond measure
,
boundlessly
,
completely
,
copiously
,
countlessly
,
dead
,
downright
,
endlessly
,
essentially
,
eternally
,
extremely
,
flat out
,
forever
,
fundamentally
,
illimitably
,
immensely
,
in crowds
,
in heaps
,
in perpetuity
,
in the extreme
,
in throngs
,
incalculably
,
incomprehensibly
,
indefinitely
,
inexhaustibly
,
infinitely
,
innumerably
,
interminably
,
limitlessly
,
measurelessly
,
most
,
multitudinously
,
no end
,
numerously
,
perfectly
,
prodigally
,
profusely
,
purely
,
radically
,
thickly
,
to infinity
,
totally
,
unconditionally
,
unequivocally
,
utterly
,
with a vengeance
,
without end
,
without limit
butt in
collapse
related words >
barge in
,
blow it
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burst in
,
busybody
,
charge in
,
come between
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
entrench
,
foist in
,
fool
,
go off half-cocked
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
interrupt
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
make
,
monkey with
,
obtrude
,
press in
,
push in
,
put on
,
put upon
,
rush in
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
speak inopportunely
,
speak too late
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
tamper with
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
work in
,
worm in
intermission
collapse
the act of suspending activity temporarily
related words >
abeyance
,
act
,
afterpiece
,
bit
,
breach
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
caesura
,
catharsis
,
cease-fire
,
cessation
,
chaser
,
cigarette break
,
cleansing
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
cold storage
,
curtain
,
curtain call
,
curtain raiser
,
day off
,
deliverance
,
discharge
,
divertimento
,
divertissement
,
doldrums
,
dormancy
,
downtime
,
drop
,
emotional release
,
enforced respite
,
epilogue
,
exode
,
exodus
,
expository scene
,
finale
,
fissure
,
freeing
,
gap
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
happy hour
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hoke act
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
introduction
,
lacuna
,
lapse
,
latency
,
layoff
,
letup
,
lull
,
number
,
off-time
,
parenthesis
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
prologue
,
purgation
,
purge
,
purging
,
quiescence
,
quiescency
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
release
,
relief
,
remission
,
removal
,
reprieve
,
respite
,
rest
,
resting point
,
routine
,
scene
,
shtick
,
sketch
,
skit
,
song and dance
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stand-up comedy act
,
stay
,
striptease
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
turn
,
vacation
anatomize
collapse
analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"
dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease"
related words >
adduce
,
analyze
,
assay
,
atomize
,
break down
,
break up
,
change
,
chop logic
,
circumstantiate
,
cite
,
decompose
,
descend to particulars
,
desynonymize
,
detail
,
difference
,
differentiate
,
discriminate
,
disequalize
,
disjoin
,
dissect
,
distinguish
,
diversify
,
divide
,
document
,
enter into detail
,
give full particulars
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
instance
,
itemize
,
make a distinction
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
modify
,
particularize
,
personalize
,
reduce
,
reduce to elements
,
refine a distinction
,
resolve
,
segment
,
segregate
,
separate
,
set apart
,
set off
,
sever
,
severalize
,
specialize
,
specify
,
spell out
,
split hairs
,
subdivide
,
substantiate
,
vary
mitigate
collapse
make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"
related words >
abate
,
accommodate
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
allow for
,
alter
,
ameliorate
,
anesthetize
,
appease
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
attenuate
,
bank the fire
,
bate
,
be changed
,
be converted into
,
be renewed
,
benumb
,
better
,
blunt
,
bottom out
,
box in
,
break
,
break up
,
calm
,
change
,
chasten
,
checker
,
chop
,
chop and change
,
circumscribe
,
color
,
come about
,
come around
,
come round
,
condition
,
constrain
,
control
,
convert
,
cramp
,
cripple
,
cushion
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deaden the pain
,
debilitate
,
decrease
,
deform
,
degenerate
,
denature
,
deteriorate
,
deviate
,
devitalize
,
dilute
,
diminish
,
diverge
,
diversify
,
downplay
,
dull
,
ease
,
ease matters
,
ease off
,
ease up
,
enervate
,
enfeeble
,
eviscerate
,
exhaust
,
extenuate
,
fit
,
flop
,
foment
,
give relief
,
gloss over
,
gruel
,
haul around
,
hedge
,
hedge about
,
ignore
,
improve
,
jibe
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
lay low
,
leaven
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
let down
,
let up
,
let up on
,
lighten
,
limit
,
loose
,
loosen
,
lull
,
make allowance for
,
meliorate
,
mince
,
moderate
,
modify
,
modulate
,
mollify
,
mutate
,
narrow
,
numb
,
obtund
,
overthrow
,
pad
,
palliate
,
placate
,
play down
,
poultice
,
pour balm into
,
pour oil on
,
qualify
,
rattle
,
re-create
,
realign
,
rebuild
,
reconstruct
,
redesign
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
refit
,
reform
,
regulate by
,
relax
,
relieve
,
remake
,
remit
,
renew
,
reshape
,
restrain
,
restrict
,
restructure
,
revamp
,
revive
,
ring the changes
,
salve
,
sap
,
season
,
set conditions
,
set limits
,
shake
,
shake up
,
shift
,
shift the scene
,
shuffle the cards
,
slack
,
slack off
,
slack up
,
slacken
,
slake
,
slow down
,
slur over
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soft-pedal
,
soften
,
soften up
,
soothe
,
stifle
,
still
,
stupe
,
subdue
,
subvert
,
suppress
,
swerve
,
tack
,
take a turn
,
tame
,
temper
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
turn
,
turn aside
,
turn into
,
turn the corner
,
turn the scale
,
turn the tables
,
turn the tide
,
turn upside down
,
unbend
,
unbrace
,
undergo a change
,
undermine
,
underplay
,
unman
,
unnerve
,
unstrain
,
unstrengthen
,
unstring
,
varnish
,
vary
,
veer
,
warp
,
water down
,
weaken
,
whitewash
,
work a change
,
worsen
prohibited
collapse
related words >
absurd
,
banned
,
barred
,
closed-out
,
contraband
,
contrary to reason
,
debarred
,
deported
,
ejected
,
excluded
,
exiled
,
expelled
,
forbade
,
forbid
,
forbidden
,
hopeless
,
illegal
,
illicit
,
impossible
,
inconceivable
,
left out
,
liquidated
,
logically impossible
,
nonpermissible
,
not in it
,
not included
,
not permitted
,
not possible
,
off limits
,
out of bounds
,
outlawed
,
oxymoronic
,
paradoxical
,
precluded
,
preposterous
,
purged
,
ridiculous
,
ruled out
,
ruled-out
,
self-contradictory
,
shut out
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
unallowed
,
unauthorized
,
under the ban
,
unimaginable
,
unlawful
,
unlicensed
,
unpermissible
,
unsanctioned
,
unthinkable
,
untouchable
,
verboten
,
vetoed
exaggerate
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
aggrandize
,
aggravate
,
amplify
,
ballyhoo
,
be untruthful
,
beef up
,
belie
,
blow up
,
build up
,
burlesque
,
camouflage
,
caricature
,
carry too far
,
color
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
deceive
,
deepen
,
disguise
,
distort
,
double
,
draw the longbow
,
embellish
,
enhance
,
equivocate
,
exacerbate
,
exceed
,
exhaust
,
falsify
,
fib
,
fudge
,
garble
,
go beyond
,
go overboard
,
go to extremes
,
go too far
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
hyperbolize
,
idealize
,
intensify
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
know no bounds
,
lay it on
,
lie
,
lie flatly
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
make much of
,
miscolor
,
mislead
,
misquote
,
misreport
,
misrepresent
,
misstate
,
misteach
,
overact
,
overappraise
,
overassess
,
overcalculate
,
overcarry
,
overcharge
,
overcount
,
overdevelop
,
overdo
,
overdraw
,
overdrive
,
overelaborate
,
overemphasize
,
overesteem
,
overestimate
,
overexercise
,
overexert
,
overexpend
,
overgo
,
overindulge
,
overjump
,
overlabor
,
overleap
,
overmeasure
,
overpaint
,
overpass
,
overplay
,
overpraise
,
overprize
,
overrate
,
overreach
,
overreact
,
overreact to
,
overreckon
,
overrun
,
oversell
,
overshoot
,
overshoot the field
,
overshoot the mark
,
overspeak
,
overspend
,
overstate
,
overstep
,
overstrain
,
overstress
,
overstride
,
overstudy
,
overtask
,
overtax
,
overtrain
,
overuse
,
overvalue
,
overwork
,
pad
,
parody
,
pass all bounds
,
pervert
,
pile it on
,
prevaricate
,
protest too much
,
puff
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
reinforce
,
romance
,
romanticize
,
sharpen
,
slant
,
soup up
,
speak falsely
,
step up
,
story
,
strengthen
,
stretch
,
stretch the truth
,
superabound
,
talk big
,
talk in superlatives
,
tell a lie
,
tout
,
travesty
,
triple
,
twist
,
understate
,
warp
,
whet
,
wrench
respite
collapse
a pause from doing something (as work); "we took a 10-minute break"; "he took time out to recuperate"
a pause for relaxation; "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"
related words >
abeyance
,
afterthought
,
bind
,
block
,
blockage
,
blow
,
break
,
breath
,
breather
,
breathing
,
breathing place
,
breathing space
,
breathing spell
,
breathing time
,
bureaucratic delay
,
caesura
,
catharsis
,
cease-fire
,
cigarette break
,
cleansing
,
cocktail hour
,
coffee break
,
day off
,
delay
,
delayage
,
delayed reaction
,
deliverance
,
detention
,
discharge
,
double take
,
downtime
,
dragging
,
drop
,
emotional release
,
enforced respite
,
extension
,
freeing
,
grace
,
grant a reprieve
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
halt
,
hang-up
,
happy hour
,
hesitation
,
hiatus
,
hindrance
,
holdup
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
jam
,
lag
,
lagging
,
lapse
,
layoff
,
letup
,
logjam
,
lull
,
moratorium
,
obstruction
,
off-time
,
paperasserie
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
postponement
,
purgation
,
purge
,
purging
,
quiet spell
,
recess
,
red tape
,
red-tapeism
,
red-tapery
,
release
,
relief
,
remission
,
removal
,
reprieve
,
rest
,
resting point
,
retardance
,
retardation
,
slow-up
,
slowdown
,
slowness
,
spell
,
stand-down
,
stay
,
stay of execution
,
stop
,
stoppage
,
surcease
,
suspension
,
tea break
,
tie-up
,
time lag
,
time off
,
time out
,
truce
,
vacation
,
wait
out of sight
collapse
no longer visible; "the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight"
related words >
OK
,
a bit much
,
abandoned
,
absconded
,
absent
,
ace-high
,
afar
,
afar off
,
away
,
bad
,
bang-up
,
behind the curtain
,
behind the scenes
,
beyond reach
,
beyond the bounds
,
bonzer
,
boss
,
boundless
,
bully
,
but good
,
camouflaged
,
concealed
,
cool
,
corking
,
crackerjack
,
cutthroat
,
dandy
,
deleted
,
delicious
,
departed
,
disappeared
,
disguised
,
ducky
,
egregious
,
enormous
,
exacting
,
exaggerated
,
excessive
,
exorbitant
,
extinct
,
extortionate
,
extravagant
,
extreme
,
fab
,
fabulous
,
fancy
,
far
,
far away
,
far off
,
fine and dandy
,
gear
,
gigantic
,
gluttonous
,
gone
,
gone away
,
goody
,
gouging
,
great
,
groovy
,
grossly overpriced
,
heavy
,
hidden
,
high
,
hot
,
hunky-dory
,
hyperbolic
,
hypertrophied
,
immoderate
,
imperceptible
,
incontinent
,
indiscernible
,
inflationary
,
inordinate
,
insensible
,
intemperate
,
invisible
,
jam-up
,
just dandy
,
keen
,
lacking
,
latent
,
lost
,
lost to sight
,
lost to view
,
marvy
,
mean
,
missing
,
monstrous
,
neat
,
nifty
,
no longer present
,
no more
,
nobby
,
nonattendant
,
nonexistent
,
not found
,
not present
,
okay
,
omitted
,
out of bounds
,
out of earshot
,
out of hearing
,
out of range
,
out of reach
,
outrageous
,
overbig
,
overdeveloped
,
overgreat
,
overgrown
,
overlarge
,
overmuch
,
overpriced
,
overweening
,
past and gone
,
peachy
,
peachy-keen
,
preposterous
,
prohibitive
,
ripping
,
rum
,
scrumptious
,
secret
,
sightless
,
skyrocketing
,
slap-up
,
smashing
,
solid
,
something else
,
spiffing
,
spiffy
,
spiraling
,
steep
,
stiff
,
stunning
,
submerged
,
subtracted
,
swell
,
taken away
,
too much
,
tough
,
unapparent
,
unbeheld
,
unbeholdable
,
unbridled
,
unconscionable
,
undiscernible
,
undue
,
unnoticed
,
unobserved
,
unperceivable
,
unperceived
,
unrealized
,
unreasonable
,
unrestrained
,
unseeable
,
unseen
,
unviewed
,
unwarranted
,
unwitnessed
,
usurious
,
vanished
,
viewless
,
wanting
,
wizard
flee
collapse
run away quickly; "He threw down his gun and fled"
related words >
abscond
,
absquatulate
,
avoid
,
bail out
,
be annihilated
,
be consumed
,
be destroyed
,
be gone
,
be no more
,
be wiped out
,
beat a retreat
,
beat it
,
blow
,
bolt
,
break
,
break away
,
break jail
,
break loose
,
bunk
,
cease
,
cease to be
,
cease to exist
,
clear out
,
cut and run
,
cut loose
,
cut out
,
decamp
,
dematerialize
,
depart
,
desert
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
disappear
,
dispel
,
disperse
,
dissipate
,
dissolve
,
do a fade-out
,
dwindle
,
elope
,
elude
,
erode
,
escape
,
escape prison
,
eschew
,
evade
,
evanesce
,
evaporate
,
exit
,
expire
,
fade
,
fade away
,
fade out
,
fly
,
fly the coop
,
fugitate
,
get away
,
get clear of
,
get free
,
get out
,
get out of
,
go
,
go AWOL
,
go away
,
hide
,
hightail
,
jump
,
jump bail
,
leave no trace
,
leave the scene
,
levant
,
make a getaway
,
make an exit
,
make off
,
make tracks
,
melt
,
melt away
,
pass
,
pass away
,
pass out
,
perish
,
peter out
,
quit
,
retire from sight
,
run
,
run along
,
run away
,
run away from
,
run away with
,
run for it
,
run off
,
scamper
,
scape
,
scoot
,
scram
,
screw
,
show the heels
,
shun
,
sink
,
sink away
,
skedaddle
,
skip
,
skip out
,
slip the cable
,
slip the collar
,
split
,
suffer an eclipse
,
take French leave
,
take flight
,
take off
,
take to flight
,
take wing
,
turn tail
,
vamoose
,
vanish
,
vanish from sight
,
waste
,
waste away
,
wear away
outlawed
collapse
related words >
actionable
,
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
banned
,
barred
,
black-market
,
bootleg
,
chargeable
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
felonious
,
flawed
,
forbade
,
forbid
,
forbidden
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
justiciable
,
lawless
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
nonpermissible
,
not permitted
,
off limits
,
out of bounds
,
outlaw
,
prohibited
,
punishable
,
ruled out
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
triable
,
unallowed
,
unauthorized
,
unconstitutional
,
under the ban
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unlicensed
,
unofficial
,
unpermissible
,
unsanctioned
,
unstatutory
,
untouchable
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
verboten
,
vetoed
,
wrongful
unallowed
collapse
related words >
actionable
,
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
banned
,
barred
,
black-market
,
bootleg
,
chargeable
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
felonious
,
flawed
,
forbade
,
forbid
,
forbidden
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
justiciable
,
lawless
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
nonpermissible
,
not permitted
,
off limits
,
out of bounds
,
outlaw
,
outlawed
,
prohibited
,
punishable
,
ruled out
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
triable
,
unauthorized
,
unconstitutional
,
under the ban
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unlicensed
,
unofficial
,
unpermissible
,
unsanctioned
,
unstatutory
,
untouchable
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
verboten
,
vetoed
,
wrongful
worm in
collapse
related words >
barge in
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
charge in
,
come between
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
drag in
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
entrench
,
foist in
,
fudge in
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
implant in
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
inject in
,
insert in
,
insinuate
,
insinuate in
,
intercalate
,
interfere
,
interjaculate
,
interject
,
interlope
,
interpolate
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
introduce in
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
lug in
,
obtrude
,
press in
,
push in
,
put between
,
put on
,
put upon
,
run in
,
rush in
,
sandwich
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
smuggle in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
throng in
,
throw in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
wedge in
,
work in
decamp
collapse
leave suddenly; "She persuaded him to decamp"; "skip town"
leave a camp; "The hikers decamped before dawn"
related words >
abscond
,
absquatulate
,
avoid
,
beat a retreat
,
begone
,
bolt
,
break
,
break camp
,
clear out
,
cut and run
,
depart
,
desert
,
dog it
,
elope
,
elude
,
escape
,
evade
,
exit
,
flee
,
fly
,
fugitate
,
go
,
go AWOL
,
hightail
,
jump
,
jump bail
,
kite
,
lam
,
leave
,
levant
,
make off
,
powder
,
pull up stakes
,
quit
,
retire
,
run
,
run away
,
run away from
,
run away with
,
run for it
,
run off
,
scape
,
scram
,
show the heels
,
shun
,
skedaddle
,
skip
,
skip out
,
slip the cable
,
split
,
strike camp
,
take French leave
,
take a powder
,
take flight
,
take off
,
take to flight
,
take wing
,
turn tail
,
vamoose
,
withdraw
unauthorized
collapse
not endowed with authority
without official authorization; "an unauthorized strike"; "wildcat work stoppage"
related words >
actionable
,
against the law
,
anarchic
,
anarchistic
,
anomic
,
banned
,
barred
,
black-market
,
bootleg
,
chargeable
,
contraband
,
contrary to law
,
criminal
,
felonious
,
flawed
,
forbade
,
forbid
,
forbidden
,
illegal
,
illegitimate
,
illicit
,
impermissible
,
irregular
,
justiciable
,
lawless
,
nonconstitutional
,
nonlegal
,
nonlicit
,
nonpermissible
,
not permitted
,
off limits
,
out of bounds
,
outlaw
,
outlawed
,
prohibited
,
punishable
,
ruled out
,
taboo
,
tabooed
,
triable
,
unallowed
,
unapproved
,
unconstitutional
,
under the ban
,
under-the-counter
,
under-the-table
,
unlawful
,
unlicensed
,
unofficial
,
unpermissible
,
unsanctioned
,
unstatutory
,
untouchable
,
unwarrantable
,
unwarranted
,
verboten
,
vetoed
,
wrongful
differ
collapse
be different; "These two tests differ in only one respect"
related words >
agree to differ
,
agree to disagree
,
altercate
,
argue
,
be at cross-purposes
,
be at variance
,
be distinct
,
be distinguished
,
be in dissent
,
bear no resemblance
,
beg to differ
,
bicker
,
brawl
,
break
,
break off
,
break up
,
broil
,
clash
,
clash with
,
collide
,
conflict
,
conflict with
,
contradict
,
contrast
,
contrast with
,
counter
,
debate
,
depart
,
depart from
,
deviate
,
deviate from
,
differ in opinion
,
differentiate
,
disaccord
,
disaccord with
,
disagree
,
disagree with
,
discord
,
discord with
,
dispute
,
dissent
,
dissent from
,
disunify
,
divaricate
,
divaricate from
,
diverge
,
diverge from
,
diversify
,
divide
,
divide on
,
drop out
,
fall out
,
feud
,
fight
,
flite
,
have words
,
hold opposite views
,
jangle
,
jar
,
jar with
,
join issue
,
jostle
,
mismatch
,
mismate
,
misunderstand one another
,
negate
,
not accord with
,
not agree
,
not compare with
,
not get along
,
not look like
,
not square with
,
object
,
oppose
,
part company
,
protest against
,
pull different ways
,
quarrel
,
relieve
,
secede
,
set to
,
spar
,
spat
,
squabble
,
stand apart
,
stand over against
,
take exception
,
take issue
,
tiff
,
variate
,
variegate
,
vary
,
withdraw
,
withhold assent
,
wrangle
bob up
collapse
related words >
accomplish
,
achieve
,
appear unexpectedly
,
approach
,
arrive
,
arrive at
,
arrive in
,
attain
,
attain to
,
be received
,
be unexpected
,
blow in
,
break forth
,
break water
,
burst forth
,
check in
,
clock in
,
come
,
come in
,
come to
,
come to hand
,
come unawares
,
come upon
,
creep up on
,
debouch
,
erupt
,
fall upon
,
fetch
,
fetch up at
,
find
,
flare up
,
flash
,
flash upon one
,
float up
,
fly up
,
fountain
,
gain
,
get in
,
get there
,
get to
,
gleam
,
gush
,
hit
,
hit town
,
irrupt
,
jet
,
jump up
,
leap up
,
make
,
make it
,
pop up
,
pounce upon
,
pull in
,
punch in
,
reach
,
ring in
,
rocket
,
roll in
,
shoot up
,
show up
,
sign in
,
skyrocket
,
spring up
,
spurt
,
start up
,
surface
,
time in
,
turn up
,
upleap
,
upshoot
,
upspear
,
upspring
,
upstart
,
vault up
sneak in
collapse
enter surreptitiously; "He sneaked in under cover of darkness"; "In this essay, the author's personal feelings creep in"
related words >
affiliate
,
affiliate with
,
associate
,
barge in
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
burst in
,
butt in
,
charge in
,
combine
,
come between
,
come into
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
enlist
,
enroll
,
enter
,
entrench
,
foist in
,
get into
,
go into
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
join
,
join up
,
league with
,
obtrude
,
press in
,
push in
,
put on
,
put upon
,
rush in
,
sign on
,
sign up
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
storm in
,
take out membership
,
take up membership
,
team up with
,
team with
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
work in
,
worm in
reasonably
collapse
to a moderately sufficient extent or degree; "the shoes are priced reasonably"; "he is fairly clever with computers"; "they lived comfortably within reason"
related words >
analytically
,
artfully
,
astutely
,
at a bargain
,
at a sacrifice
,
at budget prices
,
at cost
,
at cost price
,
at piggy-bank prices
,
at prime cost
,
at reduced rates
,
at small cost
,
at wholesale
,
cheap
,
cheaply
,
circumspectly
,
cleverly
,
considerately
,
cunningly
,
discerningly
,
discreetly
,
for a song
,
for pennies
,
in all conscience
,
in all reason
,
in reason
,
inexpensively
,
intelligently
,
judiciously
,
knowingly
,
logically
,
moderately
,
nominally
,
on the cheap
,
providently
,
prudently
,
rationally
,
sagaciously
,
sanely
,
sensibly
,
shrewdly
,
smartly
,
soundly
,
syllogistically
,
thoughtfully
,
understandingly
,
wholesale
,
wisely
,
within bounds
,
within reason
,
within reasonable limitations
extremely
collapse
to an extreme degree; "extremely cold"; "extremely unpleasant"
related words >
a bit
,
a little
,
a outrance
,
absolutely
,
all out
,
beyond all bounds
,
beyond compare
,
beyond comparison
,
beyond measure
,
bloody
,
completely
,
damned
,
darned
,
dead
,
downright
,
essentially
,
ever
,
exceedingly
,
exceptionally
,
excessively
,
extraordinarily
,
fairly
,
flat out
,
fundamentally
,
hellishly
,
hugely
,
immeasurably
,
immensely
,
in a measure
,
in a way
,
in some measure
,
in the extreme
,
incalculably
,
indefinitely
,
infinitely
,
inordinately
,
kind of
,
most
,
notably
,
outrageously
,
over
,
overfull
,
overly
,
overmuch
,
parlous
,
perfectly
,
pretty
,
purely
,
quite
,
radically
,
rarely
,
rather
,
remarkably
,
scarcely
,
slightly
,
somewhat
,
sort of
,
strikingly
,
surpassingly
,
to a degree
,
to some extent
,
too
,
totally
,
uncommon
,
uncommonly
,
unconditionally
,
unduly
,
unequivocally
,
unusually
,
utterly
,
very
,
vitally
,
with a vengeance
head up
collapse
related words >
antecede
,
be in front
,
be responsible for
,
be the front-runner
,
break ground
,
break the ice
,
call the signals
,
captain
,
caption
,
carry on
,
come before
,
come first
,
command
,
conduct
,
control
,
create
,
direct
,
engineer
,
forge ahead
,
front
,
go ahead of
,
go before
,
go in advance
,
govern
,
handle
,
have priority
,
head
,
head the table
,
headline
,
initiate
,
invent
,
kick off
,
lead
,
lead off
,
lead on
,
lead the way
,
make the rules
,
manage
,
maneuver
,
manipulate
,
mastermind
,
officer
,
order
,
originate
,
outrank
,
pioneer
,
precede
,
prescribe
,
pull the strings
,
quarterback
,
rank
,
rate
,
regulate
,
run
,
skipper
,
stand first
,
stand in front
,
subhead
,
subtitle
,
take command
,
take precedence
,
take the initiative
,
take the lead
,
take the plunge
,
title
,
usher in
disarrange
collapse
disturb the arrangement of; "disarrange the papers"
destroy the arrangement or order of; "My son disarranged the papers on my desk"
related words >
agitate
,
beat
,
beat up
,
break
,
break off
,
churn
,
churn up
,
clutter
,
confuse
,
convulse
,
derange
,
disarray
,
disarticulate
,
discompose
,
discontinue
,
dishevel
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dislocate
,
disorder
,
disorganize
,
displace
,
disquiet
,
disturb
,
excite
,
ferment
,
flurry
,
fret
,
interrupt
,
jumble
,
knock galley-west
,
litter
,
luxate
,
mess
,
mess up
,
misarrange
,
mislay
,
misplace
,
muddle
,
muss
,
muss up
,
overturn
,
paddle
,
perturb
,
perturbate
,
replace
,
rile
,
ripple
,
roil
,
roughen
,
ruffle
,
rummage
,
rumple
,
scatter
,
shake
,
shake up
,
stir
,
stir up
,
swirl
,
tousle
,
trouble
,
unhinge
,
unjoint
,
unsettle
,
upset
,
whip
,
whip up
,
whisk
,
work up
fizzle out
collapse
related words >
be disappointing
,
be unproductive
,
blow up
,
break
,
break down
,
burn out
,
cave in
,
collapse
,
come apart
,
come short
,
come to naught
,
come to nothing
,
come unstuck
,
conk out
,
crumble
,
decline
,
die
,
die away
,
die out
,
disintegrate
,
droop
,
drop
,
explode
,
fade
,
fail
,
fail miserably
,
faint
,
fall down
,
fall flat
,
fall short
,
fall through
,
fizz out
,
fizzle
,
flag
,
flame out
,
get bogged down
,
get hung up
,
get mired
,
get nowhere
,
give out
,
give way
,
go downhill
,
go out
,
go phut
,
go soft
,
go to pieces
,
go wrong
,
hang fire
,
hang up
,
hit the skids
,
languish
,
lie fallow
,
misfire
,
not hack it
,
not make it
,
peg out
,
peter out
,
pine
,
poop out
,
sink
,
turn sour
,
weaken
,
wear away
,
wear thin
,
wilt
,
yield
orient
collapse
(poetic) eastern; "the orient sun"
determine one's position with reference to another point
cause to point; "Orient the house towards the West"
be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
related words >
acclimate
,
acclimatize
,
accommodate
,
accustom
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
aglow
,
assess
,
beaming
,
beamy
,
blushing
,
break
,
break in
,
bright and sunny
,
burning
,
candescent
,
case harden
,
condition
,
confirm
,
domesticate
,
domesticize
,
east
,
eastern
,
establish
,
familiarize
,
fix
,
flushing
,
gentle
,
gleaming
,
gleamy
,
glinting
,
glowing
,
habituate
,
harden
,
housebreak
,
illuminant
,
incandescent
,
inure
,
irradiative
,
lamping
,
light as day
,
luciferous
,
lucific
,
luciform
,
luminant
,
luminative
,
luminiferous
,
luminificent
,
luminous
,
lustrous
,
naturalize
,
orient the map
,
oriental
,
orientate
,
radiant
,
rutilant
,
rutilous
,
season
,
shining
,
shiny
,
starbright
,
starlike
,
starry
,
streaming
,
suffused
,
sunny
,
sunshiny
,
tame
,
train
,
wont
rehearse
collapse
engage in a rehearsal (of)
related words >
add up
,
allegorize
,
announce
,
apprentice
,
battologize
,
break
,
break in
,
break the news
,
breed
,
bring up
,
bring word
,
cast up
,
cipher up
,
condition
,
count up
,
cultivate
,
describe
,
detail
,
develop
,
discipline
,
drill
,
exercise
,
fable
,
fabulize
,
fetch up
,
fictionalize
,
figure up
,
fill
,
fit
,
foot up
,
form
,
foster
,
give a report
,
give an encore
,
give tidings of
,
go over
,
go through
,
groom
,
house-train
,
housebreak
,
improve
,
inform
,
inventory
,
itemize
,
iterate
,
lick into shape
,
mythicize
,
mythify
,
mythologize
,
narrate
,
novelize
,
nurse
,
nurture
,
pad
,
practice
,
prepare
,
put in tune
,
put to school
,
raise
,
ready
,
reaffirm
,
rear
,
reassert
,
recap
,
recapitulate
,
recite
,
reckon up
,
recount
,
rehash
,
reissue
,
reiterate
,
relate
,
repeat
,
report
,
reprint
,
restate
,
resume
,
retail
,
retell
,
review
,
reword
,
romance
,
rumor
,
run over
,
run through
,
say over
,
say over again
,
score up
,
send to school
,
state
,
storify
,
study
,
sum
,
sum up
,
summarize
,
summate
,
take in hand
,
tally up
,
tautologize
,
tell
,
tell a story
,
tot up
,
total
,
total up
,
tote up
,
train
,
unfold a tale
,
write up
sunder
collapse
break apart or in two, using violence
related words >
amputate
,
atomize
,
ax
,
bisect
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
butcher
,
carve
,
chop
,
cleave
,
cut
,
cut away
,
cut in two
,
cut off
,
demolish
,
dichotomize
,
disassemble
,
disintegrate
,
disjoin
,
disjoint
,
dismantle
,
dissect
,
dissever
,
disunite
,
divide
,
divorce
,
excise
,
fissure
,
fragment
,
gash
,
hack
,
halve
,
hew
,
incise
,
jigsaw
,
lance
,
make mincemeat of
,
pare
,
part
,
pick to pieces
,
prune
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pulverize
,
reduce to rubble
,
rend
,
rive
,
saw
,
scissor
,
sever
,
shatter
,
slash
,
slice
,
slit
,
smash
,
snip
,
split
,
take apart
,
tear
,
tear apart
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
total
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
whittle
,
wrack up
,
wreck
tyrannize
collapse
rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner; "her husband and mother-in-law tyrannize her"
rule a country as a tyrant
related words >
beat down
,
bend
,
break
,
break down
,
bring low
,
bring to terms
,
browbeat
,
bulldoze
,
bully
,
castrate
,
clamp down on
,
coerce
,
compel
,
conquer
,
cow
,
crush
,
daunt
,
despotize
,
dictate
,
dominate
,
domineer
,
domineer over
,
enslave
,
grind
,
grind down
,
henpeck
,
humble
,
humiliate
,
intimidate
,
keep down
,
keep under
,
lord it over
,
master
,
oppress
,
order about
,
overawe
,
overbear
,
overlord
,
overmaster
,
override
,
overwhelm
,
press heavy on
,
quell
,
reduce
,
repress
,
ride over
,
ride roughshod over
,
shackle
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
suppress
,
terrorize
,
trample
,
trample down
,
trample underfoot
,
trample upon
,
tread down
,
tread underfoot
,
tread upon
,
tyrannize over
,
unman
,
walk all over
,
walk over
,
weigh heavy on
pulverize
collapse
related words >
abrade
,
annihilate
,
atomize
,
bang
,
baste
,
batter
,
beat
,
bray
,
break into pieces
,
break to pieces
,
break up
,
brecciate
,
buck
,
buffet
,
cleave
,
comminute
,
contriturate
,
crash
,
crumb
,
crumble
,
crunch
,
crush
,
cut to pieces
,
decimate
,
demolish
,
destroy
,
devastate
,
diffuse
,
disassemble
,
disintegrate
,
dismantle
,
disperse
,
disrupt
,
drub
,
dynamite
,
fission
,
flail
,
flap
,
flour
,
fragment
,
grain
,
granulate
,
granulize
,
grate
,
grind
,
grind to powder
,
hammer
,
knock
,
lambaste
,
larrup
,
levigate
,
make mincemeat of
,
mash
,
maul
,
mill
,
mince
,
mull
,
paste
,
patter
,
pelt
,
pestle
,
pick to pieces
,
pommel
,
pound
,
powder
,
pull in pieces
,
pull to pieces
,
pummel
,
rap
,
reduce to powder
,
reduce to rubble
,
rend
,
rub out
,
ruin
,
scatter
,
scrunch
,
shard
,
shatter
,
shiver
,
shred
,
sledgehammer
,
smash
,
smash up
,
smatter
,
spank
,
splinter
,
split
,
squash
,
squish
,
sunder
,
take apart
,
tear apart
,
tear down
,
tear to pieces
,
tear to shreds
,
tear to tatters
,
thrash
,
thresh
,
thump
,
total
,
triturate
,
unbuild
,
undo
,
unmake
,
wallop
,
whip
,
wrack up
,
wreck
underplay
collapse
play a card lower than (a held high card)
related words >
abate
,
allay
,
alleviate
,
assuage
,
attemper
,
bank the fire
,
bedwarf
,
belittle
,
blunt
,
chasten
,
constrain
,
control
,
damp
,
dampen
,
de-emphasize
,
deaden
,
deprecate
,
depreciate
,
detract from
,
diminish
,
downplay
,
dull
,
dwarf
,
extenuate
,
keep within bounds
,
lay
,
lenify
,
lessen
,
lighten
,
make light of
,
make little of
,
make nothing of
,
minify
,
minimize
,
mitigate
,
moderate
,
modulate
,
obtund
,
palliate
,
play down
,
reduce
,
reduce the temperature
,
restrain
,
set at naught
,
set little by
,
slacken
,
slow down
,
smother
,
sober
,
sober down
,
soften
,
stifle
,
subdue
,
suppress
,
tame
,
temper
,
think little of
,
think nothing of
,
tone down
,
tune down
,
weaken
burst out
collapse
give sudden release to an expression; "We burst out laughing"; "'I hate you,' she burst out"
related words >
be in stitches
,
belch
,
blow open
,
blow out
,
blurt
,
blurt out
,
break out
,
break up
,
burst forth
,
burst into laughter
,
burst out laughing
,
burst with laughter
,
bust a gut
,
cachinnate
,
cackle
,
chortle
,
chuckle
,
crow
,
discharge
,
disgorge
,
ejaculate
,
eject
,
eruct
,
erupt
,
exclaim
,
giggle
,
go into convulsions
,
guffaw
,
ha-ha
,
hee-haw
,
hee-hee
,
ho-ho
,
horselaugh
,
hurl forth
,
laugh
,
laugh it up
,
laugh outright
,
nearly die laughing
,
roar
,
roar with laughter
,
shake like jelly
,
shake with laughter
,
shout
,
shriek
,
snicker
,
snigger
,
snort
,
spew
,
split
,
split with laughter
,
spout
,
tee-hee
,
titter
,
vomit
,
yuk-yuk
time off
collapse
a time period when you are not required to work; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"
related words >
alternate
,
break
,
coffee break
,
cover
,
do a hitch
,
do a stint
,
do a tour
,
do time
,
downtime
,
enlist
,
fill in for
,
furlough
,
half time
,
half-time intermission
,
have a go
,
have tenure
,
hold office
,
holiday
,
interim
,
interlude
,
intermezzo
,
intermission
,
intermittence
,
interregnum
,
interruption
,
interval
,
keep a watch
,
leave
,
leave of absence
,
letup
,
liberty
,
lull
,
off-time
,
paid holiday
,
paid vacation
,
pause
,
plateau
,
point of repose
,
quiet spell
,
re-up
,
recess
,
reenlist
,
relief
,
relieve
,
respite
,
resting point
,
sabbatical
,
sabbatical leave
,
sabbatical year
,
serve time
,
shore leave
,
sign up
,
spell
,
spell off
,
take turns
,
time out
,
vacation
,
weekend
barge in
collapse
enter uninvited; informal; "let's crash the party!"
related words >
admit
,
be admitted
,
break in
,
break in upon
,
breeze in
,
burst in
,
bust in
,
butt in
,
charge in
,
come barging in
,
come between
,
come breezing in
,
come busting in
,
come in
,
crash
,
crash in
,
crash the gates
,
creep in
,
cross the threshold
,
crowd in
,
cut in
,
drop in
,
edge in
,
elbow in
,
encroach
,
enter
,
entrench
,
foist in
,
gain admittance
,
get in
,
go in
,
go into
,
have an entree
,
have an in
,
hop in
,
horn in
,
impinge
,
impose
,
impose on
,
impose upon
,
infiltrate
,
infringe
,
insert
,
insinuate
,
interfere
,
interlope
,
interpose
,
intervene
,
intrude
,
invade
,
irrupt
,
jam in
,
jump in
,
look in
,
obtrude
,
pack in
,
pop in
,
press in
,
push in
,
put in
,
put on
,
put upon
,
rush in
,
set foot in
,
slink in
,
slip in
,
smash in
,
sneak in
,
squeeze in
,
steal in
,
step in
,
storm in
,
take in
,
throng in
,
thrust in
,
trench
,
trespass
,
visit
,
wedge in
,
work in
,
worm in
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