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an opening, gap, rupture, rift; a violation or infraction; to create an opening, break through
Antonyms: close, seal |
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to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
Synonyms: warn, call on the carpet
Antonyms: praise, pat on the back |
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| a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman |
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careful, cautious
Synonyms: wary, prudent, guarded
Antonyms: incautious, rash, reckless, heedless |
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to seize for military or official use
Synonyms: take over, requisition, expropriate |
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clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
Synonyms: unwieldly, ponderous
Antonyms: manageable, easy to handle |
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a standstill resulting from the opposite of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill
Synonyms: standoff, stalemate, impasse
Antonyms: agreement, accord, breakthrough |
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a standstill resulting from the opposite of two equal forces or factions; to bring to such a standstill
Synonyms: standoff, stalemate, impasse
Antonyms: agreement, accord, breakthrough |
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scattered fragments, wreckage
Synonyms: rubble, detritus, flotsam and jetsam |
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to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, longwinded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
Synonyms: disperse, rambling, verbose, prolix
Antonyms: concentrate, brief, concise, succint |
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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
Synonyms: predicment, quandary, pickle, bind
Antonyms: cinch |
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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
Synonyms: blot out, erase, obliterate, expunge |
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to make a mess of; to get by; a hopeless mess
Synonyms: jumble, mess up; confusion, disorder
Antonyms: orderliness, tidiness, neatness |
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one's own ideas, having a closed mind
Synonyms: obstinate, pigheaded, inflexible
Antonyms: open-minded, reasonable |
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lasting for a long time, persistent; a plant that lives for many years
Synonyms: enduring, recurring
Antonyms: brief, short-lived, fleeting, ephemeral |
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to incline to beforehand
Synonym: make susceptible to
Antonyms: immunize against, shield from |
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to let go, give up
Synonyms: surrender, abandon
Antonyms: hold on to, keep, retain, cling to |
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to save from fire or shipwreck; property thus saved
Synonyms: rescue, recover, retrieve, reclaim
Antonyms: abandon, scrap, junk |
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sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
Synonyms: irregular, occasional
Antonyms: steady, continuous, chronic |
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not genuine, not true, not valid
Synonyms: false, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus
Antonyms: genuine, authentic, bona fide, valid |
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