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  • 41crash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. collision, shock, smash, shattering; failure, collapse, downfall; burst, blast. See destruction, impulse, loudness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A crashing sound] Syn. clatter, clash, bang; see noise 1 . 2 …

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  • 42plump — I adj 1. fleshy, fattish, fat, portly, stout, round, rotund; well rounded, filled out, well fed, rounded, ample, Scot. fodgel; moonish, chubby, tubby, podgy, pudgy; paunchy, Inf. chunky, dumpy, squat, squatty, pursy; round faced, moon faced, roly …

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  • 43crash — [n1/v1] bang; banging sound blast, boom, burst, clang, clap, clash, clatter, clattering, crack, din, peal, racket, slam, smash, smashing, sound, thunder, thunderclap, wham; concepts 65,521,595 crash [n2] collision, accidental hitting accident,… …

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  • 44pitch — I. n. 1. Degree of elevation. 2. Degree, measure, extent, range, rate. 3. Height, loftiness, highest rise. 4. Size, stature. 5. Declivity, descent, slope, inclination. 6. Degree of slope, degree of inclination. 7. Throw, toss, ca …

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  • 45tumble — [v] fall or make fall awkwardly bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong*, flatten, floor, flop, go belly up*, go down, hit the dirt*, jumble, keel, keel over, knock… …

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  • 46feallan — sv/i7 3rd pres fielð past féoll/on ptp is gefeallen 1 to fall; fall headlong, fail, decay, die; inflict (on), attack; flow; gefeallan overthrow …

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  • 47ofhréosan — sv/t2 3rd pres ofhríesþ past ofhréas/ofhruron ptp ofhroren to overwhelm, cover over; fall down, fall headlong …

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  • 48ruin — noun 1》 physical destruction or collapse. 2》 the remains of a building that has suffered much damage. 3》 a dramatic decline; a downfall. verb 1》 damage irreparably; reduce to a state of ruin.     ↘reduce to poverty or bankruptcy. 2》 literary fall …

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  • 49ruin — n. & v. n. 1 a destroyed or wrecked state. 2 a person s or thing s downfall or elimination (the ruin of my hopes). 3 a the complete loss of one s property or position (bring to ruin). b a person who has suffered ruin. 4 (in sing. or pl.) the… …

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  • 50Precipitate — Pre*cip i*tate, v. i. 1. To dash or fall headlong. [R.] [1913 Webster] So many fathom down precipitating. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To hasten without preparation. [R.] [1913 Webster] 3. (Chem.) To separate from a solution as a precipitate. See… …

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