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  • 121slate — Synonyms and related words: Australian ballot, Indiana ballot, Massachusetts ballot, absentee ballot, agenda, ballot, batting order, bill, bill of fare, blanket ballot, blister, blueprint, board, book, brick, budget, calendar, card, carte du jour …

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  • 122strip — Synonyms and related words: Mystik tape, Scotch tape, abscind, adhesive tape, airstrip, amputate, annihilate, apron, ban, band, bandage, bandeau, bankrupt, bar, bare, bark, batten, belt, bereave, billet, bleed, bleed white, bob, bolt, boot,… …

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  • 123trounce — Synonyms and related words: assail, attack, baste, bastinado, bear the palm, beat, beat all hollow, beat hollow, belabor, belt, best, birch, blister, buffet, cane, castigate, clobber, club, cowhide, cudgel, cut, defeat, destroy, do in, drub,… …

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  • 124abrade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. wear (away), grind. See friction. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. scrape, chafe, grate, rub, erode, scuff, grind, scour, wear. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To make (the skin) raw by or as if by …

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  • 125blister — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vesicle; bubble, sac. See receptacle. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. vesicle, bleb, sac, bulla, wheal, wale, weal, welt, blood blister, water blister, second degree burn; see also injury 1 , sore . v. Syn.… …

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  • 126chafe — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. abrade, wear, rub; vex, anger, annoy, eat. See friction, resentment, pain, discontent. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To rub] Syn. abrade, grate, scrape, massage; see rub 1 . 2. [To annoy] Syn. irritate,… …

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  • 127criticize — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. judge, censure, excoriate, blame, reprove, flay; examine, dissect, analyze, review; nitpick; roast, pan, badmouth (all sl.). See disapprobation, detraction, judgment. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make …

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  • 128divestment — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Stripping of covering Nouns 1. divestment, divestiture; taking off, disrobing, undressing; [de]nudation; decortication, hair removal, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting, ecdysis; exfoliation.… …

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