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  • 61Arturo Jauretche — Born November 13, 1901(1901 11 13) Died May 25, 1974(1974 05 25) (aged 72) Occupation writer, politician, and philosop …

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  • 62Austorc de Segret — (fl. 1270) was an Auvergnat troubadour with only one surviving sirventes , No sai quim so, tan sui desconoissens . Written in a rime mimicking that of the Italian troubadour Sordello s Aitant ses plus viu hom quan viu jauzens , Austorc s… …

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  • 63Esperanto profanity — is the profane or indecent vocabulary of Esperanto. Some profane words in Esperanto were formulated out of the core vocabulary established in this constructed language; or by giving specific profane or indecent senses to regularly formed… …

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  • 64sker- — I. sker 1 Also ker . To cut. Derivatives include shears, scabbard, skirmish, carnage, sharp, scrape, and screw. I. Basic form *sker …

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  • 65anarchism — /an euhr kiz euhm/, n. 1. a doctrine urging the abolition of government or governmental restraint as the indispensable condition for full social and political liberty. 2. the methods or practices of anarchists, as the use of violence to undermine …

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  • 66debunk — debunker, n. /di bungk /, v.t. to expose or excoriate (a claim, assertion, sentiment, etc.) as being pretentious, false, or exaggerated: to debunk advertising slogans. [1920 25, Amer.; DE + BUNK2] Syn. disparage, ridicule, lampoon. * * * …

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  • 67excoriation — /ik skawr ee ay sheuhn, skohr /, n. 1. the act of excoriating. 2. the state of being excoriated. 3. an excoriated place on the body. [1375 1425; late ME excoriacioun < ML excoriation (s. of excoriatio). See EXCORIATE, ION] * * * …

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  • 68flay — flayer, n. /flay/, v.t. 1. to strip off the skin or outer covering of. 2. to criticize or scold with scathing severity. 3. to deprive or strip of money or property. [bef. 900; ME flen, OE flean; c. MD vlaen, ON fla] Syn. 2. castigate, excoriate,&#8230; …

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  • 69lambaste — /lam bayst , bast /, v.t., lambasted, lambasting. Informal. 1. to beat or whip severely. 2. to reprimand or berate harshly; censure; excoriate. Also, lambast. [1630 40; appar. LAM1 + BASTE3] * * * …

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  • 70savage — savagely, adv. savageness, n. /sav ij/, adj., n., v., savaged, savaging. adj. 1. fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts. 2. uncivilized; barbarous: savage tribes. 3. enraged or furiously angry, as a person. 4. unpolished; rude:&#8230; …

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