raise violently
1raise one's hand to — (often with a negative) to strike, behave violently towards • • • Main Entry: ↑hand …
2raise the roof — (Slang) make loud noises; protest violently, make a fuss …
3raise Cain — idi to behave boisterously or violently; make a disturbance …
4raise hell — idi inf Informal. a) to indulge in wild celebration b) to create an uproar; object violently …
5toss — I. v. a. 1. Throw (by the hand and upward), throw up. 2. Lift up suddenly, throw up, raise violently. 3. Fling, pitch, cast, hurl, throw. 4. Agitate, shake, rock. 5. Try, harass, disquiet, make restless. 6. Keep in play, tumble over. II …
6Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …
7France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
8china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …
9China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …
10United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …
