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  • 121decay — I verb addle, atrophy, be reduced in worth, become enfeebled, become lower in quality, become putrescent, blight, break down, break up, canker, consume, corrode, corrupt, crumble, decline, decompose, decompound, degenerate, depreciate,… …

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  • 122diffuse — I verb bespread, besprinkle, bestrew, break up, broadcast, cast forth, circulate, circumfuse, commingle, deal out, decentralize, diffundere, diffundi, disband, disintegrate, disperse, dispread, disseminate, dissipate, distribute, effuse, go in… …

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  • 123disperse — I (disseminate) verb administer, allocate, apportion, assign, bestow in shares, bestrew, cast forth, cast off, circulate, consign, convey, deal, deal out, dispense, dispose, distribute, divide, dole, dole out, give away, give out among a number,… …

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  • 124go — I n. (colloq.) attempt 1) a go at (let s have a go at it) misc. 2) to make a go of it ( to get along ); always on the go II v. 1) (d; intr.) ( to proceed ) to go about (to go about one s business) 2) (d; intr.) to go across ( to cross ) (to go… …

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  • 125burst — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rupture, break, rend, bust (sl.); explode, shatter. See violence, disjunction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [An act or result of bursting] Syn. blowout, rupture, blast, blowup; see blowout 1 , explosion 1 .… …

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  • 126grind — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. pulverize, crush; sharpen, whet, file, polish; masticate, chew, crunch; rasp, grate; oppress, harass. See friction, powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A difficult or tedious job] Syn. drudgery, toil …

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  • 127rot — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. decay, decompose, putrefy; degenerate, waste. See deterioration. n. decay, decomposition, putrefaction; slang, nonsense, twaddle (see unmeaningness). II (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. humbug, nonsense,… …

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  • 128smash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shatter, crush; hit, strike; ruin, destroy, disintegrate. See destruction, success. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. crash, breakup, breaking; see blow 1 . v. Syn. crack, shatter, crush, burst, shiver,… …

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