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  • 71alert — 1. adjective 1) police have asked neighbors to stay alert Syn: vigilant, watchful, attentive, observant, wide awake, circumspect; on the lookout, on one s guard, on one s toes, on the qui vive; informal heads up, keeping one s eyes open/peeled,… …

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  • 72warning — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Admonition Nouns 1. warning, forewarning, caution, caveat; notice; premonition, foreboding, prediction; lesson; admonition, monition; alarm; advisory; threat.See dissuasion. 2. warning sign, handwriting… …

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  • 73alert — 1. adjective 1) an alert sentry Syn: vigilant, watchful, attentive, observant, wide awake, on the lookout, on one s guard/toes; informal keeping one s eyes open/peeled 2) mentally alert Syn: quick witted, sharp …

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  • 74notice — no·tice 1 n 1 a: a notification or communication of a fact, claim, demand, or proceeding see also process, service ◇ The requirements of when, how, and what notice must be given to a person are often prescribed by a statute, rule, or contract. b …

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  • 75remonstrate — v 1. expostulate, plead in protest, argue, reason against, object, protest; say no to, dissent, oppose, take issue, take exception, beg to differ; make one s stand against, balk at, draw the line at, stand and be counted against, vote against;… …

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  • 76alert — I (agile) adjective alive, animated, expeditious, nimble, quick, spirited, sprightly, spry II (vigilant) adjective active, alive, attentive, guarded, observant, on guard, prepared, wary, watchful III verb …

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  • 77caution — n 1. alertness, prudence, care, wariness, circumspection, discretion, deliberation; watchfulness, vigilance, heed, attention, carefulness, heedfulness, guardedness; concern, thought, regard, mindfulness, attentiveness, calculation. 2. warning,… …

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  • 78rag — I n 1. rags tattered clothing, tatters, old clothes, castoffs, hand me downs, odds and ends. 2. tatter, shred, scrap, fragment, remnant, bit, piece. II v Informal. 1. scold, chide, tongue lash, rate, upbraid, Sl. chew out, Inf. dress down, Inf.… …

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  • 79threaten — v 1. menace, endanger, imperil, frighten, scare, terrify, alarm, fill with unease; warn, put on one s guard, caution, give fair warning, Inf. tip off, comminate; intimidate, daunt, terrorize, cow; browbeat, bully, thunder at, yell at, fulminate,… …

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  • 80WARN — I verb admonish, advise, alert, apprise, caution, caution against danger, communicate to, counsel, deter, discourage, dissuade, exhort, expostulate, forebode, forewarn, give warning, herald, inform, make aware, notice, notify, portend, predict,… …

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