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  • 121catch — Synonyms and related words: OD, abash, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, accept, acquire, acquisition, allure, ambition, anchor, appreciate, apprehend, apprehension, arrest, arrestation, artful dodge, artifice, assimilate, astonishment,… …

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  • 122cordon — Synonyms and related words: advance guard, armed guard, bank guard, beleaguer, beset, besiege, block, blockade, blue ribbon, bolt, bottleneck, bound, box in, cage, catch, chamber, close in, coast guard, compass, contain, coop, coop in, coop up,… …

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  • 123curtain — Synonyms and related words: Z, abatis, act, act drop, advanced work, afterpiece, apodosis, apply to, asbestos, asbestos board, awning, backdrop, balistraria, bamboo curtain, bank, banquette, barbed wire entanglement, barbican, barricade, barrier …

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  • 124deterrent — Synonyms and related words: admonishing, admonitory, alarming, awing, bar, block, blockade, bottleneck, catch, cautionary, cautioning, check, chill, chilling, cold water, cordon, curtain, damp, damper, daunting, determent, deterring, difficulty,… …

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  • 125difficulty — Synonyms and related words: Gordian knot, abstruseness, adverse circumstances, adversity, affliction, aggravation, agreement to disagree, altercation, annoyance, arduousness, asperity, bad news, bedevilment, beef, bickering, blight, block,… …

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  • 126drawback — Synonyms and related words: abatement, agio, allowance, bank discount, blemish, block, blockade, bottleneck, breakage, bug, cash discount, catch, chain discount, charge off, concession, cordon, crack, curtain, cut, damage, deduction, defect,… …

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  • 127fly in the ointment — Synonyms and related words: abomination, atrocity, bad, bane, befoulment, blemish, blight, block, blockade, bottleneck, bug, catch, cordon, corruption, crack, crying evil, curtain, damage, defect, defection, deficiency, defilement, despoliation,… …

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  • 128hang up — Synonyms and related words: adjourn, afterthought, bind, block, blockade, blockage, blow up, bog down, bottleneck, bureaucratic delay, buzz, call, call up, catch, come to nothing, complex, compulsion, continue, cordon, curtain, decelerate, defer …

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