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prohibition |
Noun
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a decree that prohibits something |
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prohibition |
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refusal to approve or assent to |
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prohibition |
Noun
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the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment |
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pitching change |
Noun
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replacing a pitcher in baseball |
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percolation |
Noun
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the filtration of a liquid for extraction or purification |
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percolation |
Noun
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the act of making coffee in a percolator |
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percolation |
Noun
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the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium |
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promotion |
Noun
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act of raising in rank or position |
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promotion |
Noun
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the advancement of some enterprise |
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promotion |
Noun
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a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution |
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promotion |
Noun
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encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something |
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preferment |
Noun
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the act of preferring |
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preferment |
Noun
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the act of making accusations |
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passage |
Noun
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the act of passing from one state or place to the next |
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passage |
Noun
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a journey usually by ship |
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passage |
Noun
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the act of passing something to another person |
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passage |
Noun
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a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another |
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passage |
Noun
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the passing of a law by a legislative body |
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passage |
Noun
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a way through or along which someone or something may pass |
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passage |
Noun
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a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass |
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passage |
Noun
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a section of text |
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passage |
Noun
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a short section of a musical composition |
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passage |
Noun
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the motion of one object relative to another |
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proscription |
Noun
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rejection by means of an act of banishing or proscribing someone |
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proscription |
Noun
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a decree that prohibits something |
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parricide |
Noun
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the murder of your own father or mother |
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parricide |
Noun
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someone who kills his or her parent |
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patricide |
Noun
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the murder of your father |
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patricide |
Noun
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a person who murders their father |
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pocket veto |
Noun
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indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it |
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plant closing |
Noun
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act of shutting down operation of a plant |
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purge |
Noun
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an abrupt or sudden removal of a person or group from an organization or place |
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purge |
Noun
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an act of removing by cleansing |
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purge |
Noun
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the act of clearing yourself (or another) from some stigma or charge |
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purge |
Verb
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excrete or evacuate (someone's bowels or body) |
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purge |
Verb
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eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth |
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purge |
Verb
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rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid |
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purge |
Verb
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rid of impurities |
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purge |
Verb
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make pure or free from sin or guilt |
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purge |
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clear of a charge |
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purge |
Verb
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oust politically |
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physician-assisted suicide |
Noun
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assisted suicide where the assistant is a physician |
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partial abortion |
Noun
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termination of pregnancy without expulsion of all of the products of conception |
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poisoning |
Noun
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the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill |
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poisoning |
Noun
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the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance |
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pulverization |
Noun
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annihilation by pulverizing something |
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pulverization |
Noun
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the act of grinding to a powder or dust |
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pulverization |
Noun
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a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles |
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pulverisation |
Noun
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annihilation by pulverizing something |
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pulverisation |
Noun
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the act of grinding to a powder or dust |