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burst |
Verb
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to force out or release suddenly, and often violently, something pent up |
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burst |
Verb
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to move suddenly, energetically, or violently |
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burst |
Verb
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to be in a state of movement or action |
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buddy system |
Noun
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a cooperative practice of pairing two or more people together for mutual assistance or safety |
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burning |
Noun
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the act of burning something |
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burning |
Noun
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a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin |
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burning |
Noun
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execution by fire |
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burning |
Noun
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execution by electricity |
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burning |
Noun
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a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light |
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burning |
Noun
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pain that feels hot as if it were on fire |
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burning |
Adjective
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of immediate import |
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buy-and-bust operation |
Noun
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an undercover operation by narcotics detectives to catch unsuspecting drug dealers |
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brutality |
Noun
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a brutal barbarous savage act |
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brutality |
Noun
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the trait of extreme cruelty |
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barbarity |
Noun
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a brutal barbarous savage act |
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barbarity |
Noun
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the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane |
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barbarism |
Noun
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a brutal barbarous savage act |
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baiting |
Noun
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harassment especially of a tethered animal |
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badgering |
Noun
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the act of harassing someone |
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biologism |
Noun
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use of biological principles in explaining human especially social behavior |
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bedevilment |
Noun
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the act of harassing someone |
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bending |
Noun
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the act of bending something |
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bending |
Noun
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the property of being bent or deflected |
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bending |
Noun
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movement that causes the formation of a curve |
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blaxploitation |
Noun
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the exploitation of black people (especially with regard to stereotyped roles in movies) |
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Britishism |
Noun
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a custom that is peculiar to England or its citizens |
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bastinado |
Noun
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a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels |
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bastinado |
Noun
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a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet |
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bat |
Noun
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in baseball, a turn trying to get a hit |
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bat |
Noun
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nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate |
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bat |
Noun
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a club used for hitting a ball in various games |
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bat |
Noun
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the club used in playing cricket |
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bat |
Noun
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a small racket with a long handle used for playing squash |
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bat |
Verb
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to wink briefly |
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bat |
Verb
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to strike with, or as if with a baseball bat |
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bat |
Verb
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to use a bat |
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bat |
Verb
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to have a turn at bat |
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bathe |
Noun
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the act of swimming |
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bathe |
Verb
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to clean one's body by immersion into water |
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bathe |
Verb
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to suffuse with or as if with light |
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boat racing |
Noun
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the sport of racing boats |
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belly flop |
Noun
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a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water |
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bicycling |
Noun
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riding a bicycle |
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belly flopper |
Noun
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a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water |
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bent hang |
Noun
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a hang performed with the elbows bent |
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belly whop |
Noun
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a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water |
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belly whopper |
Noun
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a dive in which the abdomen bears the main force of impact with the water |
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blood sport |
Noun
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sport that involves killing animals (especially hunting) |
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bullfighting |
Noun
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the activity at a bullfight |
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beagling |
Noun
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hunting rabbits with beagles |