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anathematisation |
Noun
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the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accursed |
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adjournment |
Noun
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the termination of a meeting |
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adjournment |
Noun
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the act of postponing to another time or place |
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assassination |
Noun
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murder of a public figure by surprise attack |
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assassination |
Noun
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an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
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abolition |
Noun
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the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
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abolishment |
Noun
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the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery) |
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assisted suicide |
Noun
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suicide of a terminally ill person that involves an assistant who serves to make dying as painless and dignified as possible |
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abortion |
Noun
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termination of pregnancy |
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abortion |
Noun
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failure of a plan |
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aborticide |
Noun
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the act of destroying a fetus |
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aborticide |
Noun
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a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion |
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abrogation |
Noun
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the act of abrogating |
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annulment |
Noun
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the act of abrogating |
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annulment |
Noun
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(law) a formal termination (of a relationship or a judicial proceeding etc) |
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annulment |
Noun
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the state of being cancelled or annulled |
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asphyxiation |
Noun
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killing by depriving of oxygen |
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asphyxiation |
Noun
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the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) |
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annihilation |
Noun
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destruction by annihilating something |
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annihilation |
Noun
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total destruction |
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attainder |
Noun
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cancellation of civil rights |
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atomization |
Noun
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annihilation by reducing something to atoms |
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atomization |
Noun
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separating something into fine particles |
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atomisation |
Noun
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annihilation by reducing something to atoms |
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atomisation |
Noun
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separating something into fine particles |
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authorship |
Noun
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the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing |
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authorship |
Noun
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the act of creating written works |
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accession |
Noun
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the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne) |
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accession |
Noun
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the right to enter |
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accession |
Noun
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agreeing with or consenting to (often unwillingly) |
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accession |
Noun
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something added to what you already have |
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accession |
Noun
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(civil law) the right to all of that which your property produces whether by growth or improvement |
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accession |
Noun
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a process of increasing by addition to a collection or group |
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accession |
Verb
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to make a record of additions to a collection, such as a library |
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activation |
Noun
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making active and effective (as a bomb) |
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activation |
Noun
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the activity of causing to have energy and be active |
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activation |
Noun
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stimulation of activity in an organism or chemical |
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attack |
Noun
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a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase |
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attack |
Noun
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an offensive move in a sport or game |
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attack |
Noun
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the act of attacking |
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attack |
Noun
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ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation |
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attack |
Noun
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(military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons) |
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attack |
Noun
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strong criticism |
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attack |
Noun
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intense adverse criticism |
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attack |
Noun
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the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent) |
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attack |
Noun
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a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition |
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attack |
Verb
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to begin to injure |
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attack |
Verb
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to set to work upon |
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attack |
Verb
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to attack in speech or writing |
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attack |
Verb
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to take the initiative and go on the offensive |