Attack: alternatives and connections

To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

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To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

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An artificial bar or obstruction placed in a river or water course to increase the depth of water; as, the barrages of the Nile.

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To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

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To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset.

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The scullions and lower menials of a court, or of a nobleman's household, who, in a removal from one residence to another, had charge of the kitchen…

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A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fl…

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A great noise; a hollow sound.

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A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.

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A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls.

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A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

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The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually,…

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A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

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To fight and scratch.

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A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

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To divest of a sacred character or office; to divert from a sacred purpose; to violate the sanctity of; to profane; to put to an unworthy use; -- the…

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Lack of honor; disgrace; ignominy; shame; reproach.

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An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

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An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as…

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To fatigue; to tire with repeated and exhausting efforts; esp., to weary by importunity, teasing, or fretting; to cause to endure excessive burdens o…

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It.

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To go into or upon; to pass within the confines of; to enter; -- used of forcible or rude ingress.

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A kind of loose jacket for men.

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To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.

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To take or hold possession of; to hold or keep for use; to possess.

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To rage in excess of.

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The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See 4th Fell.

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A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

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To peen.

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Not sacred or holy; not possessing peculiar sanctity; unconsecrated; hence, relating to matters other than sacred; secular; -- opposed to sacred, rel…

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A hostile or predatory incursion; an inroad or incursion of mounted men; a sudden and rapid invasion by a cavalry force; a foray.

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Fruit, as grapes, plucked from the cluster.

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To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force.

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A wicker fish basket.

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Waste or rejected matter; anything worthless; valueless stuff; trash; especially, fragments of building materials or fallen buildings; ruins; debris.

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A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus.

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Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

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To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.

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To burn superficially; to parch, or shrivel, the surface of, by heat; to subject to so much heat as changes color and texture without consuming; as,…

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To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation, or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

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Such.

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A violent disturbance of the atmosphere, attended by wind, rain, snow, hail, or thunder and lightning; hence, often, a heavy fall of rain, snow, or h…

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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Being, acting, or growing, under water in the sea; as, submarine navigators; submarine plants.

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The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.

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To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the bl…

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Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes belonging to Torpedo and allied genera. They are related to the rays, but have the power of giving…

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To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

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A leather thong.

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To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To act upon; to produce an effect or change upon.

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The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

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To have or commence an independent or first existence; to take rise; to commence.

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To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

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The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

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To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

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The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a l…

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The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.

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The act of rolling down.

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To strive or contend for victory, with armies or in single combat; to attempt to defeat, subdue, or destroy an enemy, either by blows or weapons; to…

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The act, process, or result of formulating or reducing to a formula.

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Jet, the mineral.

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To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

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To leap; to jump.

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To strive, or to make efforts, with a twisting, or with contortions of the body.

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To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

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A sprinkling, as with water or dust, in a literal sense.

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may by reached; a way of approach or of exit.

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An attack upon a fortress or fortified town, with shells, hot shot, rockets, etc.; the act of throwing bombs and shot into a town or fortified place.

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False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction.

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To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

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An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

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To move in a contrary direction to.

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Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; sl…

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The act of making black.

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The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel; diversion of the mind from business.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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The act of disharging firearms.

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imp. & p. p. of Fight.

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To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

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Hysteria.

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The stress of voice laid upon accented syllable of a word. Cf. Arsis.

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A running into; hence, an entering into a territory with hostile intention; a temporary invasion; a predatory or harassing inroad; a raid.

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The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.

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The fit, attack, or exacerbation, of a disease that occurs at intervals, or has decided remissions or intermissions.

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The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

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The act of seizing, or the state of being seized; sudden and violent grasp or gripe; a taking into possession; as, the seizure of a thief, a property…

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A false tale or report maliciously uttered, tending to injure the reputation of another; the malicious utterance of defamatory reports; the dissemina…

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A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored.

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To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

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Struck.

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To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

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To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

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To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

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The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war…

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The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war…

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Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

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Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

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The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

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The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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Capable of being assailed.

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Capable of being assailed.

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One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

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One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant.

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One who attacks.

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One who attacks.

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; -- with on.

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To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.

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To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.

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A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows, weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an attacking force; onset; as, to make as…

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To make trial or experiment of; to try; to endeavor to do or perform (some action); to assay; as, to attempt to sing; to attempt a bold flight.

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A violent gust of wind.

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The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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A rushing onward.

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A rushing or setting upon; an attack; an assault; a storming; especially, the assault of an army.

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An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault.

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To whisper.

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Any one of numerous species of limicoline game birds of the family Scolopacidae, having a long, slender, nearly straight beak.

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