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To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Broader term 20

Assign 76% connected

To appoint; to allot; to apportion; to make over.

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Dance 76% connected

To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of mov…

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Delegate 76% connected

Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

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Depute 76% connected

To appoint as deputy or agent; to commission to act in one's place; to delegate.

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Designate 76% connected

Designated; appointed; chosen.

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Displace 76% connected

To change the place of; to remove from the usual or proper place; to put out of place; to place in another situation; as, the books in the library ar…

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Encounter 76% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

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Enjoy 76% connected

To take pleasure or satisfaction in the possession or experience of; to feel or perceive with pleasure; to be delighted with; as, to enjoy the dainti…

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Harm 76% connected

Injury; hurt; damage; detriment; misfortune.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Impact 76% connected

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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Injury 76% connected

Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, or occasions wrong,…

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Love 76% connected

A feeling of strong attachment induced by that which delights or commands admiration; preeminent kindness or devotion to another; affection; tenderne…

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Meet 76% connected

To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as d…

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Play 76% connected

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

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Projection 76% connected

The act of throwing or shooting forward.

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

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Strike 76% connected

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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trauma 76% connected

Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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Narrower term 24

Bang 76% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Bash 76% connected

To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance.

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Belly 76% connected

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

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Belt 76% connected

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt.

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Buffeting 76% connected

of Buffet

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Caput 76% connected

The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

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Concussion 76% connected

A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.

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Jar 76% connected

A turn. [Only in phrase.]

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Jolt 76% connected

To shake with short, abrupt risings and fallings, as a carriage moving on rough ground; as, the coach jolts.

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Jounce 76% connected

To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving over obstructions.

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Knock 76% connected

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

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Mogul 76% connected

A person of the Mongolian race.

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Nub 76% connected

To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

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Nubble 76% connected

To beat or bruise with the fist.

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Pounding 76% connected

of Pound

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Rap 76% connected

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

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Shock 76% connected

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stoo…

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Slap 76% connected

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

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Smack 76% connected

A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade.

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Smash 76% connected

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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Snag 76% connected

A stump or base of a branch that has been lopped off; a short branch, or a sharp or rough branch; a knot; a protuberance.

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Strike 76% connected

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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Tap 76% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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Wart 76% connected

A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

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Manner of action 2

Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Throw 76% connected

Pain; especially, pain of travail; throe.

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Derivationally related 10

Bumper 74% connected

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

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Bumper 74% connected

A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

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Discoverer 74% connected

One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

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Discoverer 74% connected

One who discovers; one who first comes to the knowledge of something; one who discovers an unknown country, or a new principle, truth, or fact.

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Dislodgment 74% connected

The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.

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Dislodgment 74% connected

The act or process of dislodging, or the state of being dislodged.

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Find 74% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Find 74% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Rough 74% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Rough 74% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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See also 2

Murder 66% connected

The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

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Murder 66% connected

The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

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Synonym 19

Blow 92% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Break 92% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Bulge 92% connected

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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Chance 92% connected

A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personified.

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Dislodge 92% connected

To drive from a lodge or place of rest; to remove from a place of quiet or repose; as, shells resting in the sea at a considerate depth are not dislo…

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Encounter 92% connected

To come against face to face; to meet; to confront, either by chance, suddenly, or deliberately; especially, to meet in opposition or with hostile in…

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Excrescence 92% connected

An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a tr…

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Extrusion 92% connected

The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

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Find 92% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

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Happen 92% connected

To come by chance; to come without previous expectation; to fall out.

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Hump 92% connected

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

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Jut 92% connected

To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

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Knock 92% connected

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

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Prominence 92% connected

Alt. of Prominency

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Protrusion 92% connected

The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

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Protuberance 92% connected

That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or kno…

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Relegate 92% connected

To remove, usually to an inferior position; to consign; to transfer; specifically, to send into exile; to banish.

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Slap 92% connected

A blow, esp. one given with the open hand, or with something broad.

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Swelling 92% connected

of Swell

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