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Verb group 8

Break 84% 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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Break 84% 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…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Collapse 84% connected

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Collapse 84% connected

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Founder 84% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Founder 84% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Give 84% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Give 84% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Broader term 18

Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bound 76% connected

of Bind

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Break 76% 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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Emerge 76% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Feature 76% connected

The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fire 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Firing 76% connected

The act of disharging firearms.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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have 76% connected

of Have

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Jump 76% connected

A kind of loose jacket for men.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Leap 76% connected

A basket.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Separate 76% connected

To disunite; to divide; to disconnect; to sever; to part in any manner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spring 76% connected

To leap; to bound; to jump.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 10

Belch 76% connected

To eject or throw up from the stomach with violence; to eruct.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Crump 76% connected

Crooked; bent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Detonate 76% connected

To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Erupt 76% connected

To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Explode 76% connected

To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extravasate 76% connected

To force or let out of the proper vessels or arteries, as blood.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pop 76% connected

A small, sharp, quick explosive sound or report; as, to go off with a pop.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Shatter 76% connected

To break at once into many pieces; to dash, burst, or part violently into fragments; to rend into splinters; as, an explosion shatters a rock or a bo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stave 76% connected

One of a number of narrow strips of wood, or narrow iron plates, placed edge to edge to form the sides, covering, or lining of a vessel or structure;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 4

Detonation 76% connected

An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fulmination 76% connected

The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rush 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Salvo 76% connected

An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Bristle 74% connected

A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bristle 74% connected

A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Volley 74% connected

A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Volley 74% connected

A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Causes 4

Break 72% 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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Collapse 72% connected

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Founder 72% connected

One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Give 72% connected

To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a causal relationship between these meanings.

Synonym 15

Abound 92% connected

To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bristle 92% connected

A short, stiff, coarse hair, as on the back of swine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bust 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Collapse 92% connected

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Erupt 92% connected

To cause to burst forth; to eject; as, to erupt lava.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Explode 92% connected

To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Explosion 92% connected

The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowd…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fit 92% connected

imp. & p. p. of Fight.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flare-up 92% connected

A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fusillade 92% connected

A simultaneous discharge of firearms.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Outburst 92% connected

A bursting forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Salvo 92% connected

An exception; a reservation; an excuse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Split 92% connected

of Split

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Volley 92% connected

A flight of missiles, as arrows, bullets, or the like; the simultaneous discharge of a number of small arms.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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