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Pounding

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Bump 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Pulsation 76% connected

A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Pulse 76% connected

Leguminous plants, or their seeds, as beans, pease, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pound 74% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Pound 74% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Throb 74% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Throb 74% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Synonym 6

Buffeting 92% connected

of Buffet

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.

Hammer 92% connected

An instrument for driving nails, beating metals, and the like, consisting of a head, usually of steel or iron, fixed crosswise to a handle.

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.

Hammering 92% connected

of Hammer

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.

Pound 92% connected

To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

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.

Throb 92% connected

To beat, or pulsate, with more than usual force or rapidity; to beat in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc.

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.

Throbbing 92% connected

of Throb

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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