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Shock

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 stook.

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Broader term 38

Agglomerate 76% connected

To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.

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Alarm 76% connected

A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

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Appall 76% connected

To make pale; to blanch.

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Blow 76% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Bump 76% connected

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

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Clash 76% connected

To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

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Collapse 76% 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…

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Collect 76% connected

To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

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Collide 76% connected

To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.

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Combat 76% connected

To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.

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Cumulation 76% connected

The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.

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Cumulus 76% connected

One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

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Damper 76% connected

That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draug…

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Disgust 76% connected

To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- oft…

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Dismay 76% connected

To disable with alarm or apprehensions; to depress the spirits or courage of; to deprive or firmness and energy through fear; to daunt; to appall; to…

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Earthquake 76% connected

A shaking, trembling, or concussion of the earth, due to subterranean causes, often accompanied by a rumbling noise. The wave of shock sometimes trav…

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Fight 76% connected

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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Fighting 76% connected

of Fight

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Garner 76% connected

A granary; a building or place where grain is stored for preservation.

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Gather 76% connected

To bring together; to collect, as a number of separate things, into one place, or into one aggregate body; to assemble; to muster; to congregate.

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Heap 76% connected

A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of persons.

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Horrify 76% connected

To cause to feel horror; to strike or impress with horror; as, the sight horrified the beholders.

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Injure 76% connected

To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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Mass 76% connected

The sacrifice in the sacrament of the Eucharist, or the consecration and oblation of the host.

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Mound 76% connected

A ball or globe forming part of the regalia of an emperor or other sovereign. It is encircled with bands, enriched with precious stones, and surmount…

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Muffler 76% connected

Anything used in muffling; esp., a scarf for protecting the head and neck in cold weather; a tippet.

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Nauseate 76% connected

To become squeamish; to feel nausea; to turn away with disgust.

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Pile 76% connected

A hair; hence, the fiber of wool, cotton, and the like; also, the nap when thick or heavy, as of carpeting and velvet.

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Prostration 76% connected

The act of prostrating, throwing down, or laying fiat; as, the prostration of the body.

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Quake 76% connected

To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble.

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Reflex 76% connected

Directed back; attended by reflection; retroactive; introspective.

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Revolt 76% connected

To turn away; to abandon or reject something; specifically, to turn away, or shrink, with abhorrence.

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Scrap 76% connected

Something scraped off; hence, a small piece; a bit; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.

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Sicken 76% connected

To make sick; to disease.

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Stupefaction 76% connected

The act of stupefying, or the state of being stupefied.

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Surprise 76% connected

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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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Manner of action 2

Galvanize 76% connected

To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.

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Startle 76% connected

To move suddenly, or be excited, on feeling alarm; to start.

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Derivationally related 8

Blow 74% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Blow 74% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Impact 74% connected

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

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Impact 74% connected

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

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Outrage 74% connected

To rage in excess of.

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Outrage 74% connected

To rage in excess of.

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trauma 74% connected

Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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trauma 74% connected

Serious emotional harm caused by a distressing event.

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Containing whole 1

Suspension 70% connected

The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended; pendency; as, suspension from a hook.

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Synonym 13

Appall 92% connected

To make pale; to blanch.

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Blow 92% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

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Cushion 92% connected

A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

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Daze 92% connected

To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.

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Floor 92% connected

The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

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Impact 92% connected

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

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Jar 92% connected

A turn. [Only in phrase.]

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Jolt 92% 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 92% connected

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

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Offend 92% connected

To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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Outrage 92% connected

To rage in excess of.

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Scandalize 92% connected

To offend the feelings or the conscience of (a person) by some action which is considered immoral or criminal; to bring shame, disgrace, or reproach…

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Stupor 92% connected

Great diminution or suspension of sensibility; suppression of sense or feeling; lethargy.

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