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Smasher

One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

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Broader term 5

Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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

Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Success 76% connected

Act of succeeding; succession.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Woman 76% connected

An adult female person; a grown-up female person, as distinguished from a man or a child; sometimes, any female person.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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

Narrower term 1

Sleeper 76% connected

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Blast 74% connected

A violent gust of wind.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blast 74% connected

A violent gust of wind.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dash 74% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dash 74% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 12

Bang 92% connected

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

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.

Beauty 92% connected

An assemblage or graces or properties pleasing to the eye, the ear, the intellect, the aesthetic faculty, or the moral sense.

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.

Dish 92% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hit 92% connected

It.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Looker 92% connected

One who looks.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mantrap 92% connected

A trap for catching trespassers.

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.

Peach 92% connected

To accuse of crime; to inform against.

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.

Ravisher 92% connected

One who ravishes (in any sense).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Smash 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Strike 92% 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…

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.

Stunner 92% connected

One who, or that which, stuns.

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.

Sweetheart 92% connected

A lover of mistress.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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