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Squirt

To drive or eject in a stream out of a narrow pipe or orifice; as, to squirt water.

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Broader term 7

Cipher 76% connected

A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

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Cypher 76% connected

See Cipher.

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Discharge 76% connected

To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

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Nobody 76% connected

No person; no one; not anybody.

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Nonentity 76% connected

Nonexistence; the negation of being.

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Run 76% connected

of Run

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Wet 76% connected

Containing, or consisting of, water or other liquid; moist; soaked with a liquid; having water or other liquid upon the surface; as, wet land; a wet…

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Extravasate 76% connected

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

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squish 76% connected

To crush or flatten something, often producing a squelching sound

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Narrower term 1

Spray 76% connected

A small shoot or branch; a twig.

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Derivationally related 4

Expulsion 74% connected

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Expulsion 74% connected

The act of expelling; a driving or forcing out; summary removal from membership, association, etc.

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Spirt 74% connected

Same as Spurt.

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Spirt 74% connected

Same as Spurt.

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Synonym 4

Eject 92% connected

To expel; to dismiss; to cast forth; to thrust or drive out; to discharge; as, to eject a person from a room; to eject a traitor from the country; to…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jet 92% connected

Same as 2d Get.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spirt 92% connected

Same as Spurt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spurt 92% connected

To gush or issue suddenly or violently out in a stream, as liquor from a cask; to rush from a confined place in a small stream or jet; to spirt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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