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Stickle

To separate combatants by intervening.

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Argue 76% connected

To invent and offer reasons to support or overthrow a proposition, opinion, or measure; to use arguments; to reason.

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Contend 76% connected

To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

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Debate 76% connected

To engage in combat for; to strive for.

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Fence 76% connected

That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Stickler 74% connected

One who stickles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stickler 74% connected

One who stickles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Acknowledge verb · 78% connection

accept (someone) to be what is claimed or accept their power and authority; "The Crown Prince was acknowledged as the true heir to the…

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Assert verb · 78% connection

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent"

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Bear out verb · 78% connection

support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm; "The stories and claims were born out by the evidence"

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Bring out verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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Concede verb · 78% connection

be willing to concede; "I grant you this much"

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Demonstrate verb · 78% connection

establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the…

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Difference of opinion noun · 78% connection

a disagreement or argument about something important; "he had a dispute with his wife"; "there were irreconcilable differences"; "the…

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Evidence verb · 78% connection

provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his ill…

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Give away verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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High spot noun · 78% connection

the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"

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Highlight noun · 78% connection

the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"

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Hypothesise verb · 78% connection

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

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Hypothesize verb · 78% connection

to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds; "Scientists supposed that large dinosaurs lived in swamps"

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Identify verb · 78% connection

give the name or identifying characteristics of; refer to by name or some other identifying characteristic property; "Many senators we…

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Imply verb · 78% connection

have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"

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Indicate verb · 78% connection

give evidence of; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work"

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Interpret verb · 78% connection

make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

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Let on verb · 78% connection

make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auctio…

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Abstraction adjective · 78% connection

The act process of leaving out of consideration one or more properties of a complex object so as to attend to others; analysis. Thus,…

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Altiscope noun · 78% connection

An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects.

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Amphiarthrosis noun · 78% connection

A form of articulation in which the bones are connected by intervening substance admitting slight motion; symphysis.

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Bite verb · 78% connection

A blank on the edge or corner of a page, owing to a portion of the frisket, or something else, intervening between the type and paper.

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Bolt verb · 78% connection

To sift or separate the coarser from the finer particles of, as bran from flour, by means of a bolter; to separate, assort, refine, or…

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Chemosmosis noun · 78% connection

Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane.

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Connect verb · 78% connection

To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or…

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Continuous adjective · 78% connection

Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant;…

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Diastem noun · 78% connection

Intervening space; interval.

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Directly adverb · 78% connection

In a straightforward way; without anything intervening; not by secondary, but by direct, means.

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Disjoint verb · 78% connection

To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as,…

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Dissect verb · 78% connection

To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to…

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Distant adjective · 78% connection

Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.

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