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Stub

The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.

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Deracinate 76% connected

To pluck up by the roots; to extirpate.

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Extinguish 76% connected

To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Extirpate 76% connected

To pluck up by the stem or root; to root out; to eradicate, literally or figuratively; to destroy wholly; as, to extirpate weeds; to extirpate a tumo…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Part 76% connected

One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass,…

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Piece 76% connected

A fragment or part of anything separated from the whole, in any manner, as by cutting, splitting, breaking, or tearing; a part; a portion; as, a piec…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Portion 76% connected

That which is divided off or separated, as a part from a whole; a separated part of anything.

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Quench 76% connected

To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to que…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Receipt 76% connected

The act of receiving; reception.

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Record 76% connected

To recall to mind; to recollect; to remember; to meditate.

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Strike 76% 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…

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Uproot 76% connected

To root up; to tear up by the roots, or as if by the roots; to remove utterly; to eradicate; to extirpate.

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Weed 76% connected

A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.

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Nubbin 76% connected

A small or imperfect ear of maize.

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Roach 76% connected

A cockroach.

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Synonym 4

Butt 92% connected

Alt. of But

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Counterfoil 92% connected

That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the pers…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Extinguish 92% connected

To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Nub 92% connected

To push; to nudge; also, to beckon.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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