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Broader term 4

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Deed 76% connected

Dead.

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Remotion 76% connected

The act of removing; removal.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Removal 76% connected

The act of removing, or the state of being removed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 9

Catching 76% connected

of Catch

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Detection 76% connected

The act of detecting; the laying open what was concealed or hidden; discovery; as, the detection of a thief; the detection of fraud, forgery, or a pl…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Determination 76% connected

The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disforestation 76% connected

The act of clearing land of forests.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Espial 76% connected

The act of espying; notice; discovery.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Finding 76% connected

of Find

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spotting 76% connected

of Spot

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spying 76% connected

of Spy

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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tracing 76% connected

of Trace

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Husk 74% connected

The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Husk 74% connected

The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially applied to the covering of the ears…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Baring 92% connected

of Bare

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.

Denudation 92% connected

The act of stripping off covering, or removing the surface; a making bare.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discovery 92% connected

The action of discovering; exposure to view; laying open; showing; as, the discovery of a plot.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Find 92% connected

To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a per…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Husking 92% connected

of Husk

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.

Stripping 92% connected

of Strip

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.

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