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Visitation

The act of visiting, or the state of being visited; access for inspection or examination.

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Affliction 76% connected

The cause of continued pain of body or mind, as sickness, losses, etc.; an instance of grievous distress; a pain or grief.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Calamity 76% connected

Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individua…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Cataclysm 76% connected

An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Catastrophe 76% connected

An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disaster 76% connected

An unpropitious or baleful aspect of a planet or star; malevolent influence of a heavenly body; hence, an ill portent.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tragedy 76% connected

A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Visit 76% connected

To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrower term 1

Fire 76% connected

The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.

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Impose 74% connected

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Impose 74% connected

To lay on; to set or place; to put; to deposit.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inspect 74% connected

To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Inspect 74% connected

To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Visit 74% connected

To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Visit 74% connected

To go or come to see, as for the purpose of friendship, business, curiosity, etc.; to attend; to call upon; as, the physician visits his patient.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 2

Trial 92% connected

The act of trying or testing in any manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tribulation 92% connected

That which occasions distress, trouble, or vexation; severe affliction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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