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111revolt — I n. 1) to incite, stir up a revolt 2) to crush, put down, quash, quell a revolt 3) a peasant revolt 4) a revolt breaks out, erupts 5) a revolt against II v. (D; intr.) to revolt against, at * * * [rɪ vəʊlt] at erupts …
112verdict — n. 1) to arrive at, reach a verdict 2) to announce; bring in, deliver, hand down, render, return a verdict 3) to sustain ( uphold ) a verdict (the higher court sustained the verdict) 4) to overturn, quash, set aside a verdict 5) to appeal a… …
113writ — n. legal order 1) to issue; serve a writ (to serve a writ on smb.) 2) to quash a writ * * * [rɪt] serve a writ (to serve a writ on smb.) [ legal order ] to issue to quash a writ …
114abolish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. annul, cancel, abrogate; exterminate, wipe out. See nullification, destruction. Ant., establish, reinstate. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. suppress, eradicate, terminate, exterminate, obliterate, do away… …
115extinguish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. destroy, annihilate, eradicate, suppress, end; quench, choke, put or blow out, douse, snuff; smother, suffocate; quell, subdue. See darkness, destruction.Ant., light. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To put… …
116quell — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. subdue, suppress, crush; quiet, allay. See destruction, moderation. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To subdue] Syn. put down, stop, silence; see defeat 1 , 2 , quiet 2 , suppress . 2. [To allay] Syn. reduce …
117quench — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. put or snuff out; extinguish; still; damp, chill; slake, sate, satisfy. See incombustibility, dissuasion, pleasure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To satisfy] Syn. slake, allay, hit the spot*; see drink 1 …
118squash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. crush, mash, squeeze, flatten; squelch; informal, suppress, silence. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A vegetable]. Varieties of squash include: winter, Hubbard, butternut, pumpkin, turban,… …
119squelch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disconcert, discomfit, rout, crush; silence, stifle, muffle. See destruction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crush, oppress, thwart; see censure , suppress . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. squash,… …
120destroy — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring to nothing] Syn. ruin, demolish, exterminate, raze, annihilate, tear down, throw down, plunder, ransack, pillage, eradicate, do away with, overthrow, cause the downfall of, devastate, swallow up, butcher, extirpate …
