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tide

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Noun
the rise and fall of the sea that happens twice every day:

Syn:
flow, current;
flood
spate
stream
tendency
torrent
trend
undercurrent
wave
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plagued

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Verb
to cause worry, pain, or difficulty to someone or something over a period of time:

Syn:
annoy, disturb;
afflict
bedevil
beleaguer
bother
haunt
hound
infest
torment
trouble
worry
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left(Past participle of leave)

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Verb
to go away from someone or something, for a short time or permanently:

Syn:
disappear
escape
flee
fly
go
move
quit
retire
start
take off
withdraw
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wake

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verb
to (cause someone to) become awake and conscious after sleeping:

Syn:
aftermath
wave

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quiet

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Verb
making very little noise:

Syn:
calmness, silence;
calm
peace
relaxation
serenity
stillness
tranquility
make silent, calm;
allay
appease
assuage
hush
mollify
muffle
muzzle
pacify
please
relax
satisfy
soften
soothe
squelch
subdue
simple, unobtrusive;
modest
restrained
sober
subdued
unassuming
unpretentious
calm, peaceful;
gentle
mild
placid
private
secluded
sedate
serene
shy
smooth
stable
tranquil
adj.without or with little sound;
muted
peaceful
reticent
silent
soft
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unobtrusive

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ADJ
not noticeable; seeming to fit in well with the things around:

Syn:
adj.keeping a low profile;
inconspicuous
low-key
restrained
self-effacing
subdued
unassuming
unpretentious

Anto:
bold
confident

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suburb

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Noun
an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live:

Syn:
neighborhood outside of but reliant on nearby large city;
countryside
environs
hinterland
outpost
outskirts
suburbia
village

Anto:
center

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edge

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Noun
the outer or furthest point of something:

=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/edge?q=edge+

Syn:
border, outline;
boundary
brink
corner
end
fringe
line
lip
margin
mouth
outskirt
peak
perimeter
point
rim
shore
side
threshold
tip
verge

noun advantage;
dominance
lead
superiority

verb border, trim;

defeat narrowly;
creep
ease
inch

verb sharpen;

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trim

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Verb
to cut something

Syn:
verb cut shorter;
clip
curtail
cut
cut back
cut down
mow
pare
prune
shave
shear
shorten
whittle down
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manatee

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/images/thumb/manate_noun_002_22228.jpg?version=5.0.170

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bob

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Verb
to move up and down quickly and gently, especially on the surface of water:

Syn:
bounce up and down;

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bounce

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Verb

to (cause to) move up or away after hitting a surface:

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bay

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Noun

a part of the coast where the land curves in so that the sea is surrounded by land on three sides:

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coast

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Noun
the land next to or close to the sea:

Syn:
(noun) border by water;
bank
beach
coastline
seaboard
shore
shoreline
(verb) glide along without much effort;
cruise
drift
sail
skate
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curve

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Noun
a line that bends continuously and has no straight parts:

Syn:
bending in a shape or course;
bend
buckle
bulge
coil
crumple
curl
loop
skew
spiral
swerve
twist
veer
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border

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Noun
a line that has been agreed to divide one country from another:

Syn:
bound on; be on the edge;
abut
adjoin
encircle
flank
neighbor
surround
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bend

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Verb
to (cause to) curve:

Syn:
verbform or cause a curve;
bow
buckle
crouch
curl
flex
incline
lean
stoop
tilt
twist
veer
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corpse

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Noun
a dead body, usually of a person

Syn:
dead body;
body
cadaver
carcass
remains
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coroner

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Noun

an official who examines the reasons for a person’s death, especially if it was violent or unexpected

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truck

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/truck

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rescue

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Verb
to help someone or something out of a dangerous, harmful, or unpleasant situation:

Syn:
save from danger;
extricate
free
keep
liberate
preserve
protect
recapture
recover
release
retrieve
salvage
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autopsy

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Noun

the cutting open and examination of a dead body in order to discover the cause of death:

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necropsy

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Noun

an autopsy performed on an animal

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perform

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Verb
to do an action or piece of work:

Syn:
verb carry out, accomplish;
achieve
act
behave
complete
do
execute
finish
function
implement
meet
observe
operate
take
work
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accomplish

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Verb

to finish something successfully or to achieve something:

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carry out

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Verb

to do or complete something, especially that you have said you would do or that you have been told to do:

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commission

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Noun
a group of people who have been formally chosen to discover information about a problem or examine the reasons why the problem exists:

Syn:
noun group working together toward goal;
board
committee
delegation
representative
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carcass

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Noun
the body of a dead animal, especially a large one that is soon to be cut up as meat or eaten by wild animals:

Syn:
noun dead body;
cadaver
corpse
hulk
remains
skeleton
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tough

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ADJ
strong; not easily broken or made weaker:

Syn:
adj. obstinate, rough;
desperate
fierce
hard
hard-nosed
harsh
narrow
resolute
severe
stern
stiff
strict
terrible
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obstinate

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ADJ

used to describe a problem, situation, or thing that is difficult to deal with, remove, change, or defeat:

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tattoo

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/tattoo?q=tattoos

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ankle

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https://www.cfac.net/2020/04/17/what-to-do-if-you-have-weak-ankles/

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creeping

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ADJ

happening, developing, or moving slowly or gradually:

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thigh

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https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/thigh

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grapple

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Verb
to fight, especially in order to win something:

syn:
verbgrab, wrestle;
confront
contend
cope
deal with
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wrestle

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verb
struggle physically or mentally with something

syn:
contend
grapple
scuffle
strive
tangle
tussle
37
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struggle

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Verb
to try to do something

syn:
attempt
battle
clash
combat
conflict
contest
effort
encounter
endeavor
skirmish
strife
trial
work
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suffocate

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Verb
to (cause someone to) die because of not having enough oxygen:

syn:
verb choke;
asphyxiate
drown
smother
stifle
strangle
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choke

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verb
If you choke, or if something chokes you, you stop breathing because something is blocking your throat:

smother, block

syn:
clog
congest
drown
fill
gag
gasp
kill
stifle
strangle
suffocate
40
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smother

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Verb
to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe:

syn:
choke
douse
envelop
overwhelm
quash
quell
snuff
squelch
stifle
strangle
suffocate
suppress
surround
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aquaculture

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Noun
the raising of water animals such as fish for food, or the growing of plants in water for food:

syn:
as in) tank farming;=https://solpac.en.made-in-china.com/product/PNhJGAUdbSkV/China-PVC-Canvas-Fish-Tank-Farming-Round-Fish-Pond-Tank-Tarpaulin.html;

hydroponics
tray agriculture

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antidote

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Noun
a chemical, especially a drug, that limits the effects of a poison:

syn:
counteracting agent;
corrective
countermeasure
cure
remedy
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counteract

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Noun
to reduce or remove the effect of something unwanted by producing an opposite effect:

syn:
do opposing action;
cancel out
correct
counterbalance
halt
negate
neutralize
offset
prevent
rectify
redress
resist
thwart
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keep (sb/sth) out

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Verb

to not go in a place, or to stop someone or something from going into a place:

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disfigured

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Verb
to spoil something

syn:
make ugly;
deform
distort
maim
mangle
mar
mutilate
scar
46
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get rid of sth

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verb
to remove or throw away something unwanted:

syn:
discard;
dispose of
dump
eliminate
exterminate
kill
remove
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discard

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verb

to throw something away or get rid of it because you no longer want or need it:

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decipher

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verb
to discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way:

Syn:
verb figure out, understand;
analyze
break down
decode
deduce
elucidate
interpret
solve
translate
unravel
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suspect

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Verb
to think or believe something to be true or probable:

syn:
distrust; guess;
assume
believe
consider
doubt
presume
speculate
think
wonder
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distrust

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Verb
the feeling of not trusting someone or something:

syn:
be suspicious, skeptical of;
disbelieve
discredit
mistrust
51
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suspicious

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ADJ
making you feel that something illegal is happening or that something is wrong:

syn:
distrustful;
apprehensive
careful
cautious
doubtful
incredulous
jealous
leery
mistrustful
skeptical
wary
watchful
52
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skeptical

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ADJ
doubting that something is true or useful:

syn:
disbelieving, leery;
doubtful
dubious
incredulous
mistrustful
suspicious
unconvinced
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leery

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Verb
not trusting someone or something and usually avoiding him, her, or it if possible:

Syn:
suspicious;
careful
cautious
distrustful
dubious
skeptical
uncertain
unsure
wary
54
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illegal

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ADJ
not allowed by law:

syn:
against the law;
banned
criminal
illegitimate
illicit
irregular
outlawed
prohibited
smuggled
unauthorized
unconstitutional
unlawful
unlicensed
unwarranted
wrongful
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unprecedented

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ADJ
never having happened or existed in the past:

syn:
exceptional, original;
bizarre
extraordinary
fantastic
miraculous
new
remarkable
singular
uncommon
unheard-of
unique
unparalleled
unrivaled
unusual
56
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ciguatoxins

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Noun
A seafood toxin that is acquired by eating fish that have consumed toxic single-celled marine organisms called dinoflagellates or fish that have consumed other fish that have become toxic.

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expand

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verb
to increase in size, number, or importance, or to make something increase in this way:

syn:
extend, augment;
bolster
broaden
develop
enlarge
grow
increase
open
spread
swell
widen
58
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extend

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Verb
to add to something in order to make it bigger or longer:

syn:
make larger, longer;
boost
broaden
continue
develop
enhance
enlarge
expand
go on
increase
last
lengthen
open
prolong
spread
stretch
take
widen
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augment

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verb
to increase the size or value of something by adding something to it:

syn:
make greater; improve;
add to
amplify
boost
build up
develop
enhance
enlarge
expand
heighten
inflate
intensify
multiply
reinforce
strengthen
60
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Devastating

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Noun
causing a lot of damage or destruction:

syn:
causing devastation;
calamitous
destructive
disastrous
overwhelming
annihilating
desolating
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destruction

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Noun
the act of destroying something, or the fact of being destroyed:

syn:
demolition, devastation;
annihilation
carnage
elimination
eradication
extermination
extinction
loss
massacre
murder
ruin
slaughter
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demolition

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Noun
the act of destroying something such as a building:

syn:
destruction;
annihilation
explosion

63
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in the meantime

A

ในระหว่างนี้

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struggle

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verb
to try to do something

syn:
hard try; fight to win;
attempt
battle
clash
combat
conflict
contest
effort
encounter
endeavor
skirmish
strife
trial
work
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unleash

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Verb
to suddenly release a violent force that cannot be controlled:

syn:
let loose;
discharge
free
release
vent
66
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ingest

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verb
to eat or drink something:

syn:
verb) swallow;
absorb
consume
devour
drink
eat
inhale
67
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anemones

A

ดอกไม้ทะเล

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graze

A

Noun
damage to the body

Verb
If an object grazes something, it touches its surface lightly when it passes it:

syn:
touch;
kiss
ricochet
rub
scrape
scratch
skim
skip
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accumulate

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verb
to collect a large number of things over a long period of time:

syn:
gather or amass something;
accrue
acquire
add to
assemble
collect
compile
concentrate
expand
gain
grow
hoard
increase
pile up
rack up
swell
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brevetoxin

A

สารพิษจาก Karenia

71
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seizure

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Noun
the action of taking something by force or with legal authority:

syn:
convulsive attack;
breakdown
convulsion
illness
stroke
72
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convulse

A

verb
to (cause to) shake violently with sudden uncontrolled movements:

syn:
disturb;
shake up
torment

73
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Disturb

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verb
to interrupt what someone is doing:

syn:
bother, upset;
agitate
alarm
amaze
annoy
arouse
astound
complicate
confuse
depress
dishearten
disrupt
distract
excite
frighten
gall
interrupt
irk
irritate
outrage
perplex
perturb
plague
provoke
puzzle
rattle
shake
startle
trouble
unnerve
unsettle
vex
worry
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bother

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Verb
to make the effort to do something:

syn:
harass, annoy; give trouble;
aggravate
alarm
bore
disgust
dismay
disturb
embarrass
exacerbate
hinder
hurt
irk
irritate
nag
perplex
perturb
plague
scare
torment
trouble
upset
worry
75
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paralyze

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verb
to cause a person or animal to lose the ability to move or feel part of the body, or to cause someone or something to be unable to act or operate correctly:

syn:
immobilize;
demolish
destroy
disable
freeze
halt
incapacitate
knock out
stun
weaken
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immobilize

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verb

to stop something or someone from moving:

77
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respiratory

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ADJ

relating to breathing:

78
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drowning

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Noun
death caused by being underwater and not being able to breathe, or a case when this happens:

syn:
submerge in liquid; submerge and die;
douse
drench
engulf
flood
go down
immerse
inundate
sink
soak
suffocate
swamp
wipe out
79
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headed

A

ADJ
going in a particular direction:

syn:
in transit;
en route

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subdued

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If a noise is subdued, it is not loud:

If a colour or light is subdued, it is not very bright:

81
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inundate

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verb
to give someone so much work or so many things that they cannot deal with it all:

syn:
drown, overwhelm;
deluge
engulf
flood
overflow
overrun
submerge
swamp
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specimen

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Noun

something shown or examined as an example; a typical example:

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