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Succumb |
1)Fail to resist pressure, temptation or some other negative force: we cannot merely give and ... to despair 2)Die from the effect of a disease or injury: after a few blows there, the porcupine ... |
Late 15th century: from Old French succomber or Latin succumbere, from sub-‘under’ + a verb related to cubare ‘to lie’
Synonyms: submit, concede, surrender, capitulate, bow, relent. |
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Relent |
1) to cease resistance(as to another’s arguments, demands, or control): the supervisor finally relented in the face of the petition, and allowed employees to take longer lunch breaks 2)to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually: the fury of the storm relented, and the next day the sun finally broke through the clouds |
Synonyms: 1)succumb, submit, concede surrender, budge 2)subside, diminish, decrease, fall, vanish, ease, shrink, lessen |
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Gradually |
In a gradual way; slowly, by degrees: the situation gradually improved If something changes or is done gradually, it changes or is done in small stages over a long period of time, rather than suddenly. |
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Budge |
1)to cease resistance(as to another’s argument, demands, or control): despite hours of intense pressure, she refused to budge from her position 2)to change one’s position(as in to shift): he finally budged from his beach blanket when the tide started swirling up around him 3) to change the place or position of(as in to remove): the bureau was so heavy that two people couldn’t budge it |
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Subside |
To grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually(as in to diminish): as the noise of the siren subsided, I was able to fall back to sleep |
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Porcupine |
Дикобраз |
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Retch |
To discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth(as in to vomit): the smell of rotten cabbage makes me retch |
Synonyms: vomit(medical and appropriate term), barf/puke/throw up (slang). |
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Coinage |
Something(as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination(as in invention): this latest coinage from the minds who gave us the MP3 player |
Synonyms: invention, innovation, creation, contrivance |
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Contrivance |
1)an interesting and often novel device with a practical use(as in gadget): a new contrivance for cleaning computer keyboards 2)smth(as device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination(as in invention): despite the many modern contrivances for saving time and labor, we seem to have less leisure and energy than ever before
3) the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others(as in imagination): in that writer’s hands, narrative contrivance can often deteriorate into pointless gimmicky |
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Deteriorate |
1)to become worse or of less value(as in to worsen): the garden slowly deteriorated after months of neglect
2)to lower in character, dignity, or quality(as in to degrade): childish name-calling that merely deteriorates what should be a serious discussion on important issue |
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