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whim
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A whim is an odd or fanciful idea, something kooky you suddenly decide to do, like dress up like a chicken or drive to Vegas.A whim can be a sudden impulse or a change of mind, like if you go shopping for school clothes but instead buy a pink cowboy hat.
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carnage
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Carnage is mass murder. If you have seen news footage of a village after a bomb has been detonated, you probably saw a scene of carnage.
Synonyms: butchery, mass murder, massacre, slaughter |
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naive
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(of a person or action) showing a lack of experience, wisdom, or judgement.
"the rather naive young man had been totally misled" |
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eradicate
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To eradicate something is to get rid of it, to destroy it, and to kiss it goodbye.
Synonyms: annihilate, carry off, decimate, eliminate, extinguish, wipe out |
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annihilate
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Killing ends when the thing you are killing (your sworn enemy, all hope, a gerbil) is dead. Annihilate goes farther—when you annihilate something, you wipe all trace of it from the earth.
Synonyms:carry off, decimate, eliminate, eradicate, extinguish, wipe out |
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integrated
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Things or people that are integrated have been brought together, so that they live or work together. They're no longer apart or segregated.
Synonyms:incorporate, incorporated,merged, unified |
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coalition
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A coalition is a group of people who join together for a common cause, like a coalition you form with other skateboarders who want to convince your town to build a skate park.
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imminent
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Something that is imminent is just about to happen: if you light a firecracker and then stick it down your pants, a very bad situation is imminent.
"they were in imminent danger of being swept away" |
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feasible
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If something is feasible, then you can do it without too much difficulty. When someone asks "Is it feasible?" the person is asking if you'll be able to get something done. Synonyms: executable, practicable, workable possible
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deploy
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The word deploy is mainly used in military contexts and to refer to the strategic arrangement of fighting forces.
v place troops or weapons in battle formation |
