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  • 61dispatch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. send; expedite; kill; accomplish. n. message, telegram; promptness, expedition, haste, speed; consummation, killing. See completion, news, conduct, earliness. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To send… …

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  • 62expedition — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. haste, dispatch, promptness, speed, alacrity; journey, quest, tour, trip, jaunt, excursion; crusade, campaign. See earliness, warfare, travel. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Travel undertaken] Syn. excursion …

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  • 63hurry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. press, rush, drive, force; hasten, speed, accelerate, quicken, facilitate, scurry. See haste, expedition. II (Roget s IV) interj. Syn. run, hasten, speed, move, step on it*, step on the gas*, get on… …

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  • 64hustle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. jostle, jolt, poke, prod; rush, bustle, hasten; slang, push, promote, advertise; slang, con, swindle, fleece, deceive, inveigle, lead on, take, sucker, sell a bill of goods; slang, solicit, walk the… …

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  • 65speed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. haste, hasten, hurry, accelerate. n. velocity, dispatch, expedition, swiftness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swiftness, celerity, briskness, activity, eagerness, haste, hurry, promptitude, acceleration …

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  • 66velocity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Speed Nouns 1. velocity, speed, celerity, swiftness, rapidity, expedition (see haste); acceleration; hurry, spurt, rush, dash; smart, lively, swift, or spanking pace; flying, flight; gallop, canter, trot …

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  • 67agility — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. nimbleness, dexterity, spryness, quickness, deftness, briskness, swiftness, sprightliness, friskiness, rapidity, readiness, liveliness, promptitude, alacrity, promptness, alertness, dispatch, expedition, litheness, activity …

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  • 68quickness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swiftness, haste, agility; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, rapidity, rapidness, speed,… …

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  • 69rapidity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. swiftness, celerity, dispatch; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidness, speed,… …

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  • 70swiftness — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. acceleration, velocity, rapidity; see speed . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity,… …

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