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  • 43cold — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. iciness; ailment, flu. adj. chilling (see cold); unheated; unresponsive, indifferent, unenthusiastic. See cold, disease, insensibility. II Condition of low temperature Nouns 1. cold, coldness,… …

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  • 44nip — nip1 [ nıp ] verb intransitive or transitive to bite someone gently: The dog kept nipping her fingers playfully. nip at: His teeth nipped at her neck. a. to squeeze something between your thumb and fingers: He nipped the end of his cigar and put… …

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  • 45nip — [[t]nɪ̱p[/t]] nips, nipping, nipped 1) VERB: no passive If you nip somewhere, usually somewhere nearby, you go there quickly or for a short time. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V adv/prep] Should I nip out and get some groceries?... [V adv/prep] Wayne is… …

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  • 46demolition — n 1. razing, tearing down, pulling down, taking down, bringing down, breaking down, throwing down, beating down; casting down, knocking down, flinging down, hurling down, precipitation; felling, leveling, prostration; cutting down, chopping down …

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  • 47destruction — n 1. demolition, wipe out, pulverization, wrecking, wreckage, rack and ruin; razing, gutting, felling, prostration, leveling; pulling down, tearing down, taking down, bringing down, breaking down, throwing down, casting down, beating down,… …

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  • 48ἀποκνίσεις — ἀπόκνισις nipping off fem nom/voc pl (attic epic) ἀπόκνισις nipping off fem nom/acc pl (attic) ἀποκνίζω nip aor subj act 2nd sg (epic) ἀποκνίζω nip fut ind act 2nd sg ἀποκνίζω nip aor subj act 2nd sg (epic) ἀποκνίζω nip fut ind act 2nd sg …

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  • 49nip — 1. n. a small, quick drink of liquor. □ Here, have a nip of this stuff. □ One nip is enough. That is powerful! 2. in. to take small drinks of liquor periodically. (See also nipped.) □ Paul has been nipping since noon …

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  • 50nip — Ⅰ. nip [1] ► VERB (nipped, nipping) 1) pinch, squeeze, or bite sharply. 2) (of cold or frost) cause pain or harm to. 3) Brit. informal go quickly. ► NOUN 1) …

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