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  • 101discard — [v] get rid of abandon, abdicate, abjure, adios*, banish, can*, cancel, cashier, cast aside, chuck, deep six*, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake,… …

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  • 102ditch — [n] gulley canal, channel, chase, cut, dike, drain, excavation, furrow, gutter, mine, moat, trench, watercourse; concepts 509,513 ditch [v] get rid of abandon, desert, discard, dispose of, drop, dump*, eighty six*, forsake, jettison, junk*, leave …

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  • 103give up — verb 1. lose (s.th.) or lose the right to (s.th.) by some error, offense, or crime (Freq. 9) you ve forfeited your right to name your successor forfeited property • Syn: ↑forfeit, ↑throw overboard, ↑waiv …

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  • 104George Anson's voyage around the world — While Great Britain was at war with Spain in 1740, Commodore George Anson led a squadron of eight ships on a mission to disrupt or capture Spain s Pacific possessions. Returning to England in 1744 by way of China and thus completing a… …

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  • 105repeal — v 1. revoke, rescind, abrogate; annul, disannul, nullify, abolish, declare null and void, void, make void; quash, invalidate, vacate, set aside; recant, retract, withdraw, disavow, recall, abjure; countermand, counterorder, overrule, override;… …

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  • 106deep-six — v. t. 1. to discard in a deep body of water; also used figuratively, to discard contemptuously. Syn: deep six, give it the deep six. [WordNet 1.5] 2. to throw from a boat into the water. Syn: deep six, throw overboard. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 107Counter-insurgency — Police question a civilian during the Malayan Emergency. Counter insurgency involves action from both military and police authorities …

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  • 108abstract — Synonyms and related words: abate, abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviature, abrade, abrege, abridge, abridgment, abstract idea, abstraction, abstruse, academic, altarpiece, and, annex, apocope, appropriate, arcane, armchair, bag, bate, bland,… …

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  • 109clear away — Synonyms and related words: abstract, attenuate, blow, blow off, blow out, cast forth, cast off, cast out, chuck, clean out, clear, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, cut out, defecate, deplete, deport, dilute, disembarrass, disembroil,… …

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  • 110clear out — Synonyms and related words: abscond, absquatulate, abstract, be off, beat a retreat, beat it, begone, bleach, blow, blow out, bolt, bowdlerize, cast off, cast out, chuck, clean, clean out, clean up, cleanse, clear, clear away, clear off, clear… …

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