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  • 101decay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. decomposition, deterioration, disintegration, dilapidation, putrefaction, rot, caries. v. i. rot, putrefy, mortify; disintegrate. See oldness, uncleanness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A progressive… …

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  • 102flux — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. flow, current, course; motion, change, transition; continuum; solvent; excretion. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. flow, current, course, stream, run, movement, tide, passage, surge, change, unrest,… …

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  • 103fuse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. merge, unite, amalgamate, weld; melt, dissolve. See junction, combination, fuel, unity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. circuit breaker, plug fuse, wick, detonator, igniter. • blow a fuse*, Syn. become angry …

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  • 104liquefaction — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Making liquid Nouns liquefaction, liquescence, liquidization, fluidization; melting, thaw; condensation, colliquation, dissolution, fusion; solution, infusion, lixivium, flux, decoction; solvent, menstrum …

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  • 105run — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. scurry, hasten, travel, abscond; ply, flow; liquefy; act, function, extend, complete, pass into, continue, elapse; operate, work; ravel; thrust, compete; smuggle; informal, streak. See motion,… …

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  • 106flow — I. v. n. 1. Stream, run, pour, roll on, sweep along. 2. Melt, liquefy, be molten, deliquesce. 3. Issue, emanate, proceed, come, grow, arise, follow, spring, result, be derived. 4. Glide, move along easily or smoothly. 5. Wave, float, undulate,… …

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  • 107condense — verb 1) the water vapor condenses Syn: precipitate, liquefy, become liquid, deliquesce Ant: vaporize 2) he condensed the play Syn: abridge, shorten, cut, abbrev …

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  • 108dissolve — verb 1) sugar dissolves in water Syn: go into solution, break down; liquefy, deliquesce, disintegrate 2) his hopes dissolved Syn: disappear, vanish, melt away, evaporate, disperse, dissipate …

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  • 109melt — verb 1) the snow was beginning to melt Syn: thaw, liquefy, defrost, soften, dissolve, deliquesce 2) his smile melted her heart Syn: soften, disarm, touch, affect, move 3) …

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  • 110coalesce — merge, fuse, blend, mingle, commingle, *mix, amalgamate Analogous words: *compact, consolidate, concentrate, unify: *contract, condense, compress: cohere, adhere, *stick, cleave, cling: mass (see HEAP) Contrasted words: disintegrate, crumble,… …

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