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  • 61annihilate — v 1. exterminate, obliterate, discreate, reduce to nothing, eradicate, erase, blot or wipe out, Sl. mop up, efface, dissolve, eliminate, extirpate, destroy totally, decimate, liquidate, massacre, kill off, slaughter, butcher, mow down; undo, cut… …

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  • 62humble — adj 1. modest, unpretentious, unpretending, unpresuming, free from pride, without arrogance, unostentatious, reserved, restrained. 2. meek, mild, submissive, obsequious, servile, subservient, subsidiary, slavish, broken in spirit, unambitious,… …

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  • 63mortify — v 1. humiliate, humble, bring down, Inf. take or bring down a notch or peg, Sl. put down, make [s.o.] eat humble pie, pull down, make lowly, bring low, teach [s.o.] his place, Inf. make [s.o.] sing small, meeken, chasten, subdue; disgrace, shame …

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  • 64slaughter — n 1.(all of animals) killing, butchering, chopping, cutting, carving; trimming, slicing, dismembering, mincing; abattage. 2. murder, homicide, manslaughter, assassination, slaying, killing; bloodshed, bloodletting, butchery, death by violence,… …

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  • 65terrorize — v 1. terrify. See terrify. 2. dominate, rule with an iron hand or fist, oppress, beat down, tread or trample underfoot; intimidate, cow, overawe, put in bodily fear; menace, threaten; bully, dragoon, coerce, Inf. strong arm, Inf. bulldoze, ride… …

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  • 66conculcate — transitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: Latin conculcatus, past participle of conculcare, from com + calcare to trample, from calc , calx heel more at calk obsolete : to tread or trample underfoot …

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