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  • 61destroy — v.tr. 1 pull or break down; demolish (destroyed the bridge). 2 end the existence of (the accident destroyed her confidence). 3 kill (esp. a sick or savage animal). 4 make useless; spoil utterly. 5 ruin financially, professionally, or in… …

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  • 62spike — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a sharp point. b a pointed piece of metal, esp. the top of an iron railing etc. 2 a any of several metal points set into the sole of a running shoe to prevent slipping. b (in pl.) a pair of running shoes with spikes. 3 a a… …

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  • 63con|fut´er — con|fute «kuhn FYOOT», transitive verb, fut|ed, fut|ing. 1. to prove (an argument, testimony, or statement) to be false or incorrect: »The lawyer confuted the testimony of the witness by showing actual photographs of the accident. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 64con|fut´a|ble — con|fute «kuhn FYOOT», transitive verb, fut|ed, fut|ing. 1. to prove (an argument, testimony, or statement) to be false or incorrect: »The lawyer confuted the testimony of the witness by showing actual photographs of the accident. SYNONYM(S):… …

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  • 65con|fute — «kuhn FYOOT», transitive verb, fut|ed, fut|ing. 1. to prove (an argument, testimony, or statement) to be false or incorrect: »The lawyer confuted the testimony of the witness by showing actual photographs of the accident. SYNONYM(S): disprove,… …

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  • 66dis|u|ti|lize — «dihs YOO tuh lyz», transitive verb, lized, liz|ing. to divert from a useful purpose; make useless …

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  • 67List of experiments from Lilo & Stitch — Kixx redirects here. For the soccer team, see Philadelphia Kixx. Image of experiment 626, also known as Stitch. The most popular of the experiments. This is a list of experiments from the Disney animated Lilo Stitch franchise, a series of… …

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  • 68The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… …

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  • 69Wikipedia:Featured article candidates — Here, we determine which articles are to be featured articles (FAs). FAs exemplify Wikipedia s very best work and satisfy the FA criteria. All editors are welcome to review nominations; please see the review FAQ. Before nominating an article,… …

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  • 70Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology       In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …

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