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81Northeast blackout of 2003 — States and provinces that experienced the blackout; not all areas within these political boundaries were affected. The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern… …
82blow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. knock, stroke, hit; disappointment; blast, wind, breeze, gale. See impulse, surprise. v. brag; gasp, pant, puff; sound; storm, breeze, whiff, waft; slang, miss, squander. See failure, waste. II (Roget …
83blunder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slip, botch, mess; solecism. v. i. botch, fail, err; bungle, flounder. See error, unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mistake, lapse, oversight, gaffe; see error 1 . See Synonym Study at error . v …
84boggle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. amaze, astound. See surprise. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment: bowl over, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor, stagger. See EXCITE, SURPRISE. 2. To… …
85bollix up — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. informal, frustrate, defeat; baffle; botch. See hindrance, error. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: ball up, blunder, boggle, botch,… …
86fumble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. grope, paw; fluff, flub, muff, bungle. See unskillfulness, touch. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mistake, blunder, dropped ball; see error 1 . v. Syn. mishandle, bungle, mismanage; see botch . III (Roget s 3 …
87mishandle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. maltreat; mismanage, misguide. See error, wrong. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mistreat, harm, misemploy; see abuse 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. botch, *screw up, *flub, mismanage, mess up,… …
88mismanage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. botch, mishandle; misconduct, maladminister. See unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bungle, blunder, overlook, confound, misconduct, fumble, mess up*, foul up*, kill the goose that lays the… …
89muddle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. confusion, mess, disorder, befuddlement. See absurdity. muddle through II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Confusion] Syn. confusion, mess, jumble; see confusion 2 . 2. [Difficulty] Syn. perplexity, quandary,… …
90ball up — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. muddle, jumble, tangle; see confuse . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess: blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, fumble, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle …
