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buttressing
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n 1: a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a
building [syn: buttress, buttressing]
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canvassing
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n 1: persuasion of voters in a political campaign [syn:
electioneering, bell ringing, canvassing]
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falling
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adj 1: decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature"
2: becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling
market"; "falling incomes" [ant: rising]
3: coming down freely under the influence of gravity; "the eerie
whistle of dropping bombs"; "falling rain" [syn: dropping,
falling]
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focusing
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n 1: the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the
focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no
direction in his life" [syn: focus, focusing,
focussing, focal point, direction, centering]
2: the act of bringing into focus [syn: focalization,
focalisation, focusing]
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gushing
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adj 1: flowing profusely; "a gushing hydrant"; "pouring flood
waters" [syn: gushing, pouring]
2: uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; "a novel told in burbly
panting tones" [syn: burbling, burbly, effusive,
gushing]
3: extravagantly demonstrative; "insincere and effusive
demonstrations of sentimental friendship"; "a large gushing
female"; "write unrestrained and gushy poetry" [syn:
effusive, gushing(a), gushy]
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killing
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adj 1: very funny; "a killing joke"; "sidesplitting antics"
[syn: killing, sidesplitting]
n 1: an event that causes someone to die [syn: killing,
violent death]
2: the act of terminating a life [syn: killing, kill,
putting to death]
3: a very large profit [syn: killing, cleanup]
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loving
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adj 1: feeling or showing love and affection; "loving parents";
"loving glances" [ant: unloving]
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menacing
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adj 1: threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments;
"a baleful look"; "forbidding thunderclouds"; "his tone
became menacing"; "ominous rumblings of discontent";
"sinister storm clouds"; "a sinister smile"; "his
threatening behavior"; "ugly black clouds"; "the
situation became ugly" [syn: baleful, forbidding,
menacing, minacious, minatory, ominous,
sinister, threatening]
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promising
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adj 1: showing possibility of achievement or excellence; "a
promising young man"
2: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the
scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political
career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway" [syn: bright,
hopeful, promising]
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refocusing
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n 1: focusing again
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rushing
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n 1: (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by
running into the line; "the linebackers were ready to stop
a rush" [syn: rush, rushing]
2: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his
haste to leave he forgot his book" [syn: haste, hurry,
rush, rushing]
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thinking
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adj 1: endowed with the capacity to reason [syn: intelligent,
reasoning(a), thinking(a)]
n 1: the process of using your mind to consider something
carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused
for thought" [syn: thinking, thought, thought
process, cerebration, intellection, mentation]
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biasing
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bussing
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caucusing
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compassing
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discussing
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mussing
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something
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trussing
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busing
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cussing
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grussing
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tussing
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