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blitzkrieg
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n 1: a swift and violent military offensive with intensive
aerial bombardment [syn: blitz, blitzkrieg]
v 1: fight a quick and surprising war
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colleague
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n 1: an associate that one works with [syn: colleague, co-
worker, fellow worker, workfellow]
2: a person who is member of one's class or profession; "the
surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his
fellow hackers" [syn: colleague, confrere, fellow]
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fatigue
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n 1: temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard
physical or mental work; "he was hospitalized for extreme
fatigue"; "growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in
the execution of their athletic skills"; "weariness
overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep" [syn:
fatigue, weariness, tiredness]
2: used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state
caused by long stress; "metal fatigue"
3: (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from
overexposure to something; "he was suffering from museum
fatigue"; "after watching TV with her husband she had a bad
case of football fatigue"; "the American public is
experiencing scandal fatigue"; "political fatigue"
4: labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or
digging or draining or so on); "the soldiers were put on
fatigue to teach them a lesson"; "they were assigned to
kitchen fatigues" [syn: fatigue duty, fatigue]
v 1: lose interest or become bored with something or somebody;
"I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my
food" [syn: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade]
2: exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or
stress; "We wore ourselves out on this hike" [syn: tire,
wear upon, tire out, wear, weary, jade, wear out,
outwear, wear down, fag out, fag, fatigue] [ant:
freshen, refresh, refreshen]
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gigue
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n 1: music in three-four time for dancing a jig [syn: jig,
gigue]
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intrigue
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n 1: a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually
sinister) ends [syn: intrigue, machination]
2: a clandestine love affair
v 1: cause to be interested or curious [syn: intrigue,
fascinate]
2: form intrigues (for) in an underhand manner [syn: scheme,
intrigue, connive]
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league
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n 1: an association of sports teams that organizes matches for
its members [syn: league, conference]
2: an association of states or organizations or individuals for
common action
3: an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3
miles)
v 1: unite to form a league
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renege
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n 1: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so [syn:
revoke, renege]
v 1: fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of
her promise" [syn: renege, renege on, renegue on, go
back on]
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eeg
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n 1: a graphical record of electrical activity of the brain;
produced by an electroencephalograph [syn:
electroencephalogram, encephalogram, EEG]
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grieg
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n 1: Norwegian composer whose work was often inspired by
Norwegian folk music (1843-1907) [syn: Grieg, Edvard
Grieg, Edvard Hagerup Grieg]
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overfatigue
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v 1: tire excessively [syn: overtire, overweary,
overfatigue]
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klieg
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creagh
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greig
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krieg
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teague
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killeagh
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