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allies
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n 1: the alliance of nations that fought the Axis in World War
II and which (with subsequent additions) signed the charter
of the United Nations in 1945
2: in World War I the alliance of Great Britain and France and
Russia and all the other nations that became allied with them
in opposing the Central Powers
3: an alliance of nations joining together to fight a common
enemy
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analyse
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v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet
by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal
trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze,
analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
2: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse]
3: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features; "analyze a
specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down,
dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse,
psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
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tantalize
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v 1: harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children
teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my
failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a
jacket and tie" [syn: tease, razz, rag, cod,
tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally,
ride]
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analyze
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v 1: consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to
discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet
by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal
trial"; "analyze your real motives" [syn: analyze,
analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas]
2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features; "analyze a
specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down,
dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
3: break down into components or essential features; "analyze
today's financial market" [syn: analyze, analyse]
4: subject to psychoanalytic treatment; "I was analyzed in
Vienna by a famous psychiatrist" [syn: analyze, analyse,
psychoanalyze, psychoanalyse]
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brutalize
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v 1: treat brutally [syn: brutalize, brutalise]
2: make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman; "Life in the camps had
brutalized him" [syn: brutalize, brutalise, animalize,
animalise]
3: become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling [syn: brutalize,
brutalise, animalize, animalise]
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crystallize
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v 1: cause to take on a definite and clear shape; "He tried to
crystallize his thoughts" [syn: crystallize,
crystallise, crystalise, crystalize]
2: make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you
clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at
fault" [syn: clear, clear up, shed light on,
crystallize, crystallise, crystalize, crystalise,
straighten out, sort out, enlighten, illuminate,
elucidate]
3: cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form;
"crystallize minerals" [syn: crystallize, crystallise,
crystalize, crystalise]
4: assume crystalline form; become crystallized [syn:
crystallize, crystalize, crystalise, effloresce]
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fertilize
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v 1: provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; "We should
fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants" [syn:
fertilize, fertilise, feed]
2: make fertile or productive; "The course fertilized her
imagination" [syn: fertilize, fecundate, fertilise]
3: introduce semen into (a female) [syn: inseminate,
fecundate, fertilize, fertilise]
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feudalize
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v 1: bring (a country or people) under feudalism
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idolize
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v 1: love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess;
venerate as an idol; "Many teenagers idolized the Beatles"
[syn: idolize, idolise, worship, hero-worship,
revere]
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scandalize
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v 1: strike with disgust or revulsion; "The scandalous behavior
of this married woman shocked her friends" [syn: shock,
offend, scandalize, scandalise, appal, appall,
outrage]
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subtilize
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v 1: mark fine distinctions and subtleties, as among words
2: make more subtle or refined [syn: rarefy, sublimate,
subtilize]
3: make (senses) more keen [syn: subtilize, subtilise]
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utilize
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v 1: put into service; make work or employ for a particular
purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your
head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this
tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was
applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?";
"I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic
bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a
computer" [syn: use, utilize, utilise, apply,
employ]
2: convert (from an investment trust to a unit trust)
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vandalize
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v 1: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize
the park" [syn: vandalize, vandalise]
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vitalize
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v 1: give life to; "The eggs are vitalized" [syn: vitalize,
vitalise]
2: make more lively or vigorous; "The treatment at the spa
vitalized the old man" [syn: vitalize, vitalise] [ant:
devitalise, devitalize]
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capitalize
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v 1: draw advantages from; "he is capitalizing on her mistake";
"she took advantage of his absence to meet her lover" [syn:
capitalize, capitalise, take advantage]
2: supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination
of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by
lenders [syn: capitalize, capitalise]
3: write in capital letters [syn: capitalize, capitalise]
4: compute the present value of a business or an income [syn:
capitalize, capitalise]
5: consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses
[syn: capitalize, capitalise]
6: convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital [syn:
capitalize, capitalise]
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devitalize
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v 1: sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the
economy" [syn: devitalize, devitalise] [ant:
vitalise, vitalize]
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digitalize
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v 1: put into digital form, as for use in a computer; "he bought
a device to digitize the data" [syn: digitize,
digitise, digitalize, digitalise]
2: administer digitalis such that the patient benefits maximally
without getting adverse effects
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hospitalize
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v 1: admit into a hospital; "Mother had to be hospitalized
because her blood pressure was too high" [syn:
hospitalize, hospitalise]
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immortalize
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v 1: be or provide a memorial to a person or an event; "This
sculpture commemorates the victims of the concentration
camps"; "We memorialized the Dead" [syn: commemorate,
memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise,
record]
2: make famous forever; "This melody immortalized its composer"
[syn: immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise,
eternalize, eternalise]
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totalize
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v 1: make into a total; "Can we totalize these different ideas
into one philosophy?" [syn: totalize, totalise]
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orientalize
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v 1: make oriental in character; "orientalize your garden" [syn:
orientalize, orientalise] [ant: occidentalise,
occidentalize, westernise, westernize]
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revitalize
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v 1: restore strength; "This food revitalized the patient" [syn:
regenerate, revitalize]
2: give new life or vigor to [syn: revitalize, revitalise]
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ayes
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cartelize
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dentalize
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glottalize
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recapitalize
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