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damaging
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adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury;
"damaging to career and reputation"; "the reporter's
coverage resulted in prejudicial publicity for the
defendant" [syn: damaging, detrimental,
prejudicial, prejudicious]
2: designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive
or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism" [syn:
damaging, negative]
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happening
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n 1: an event that happens [syn: happening, occurrence,
occurrent, natural event]
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kicking
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n 1: a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or
calisthenics; "the kick must be synchronized with the arm
movements"; "the swimmer's kicking left a wake behind him"
[syn: kick, kicking]
2: the act of delivering a blow with the foot; "he gave the ball
a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" [syn:
kick, boot, kicking]
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lacking
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adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
"deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina";
"tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient,
lacking(p), wanting(p)]
2: nonexistent; "the thumb is absent"; "her appetite was
lacking" [syn: lacking, absent, missing, wanting]
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licking
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n 1: an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a
narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a
convincing licking" [syn: defeat, licking] [ant:
triumph, victory]
2: the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows
[syn: beating, thrashing, licking, drubbing,
lacing, trouncing, whacking]
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packaging
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n 1: the business of packing; "his business is packaging for
transport"
2: a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea
or person or institution; "the packaging of new ideas" [syn:
promotion, publicity, promotional material,
packaging]
3: material used to make packages
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picking
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n 1: the quantity of a crop that is harvested; "he sent the
first picking of berries to the market"; "it was the
biggest peach pick in years" [syn: picking, pick]
2: the act of picking (crops or fruit or hops etc.)
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pricking
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n 1: the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the
balloon a small prick" [syn: prick, pricking]
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ravaging
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adj 1: ruinously destructive and wasting; "a ravaging illness"
n 1: plundering with excessive damage and destruction [syn:
ravaging, devastation]
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ravishing
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adj 1: stunningly beautiful; "a ravishing blonde"
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rollicking
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adj 1: given to merry frolicking; "frolicsome students
celebrated their graduation with parties and practical
jokes" [syn: coltish, frolicsome, frolicky,
rollicking, sportive]
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sticking
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adj 1: extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the
jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses";
"his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over
the end of his truck" [syn: jutting, projected,
projecting, protruding, relieved, sticking(p),
sticking out(p)]
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ticking
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n 1: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the
clock" [syn: tick, ticking]
2: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
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traffic
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n 1: the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming
and going in a particular locality during a specified
period of time
2: buying and selling; especially illicit trade
3: the amount of activity over a communication system during a
given period of time; "heavy traffic overloaded the trunk
lines"; "traffic on the internet is lightest during the
night"
4: social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')
[syn: dealings, traffic]
v 1: deal illegally; "traffic drugs"
2: trade or deal a commodity; "They trafficked with us for gold"
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trafficker
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n 1: someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for
money [syn: seller, marketer, vender, vendor,
trafficker]
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vanishing
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n 1: a sudden or mysterious disappearance
2: a sudden disappearance from sight
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african
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adj 1: of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples;
"African languages"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Africa
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averaging
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bricking
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carrying
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clicking
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examining
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flicking
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frolicking
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languishing
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mimicking
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nicking
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panicking
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picnicking
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politicking
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tricking
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siccing
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sicking
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slicking
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nitpicking
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