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  • 121Deterioration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deterioration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deterioration deterioration debasement Sgm: N 1 wane wane ebb Sgm: N 1 recession recession &c. 287 Sgm: N 1 retrogradation retrogradation &c. 283 …

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  • 122strike — I. v. a. 1. Smite, beat, hit, knock, pound, give a blow to. 2. Slap, smite, buffet, beat, pound, thump, cuff. 3. Cast, dash, hurl. 4. Impress, imprint, stamp. 5. Mint, coin. 6. Thrust, shoot. 7. Thrust, force, drive, impel …

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  • 123smite — [[t]smaɪt[/t]] v. smote, smit•ten or smit [[t]smɪt[/t]] or smote, smit•ing 1) to strike or hit hard, with or as if with the hand, a stick, or other weapon 2) to deliver or deal (a blow) by striking hard 3) to strike down, injure, or slay 4) to… …

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  • 124British national identity card — Enabling legislation for the British national identity card was passed under the Identity Cards Act 2006. [ [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/ACTS/acts2006/20060015.htm Identity Cards Act 2006] , Office of Public Sector Information, accessed 14 October… …

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  • 125assault — as·sault 1 /ə sȯlt/ n [Old French assaut, literally, attack, ultimately from Latin assultus, from assilire to leap (on), attack] 1: the crime or tort of threatening or attempting to inflict immediate offensive physical contact or bodily harm… …

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  • 126Identity Cards Act 2006 — The Identity Cards Act 2006[1] Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to make provision for a national scheme of registration of individuals …

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  • 127exaggerate — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. overdraw, overstate, embellish, embroider, misrepresent, falsify, magnify, inflate, expand, amplify, heighten, intensify, distort, enlarge on, stretch, stretch the truth, overemphasize, hyperbolize, go to extremes, give… …

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  • 128Aftermath of World War I — The fighting in World War I ended when an armistice took effect at 11:00 am GMT on November 11, 1918. In the aftermath of World War I the political, cultural, and social order of the world was drastically changed in many places, even outside the… …

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