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2020-07-27 #51

Open soraliu opened 4 years ago

soraliu commented 4 years ago
eliminate
/əˈliməˌnāt/

verb
    completely remove or get rid of (something).
        - "a policy that would eliminate inflation"
    Synonyms: give something the chop, knock something on the head

Synonyms
    verb
        - remove, get rid of, abolish, put an end to, do away with, banish, end, stop, terminate, eradicate, destroy, annihilate, stamp out, obliterate, wipe out, extinguish, quash, finish off
        - give something the chop, knock something on the head
        - knock out, beat, get rid of, rule out, disqualify

Examples
    - a policy that would eliminate inflation

    - security agents have started a campaign to eliminate some of the government's opponents
soraliu commented 4 years ago
encounter
/inˈkoun(t)ər/

verb
    unexpectedly experience or be faced with (something difficult or hostile).
        - "we have encountered one small problem"
    Synonyms: experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, come up against, face, be faced with, confront, be forced to contend with

noun
    an unexpected or casual meeting with someone or something.
    Synonyms: meeting, chance meeting, brush, rendezvous, contact

Synonyms
    verb
        - meet, meet by chance, run into, run across, come across, come upon, stumble across, stumble on, chance on, happen on
        - run against
        - bump into
        - experience, come into contact with, run into, come across, come up against, face, be faced with, confront, be forced to contend with

    noun
        - run-in, set-to, dust-up, scrap, afters
        - rencounter
        - meeting, chance meeting, brush, rendezvous, contact
        - battle, fight, clash, conflict, confrontation, engagement, skirmish, brush

Examples
    - his close encounter with death
soraliu commented 4 years ago
isomorphic
/ˌīsəˈmôrfik/

adjective
    corresponding or similar in form and relations.