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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | suddenly, with force |
| Synonyms: | abruptly, hard, head on, headlong, noisily, precisely, smack, straight, suddenly |
| Antonyms: | slowly |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud hit or knock |
| Synonyms: | bash, bat, belt, blow, box, bump, collide, crack, cuff, punch, slam, smack, smash, sock, stroke, wallop, whack, whop |
| Antonyms: | tap |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thrilling situation |
| Synonyms: | enjoyment, excitement, kick*, pleasant feeling, smash, wallop, wow* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit or knock loudly |
| Synonyms: | boom, burst, clang, clatter, crash, detonate, drum, echo, explode, make noise, peal, rattle, resound, sound, thump, thunder |
| Antonyms: | tap |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | moving by hitting hard |
| Synonyms: | bash, beat, bump, clatter, collide, crash, hammer, hit, knock, pound, pummel, rap, slam, smash, strike, thump, whack |
| Main Entry: | bat |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | a hit with a solid object |
| Synonyms: | bang, belt, blow, bop, crack, knock, rap, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, whop |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | injure by striking |
| Synonyms: | bang, bash, bat, batter, belt, box, break, bruise, buffet, cane, castigate, clout, club, collide, crush, cudgel, drub, flagellate, flail, flog, hammer, hit, knock, lambaste*, lash, lick*, maltreat, mash, maul, pelt, pound, pummel, punch, punish, ram, rap, slap, slug, smack, spank, strike, swat, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whale, whip |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, guard, help, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud sound; make loud sound |
| Synonyms: | bang, blare, blow, burst, clang, clap, crack, din, honk, peal, roar, scream, slam, smash, toot, trumpet, wail, wham |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion |
| Synonyms: | bang, blow-up, burst, crash, detonation, discharge, dynamite, eruption, outbreak, outburst, salvo, volley |
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