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blast
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blame, denounce |
| Synonyms: | admonish, berate, blast, castigate, censure, condemn, crack down on, except, expostulate, go after, have at, jump down one's throat, kick, lambaste, lay into, lay out, let have it, object, protest, rail, read out, recriminate, remonstrate, reproach, rip into, roast, scold, scorch, sound off, tongue-lash, trash*, upbraid, vituperate, work over |
| Antonyms: | flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pronounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce, declare |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, blast, call, decree, deliver, drum, judge, mouth, proclaim, say, sound off, spread around, trumpet, verbalize |
| Notes: | to announce is to make known publicly; to pronounce is to declare officially or formally |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | protest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | complain, disapprove; argue against |
| Synonyms: | affirm, assert, asseverate, attest, avouch, avow, back-talk, be against, be displeased by, blast*, buck, combat, constate, contend, cry out, declare, demonstrate, demur, disagree, except, expostulate, fight, holler, howl, insist, inveigh against, kick*, maintain, make a stink, object, oppose, predicate, profess, put up a fight, rebel, remonstrate, resist, revolt, say no, sound off, squawk, take exception, testify, thumbs down |
| Antonyms: | accept, approve, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | criticize harshly |
| Synonyms: | abuse, attack, bawl out, berate, blast, castigate, censure, chew out, complain, fulminate, fume, inveigh, jaw, objurate, rant, rate, revile, scold, thunder, tongue-lash, upbraid, vituperate, vociferate, whip |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | roar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | growl, howl |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, bellow, blast, bluster, boom, brawl, bray, clamor, crash, cry, detonate, din, drum, explode, holler, rebound, reecho, repercuss, resound, reverberate, roll, rout, rumble, shout, sound, thunder, trumpet, vociferate, yell |
| Main Entry: | shatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into small pieces |
| Synonyms: | blast, blight, burst, crack, crash, crunch, crush, dash, demolish, destroy, disable, exhaust, explode, fracture, fragment, fragmentalize, fragmentize, impair, implode, overturn, pulverize, rend, rive, ruin, scrunch, shiver, smash, smash to smithereens, smatter, snap, splinter, splinterize, split, torpedo, total*, wrack up, wreck |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill |
| Synonyms: | bag*, barrage, blast, bombard, bring down, catapult, dispatch, drop the hammer, emit, execute, expel, explode, fire, fling, gun, hit, hurl, ignite, kill, launch, let fly, let go with, loose, murder, open fire, open up, pick off, plug, pop*, project, propel, pull the trigger, pump, set off, throw lead, torpedo, trigger, zap |
| Notes: | a chute is a sloping channel through which things can descend; shoot, as a noun, is a sprout, a bud, young leaf, or other new growth on a plant; shoot, as a verb, means to hit with a missile from a weapon - fire a shot - make a film or photograph of something - move quickly and violently |
| Antonyms: | backfire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw or push very hard |
| Synonyms: | bang, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, clobber, close, crash, cudgel, dash, fling, hammer, hit, hurl, knock, pound, shut, slap, slug, smash, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop |
| Main Entry: | smash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into pieces |
| Synonyms: | bang, belt, blast, break to smithereens, burst, clobber, collide, crack, crash, crush, demolish, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, hit, make mincemeat of, pound, powder, pulverize, rive, scrunch, shatter, shiver, slam, slug, splinter, squash, squish, trash, wallop |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend |
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