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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain, make clear |
| Synonyms: | analyze, break down, clear up, define, delineate, draw a picture, elucidate, formulate, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, make perfectly clear, make plain, resolve, settle, shed light on, simplify, spell out, straighten out, throw light on |
| Antonyms: | confuse, muddle |
| Main Entry: | come unglued |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose one's cool |
| Synonyms: | break down, come apart at the seams, come apart at the seams, come unstuck, come unwrapped, disintegrate, fall apart, fall to bits, fall to bits, fall to pieces, fall to pieces, go to pieces, malfunction |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose self-control |
| Synonyms: | become deranged, become insane, blow one's mind, blow up, break down, bug out, collapse, flip*, give way, go bonkers, go crazy, go to pieces, lose it, succumb, yield |
| Antonyms: | be calm, compose |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become wrinkled |
| Synonyms: | break down, buckle, cave in, collapse, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, give way, go to pieces, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | cry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | weep and make sad sounds |
| Synonyms: | bawl, bemoan, bewail, blub, blubber, boohoo, break down, burst into tears, caterwaul, choke up, complain, crack up, deplore, dissolve in tears, fret, grieve, groan, howl, keen, lament, let go, let it all out, mewl, moan, mourn, put on the weeps, regret, ring the blues, shed bitter tears, shed tears, sigh, sniff, snivel, sob, sorrow, squall, turn on waterworks, wail, weep, whimper, whine, yammer, yowl |
| Main Entry: | decipher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, break, break down, bring out, cipher, construe, crack, decode, deduce, disentangle, dope out, elucidate, encipher, explain, expound, find the key, interpret, make clear, make out, puzzle out, read, render, reveal, solve, spell, translate, unfold, unravel, unriddle |
| Antonyms: | code, encode, scramble |
| Main Entry: | decompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rot, break up |
| Synonyms: | break down, crumble, decay, disintegrate, dissolve, fall apart, fester, molder, putrefy, putresce, spoil, taint, turn |
| Antonyms: | combine, develop, grow, improve |
| Main Entry: | decompose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze by taking apart |
| Synonyms: | anatomize, atomize, break down, break up, decompound, disintegrate, dissect, dissolve, distill, resolve, separate |
| Antonyms: | combine, join, put together, unite |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, axe, blot out, break down, butcher, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, impair, kill, lay waste, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out, spoliate, stamp out, suppress, swallow up, tear down, torpedo, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax, wipe out, wreck, zap |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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