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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, move speedily |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, barrel, be quick, beeline, bestir, breeze, bullet, burst, bustle, dash, dig in, drive, expedite, fleet, flit, fly, get a move on, go like lightning, goad, haste, hasten, hurry up, hustle, jog, lose no time, make haste, make short work of, make time, make tracks, nip, push, quicken, race, rip, rocket, roll, run, rush, sally, scoot, scurry, shake a leg, smoke, speed, speed up, spur, step on gas, step on it, turn on steam, urge, whirl, whish, whisk, whiz, zip |
| Antonyms: | dally, dawdle, delay, procrastinate, rest, slow, stall, wait |
| Main Entry: | lunge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pounce, dive for |
| Synonyms: | bound, burst, charge, cut, dash, drive, fall upon, hit, jab, jump, leap, lurch, pitch, plunge, poke, push, set upon, stab, strike, surge, thrust |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | mushroom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sprout; grow quickly |
| Synonyms: | augment, blow up, boom, burgeon, burst, detonate, expand, explode, flourish, go off, grow, grow rapidly, increase, luxuriate, proliferate, shoot up, spread, spring up |
| Notes: | neither mushroom (possibly from 'moss'?) nor toadstool (a fanciful name) is a scientific designation |
| Antonyms: | shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | open |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clear, expose; spread |
| Synonyms: | bare, break in, break out, broach, burst, bust in, come apart, crack, disclose, display, disrupt, expand, fissure, free, gap, gape, hole, jimmy, kick in, lacerate, lance, penetrate, perforate, pierce, pop, puncture, release, reveal, rupture, separate, sever, slit, slot, split, tap, throw wide, unbar, unblock, unbolt, unclose, unclothe, uncork, uncover, undo, unfasten, unfold, unfurl, unlatch, unlock, unroll, unseal, unshut, unstop, untie, unwrap, vent, ventilate, yawn, yawp |
| Antonyms: | block, bury, cover, exclude, hide, hinder, shut |
| Main Entry: | rip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tear, cut |
| Synonyms: | burst, claw, cleave, fray, frazzle, gash, hack, lacerate, rend, rive, score, shred, slash, slit, split |
| Antonyms: | close, sew |
| Main Entry: | rupture |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break open |
| Synonyms: | breach, burst, cleave, crack, disrupt, divide, erupt, fracture, hold, open, part, puncture, rend, rive, separate, sever, shatter, split, sunder, tear |
| Antonyms: | close, join, mend |
| 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: | shiver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shatter; break into small pieces |
| Synonyms: | burst, crack, fragment, fragmentalize, pash, rive, smash, smash to smithereens, smatter, splinter, splinterize |
| Antonyms: | fix, mend |
| 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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