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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial point |
| Synonyms: | crisis, critical point, crux, difficulty, emergency, hour of decision, moment of truth, problem, test, trouble, trying time |
| Antonyms: | trivia |
| Main Entry: | adversity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad luck, situation |
| Synonyms: | affliction, bad break, bummer, calamity, can of worms, catastrophe, clutch, contretemps, crunch, difficulty, disaster, distress, downer, drag*, evil eye, hard knocks, hard times, hardship, hurting, ill fortune, jam, jinx, kiss of death, misery, misfortune, mishap, on the skids, pain in the neck, poison*, reverse, sorrow, suffering, the worst, tough luck, trial, trouble |
| Antonyms: | aid, encouragement, favor, fortune, good luck, help, prosperity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
| Synonyms: | between a rock and a hard place, crunch, difficulty, dilemma, hot water, no-win situation, nuisance, pickle, predicament, quandary, sticky situation, tight situation, tight spot |
| Main Entry: | bite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grip or tear with teeth |
| Synonyms: | champ, chaw, chaw on, chew, chomp, clamp, crunch, crush, cut, eat, gnaw, hold, lacerate, masticate, munch, nibble, nip, pierce, pinch, rend, ruminate, seize, sever, snap, take a chunk out of, taste, tooth, wound |
| Main Entry: | cataclysm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disaster |
| Synonyms: | calamity, cataract, catastrophe, collapse, convulsion, crunch, curtains, debacle, deluge, disturbance, double trouble, flood, flooding, holy mess, inundation, misadventure, ruin, torrent, tragedy, unholy mess, upheaval, waterloo, woe |
| Antonyms: | boon, good fortune, happiness, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | chew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grind with teeth |
| Synonyms: | bite, champ, chaw, chomp, crunch, dispatch, feast upon, gnaw, gulp, gum, manducate, masticate, munch, nibble, rend, ruminate, scrunch |
| Main Entry: | collide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slam into |
| Synonyms: | bang, beat, break up, bump, clash, conflict, crash, crunch, disagree, fender-bend, fragment, hit, jolt, meet head-on, pile up, plow into, pulverize, scrap*, shatter, sideswipe, smash, splinter, strike, wrack up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collision, accidental hitting |
| Synonyms: | accident, bump, collapse, concussion, crack-up, crunch, debacle, ditch, fender bender, fender tag, impact, jar, jolt, percussion, pileup, ram, rear-ender, shock, sideswipe, smash, smashup, splashdown, stack-up, thud, thump, total*, washout, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into pieces |
| Synonyms: | bang into, crack up, crunch, dash, disintegrate, fracture, fragment, pile up, shatter, shiver, sideswipe, smash, smash up, splinter, total*, wrack up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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