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nemeses
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bane |
| Synonyms: | adversary, affliction, bête noire, curse, infliction, opponent, plague, rival, ruination, scourge, torment |
| Main Entry: | jinx |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | curse |
| Synonyms: | black magic, charm, enchantment, evil eye, hex, hoodoo, kiss of death, nemesis, plague, spell, voodoo |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, boon, luck |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation of devastation |
| Synonyms: | atrophy, bane, bankruptcy, bath, breakdown, collapse, confusion, crackup, crash, crumbling, damage, decay, defeat, degeneracy, degeneration, demolition, destitution, destruction, deterioration, dilapidation, disintegration, disrepair, dissolution, downfall, downgrade, extinction, failure, fall, havoc, insolvency, loss, nemesis, overthrow, ruination, skids, subversion, the end, undoing, waste, waterloo, wreck, wreckage |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Antonyms: | building, construction, creation, development, growth |
| Main Entry: | avenger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone taking vengeance |
| Synonyms: | nemesis, retaliator, vindicator |
| Main Entry: | archenemy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enemy |
| Synonyms: | adversary, antagonist, archfoe, foe, nemesis, opponent |
| Main Entry: | hoodoo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jinx |
| Synonyms: | black magic, charm, curse, enchantment, evil eye, hex, kiss of death, nemesis, plague, spell, voodoo |
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