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spar

verb as in scrap

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verb as in fight

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I finished the counter using four one-by-eight fir planks that I sanded and sealed with two coats of marine-grade spar varnish and then buffed to a glossy shine.

Spar has a new book titled The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.

Asked if the ability to reproduce should be a human right, Spar said she would leave that for the philosophers to think about.

But an island any less menacing would fail to breed a villain who could hope to spar with James Bond.

But Cruz followed Lee on the Senate floor to spar with McCain.

By Monday, however, Santorum had learned to deflect questions on hot-button social issues rather than spar with potential voters.

Presently the bowman uttered a thrilling shout, for, through the turmoil of dashing spray, he saw the man clinging to a spar!

The canvas was torn from the yards, and spar after spar fell, until nothing but the masts remained.

On the third round the sail was pulled down and the spar housed, but it was too late in the day to pick up the first flight.

And logs were chained fast around the vessel so that no torpedo spar could reach her.

At the bow of this launch was a long spar, and at the end of this spar was a torpedo holding a hundred pounds of dynamite.

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On this page you'll find 40 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spar, such as: argue, quarrel, box, and fight.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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