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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remove from position of responsibility |
| Synonyms: | banish, can*, cashier, cut out, deport, depose, dethrone, discard, discharge, discrown, disenthrone, dismiss, disthrone, exile, expatriate, fire, oust, relegate, remove, replace, sack, step into shoes of, succeed, supersede, supplant, take over, take the place of, transport, uncrown, unmake, usurp |
| Antonyms: | leave |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relieve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help; give assistance |
| Synonyms: | aid, assist, bring aid, give a break, give a hand, give a rest, spell, stand in for, substitute for, succor, support, sustain, take over from, take the place of |
| Antonyms: | burden, discourage, hurt, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | spell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give rest, relief |
| Synonyms: | allow, breathe, free, lay off, lie by, release, relieve, stand in for, take over, take the place of |
| Antonyms: | abuse, run ragged, use |
| Main Entry: | supplant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displace, replace |
| Synonyms: | back up, bounce, cast out, crowd, cut out, eject, expel, fill in, force, force out, front for, oust, outplace, overthrow, remove, ring, ring in, sit in, stand in, substitute, succeed, supersede, swap places with, take out, take over, take the place of, transfer, undermine, unseat, usurp |
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| Concept: | Spell. |
| Category: | 4. Acts of religion |
| Synonyms: |
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spell, charm, incantation, exorcism, weird, cabala, exsufflation, cantrap, runes, abracadabra, open sesame, countercharm, Ephesian letters, bell book and candle, Mumbo Jumbo, evil eye, fee-faw-fum., talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion., wand, caduceus, rod, divining rod, lamp of Aladdin; wishing-cap, Fortunatus's cap.
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