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lift
noun as in help, aid
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verb as in move upwards; ascend
verb as in repeal, revoke
verb as in steal
Example Sentences
For every nanosecond that I miraculously lift off the ground, I land with an inordinately loud thud.
Specifically, the pilots got themselves into a high altitude stall, where the wings lose the capacity to provide lift.
The Kurds claimed at least 100 Islamic militants were killed in the two-day battle to lift the siege.
But only Congress has the ability to completely lift the trade embargo, which has been in place since 1962.
And for those seeking a quick fix: Studies show that light therapy can spur a mood lift in just several days.
The hopes of a man that is void of understanding are vain and deceitful: and dreams lift up fools.
Lift up thy hand over the strange nations, that they may see thy power.
Though, as everybody well knew, the doctor had forbidden her to lift so much as a pin!
He rose upon it, it was under him, he felt its lift and irresistible momentum; almost it bore him up the steps.
A girl was moved to pity by a picture of a lamb caught in a thicket, and tried to lift the branch that lay across the animal.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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