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  • 81search — I. v. a. 1. Examine, explore, scrutinize, investigate, overhaul, sift, inspect, look into, search into, pry into, peer into. 2. Inquire after, seek, look for. 3. Probe. 4. Examine, try, test. II. v. n. 1. Seek, look, make search, hunt. 2 …

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  • 82meddle — verb 1) don t meddle in my affairs Syn: interfere in/with, butt in/into, intrude on/into, intervene in, pry into; informal poke one s nose in, horn in on, muscle in on, snoop into, stick one s oar in, kibitz in 2) someone had been meddling with… …

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  • 83snoop — 1. verb 1) don t snoop into our affairs Syn: pry into, inquire into/about, be inquisitive about/of, be curious about, poke about/around, be a busybody about, poke one s nose into; interfere in/with, meddle in/with, intrude on; informal be nosy… …

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  • 84explore — v 1. traverse, range over, travel over, wander over; check out, take a look at, inspect, survey, reconnoiter; search, prospect. 2. scrutinize, examine, plumb, analyze, take apart, dissect; investigate, look into, pry into, inquire into, canvass,… …

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  • 85hunt — v 1. chase, give chase, run down or after, make after, pursue, course, Brit. chevy, (in India) shikar, follow close or hot on one s heels; hound, dog, hawk, pigstick; stalk, still hunt, track, trail, follow, shadow, haunt, Inf. tail; track down,… …

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  • 86rout — I n 1. conquest, vanquishment, defeat, subjugation, subdual; drubbing, beating, Sl. pasting, Sl. shellacking, trouncing; discomfiture, overwhelming, trampling, overcoming, overpowering, overthrow, wipeout, upset; debacle, disorderly flight,… …

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  • 87Mirage (Marvel Comics) — For other uses of the name Mirage in comics, see Mirage (comics). Mirage Publication information Publisher Marv …

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  • 88Libel — • A malicious publication by writing, printing, picture, effigy, sign, or otherwise than by mere speech, which exposes any living person, or the memory of any person deceased, to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or obloquy, or which causes or tends to …

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  • 89search — I verb chase after, closely examine, comb, delve, examine, examine by inspection, explore, ferret, follow the trail of, go through, hunt, indagate, inquire into, inspect, investigate, look into, look over, look through, probe, pry into, pursue,… …

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  • 90question — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. problem, subject; query, interrogation; doubt, dispute. See inquiry. v. t. interrogate, examine, cross examine, quiz; dispute, challenge, doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A query] Syn. inquiry, inquiring …

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