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31put-off — n deterrent, discouragement, disincentive, hindrance, constraint, curb, damper, obstacle, restraint ≠ encouragement, incentive …
32damp·er — /ˈdæmpɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] 1 : a flat piece of metal in a fireplace, furnace, etc., that controls the amount of air that can enter Close the damper. 2 : a small piece of wood inside a piano that is covered with cloth and that stops the… …
33Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
34check — I. n. 1. Restraint, curb, bridle, hindrance, stop, obstacle, impediment, obstruction, bar, barrier, damper, interference, rebuff, repression, control. 2. Counter, register, corresponding indenture, corresponding cipher. 3. Mark, symbol, sign. 4.… …
35destroy — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To bring to nothing] Syn. ruin, demolish, exterminate, raze, annihilate, tear down, throw down, plunder, ransack, pillage, eradicate, do away with, overthrow, cause the downfall of, devastate, swallow up, butcher, extirpate …
36squash — v 1. crush, mash, pulp, macerate, masticate; press, squeeze, squeeze the life out of, Sl. squeeze the bejeesus out of; press flat, flatten, compress, condense, reduce, decrease; smash, pulverize, beat, pound, Dial. squish, Sl. squooze. 2. crowd,… …
37Science and mathematics from the Renaissance to Descartes — George Molland Early in the nineteenth century John Playfair wrote for the Encyclopaedia Britannica a long article entitled ‘Dissertation; exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Mathematics and Physical Science, since the Revival of Letters …
38Rick Alessi — Infobox soap character colour = Television colour|Neighbours name = Rick Alessi first = June 8, 1992 Episode 1696 last = March 9, 1995 Episode 2339 cause = left to work for Gaby Willis at Darwin Branch of Lassiter s age = 35 occupation = parents …
39indispose — v 1. incapacitate, disable, debilitate, unfit, inactivate; disqualify, invalidate, disenable; put out of action, put out of commission, put out of gear, Sl. put out of whack, Inf. sideline, lay up, hospitalize; devitalize, enfeeble, extenuate,… …
40Farscape — For the Klaus Schulze/Lisa Gerrard album, see Farscape (album). Farscape Series logo Format Science Fiction Created …
