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  • 61retire — withdraw, *go, leave, depart, quit Analogous words: *recede, retreat: recoil, *rebound, resile: *relinquish, yield, surrender, abandon …

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  • 62reverberate — repercuss, *rebound, recoil, resile Analogous words: *return, revert, recur …

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  • 63back — I n 1. rear, end, tail end, heel, stern; posterior, breech, buttocks, rump, fundament, hindquarters, (of animals) loins, (horse) croup; (of the neck) nape, (of the neck) scruff, (of the head) Anat. occiput; reverse, reverse side, other side, flip …

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  • 64backfire — v 1. explode, discharge, detonate, burst. 2. boomerang, come home to roost, backlash, recoil, rebound, spring back, resile, bounce back; ricochet; reverse, turn the tables …

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  • 65boomerang — v come back, return, rebound, spring back, resile, bounce back; recoil, reverse, backfire, backlash, come home to roost; ricochet …

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  • 66bounce — v 1. rebound, recoil, resile. 2. caper, gambol, frisk, prance, skip, trip, bob, romp. 3. bound, leap, jump, spring, hurdle, vault, clear. n 4. rebound, bound, recoil, spring; resilience, elasticity, give, snap, stretch. 5. vitality, energy,… …

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  • 67bound — I adj 1. tied, tethered, made fast, fastened, secured, fixed; in bonds, shackled, fettered, manacled, handcuffed; restrained, confined, restricted. 2. obligated, obliged, duty bound; required, compel ed, constrained. 3. destined, predestined,… …

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  • 68kick — v 1.Sl. boot, Obs. foot, kick away; Football. punt, drop kick, place kick; (all of the foot) strike, hit, tap; propel, push, shove. 2. recoil, backlash, react; spring back, rebound, resile, bounce back, snap back; kick back, fly back, return,… …

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  • 69react — v 1. respond, reply, answer, acknowledge; retort, rebut, refute, come back. 2. reciprocate, return, match; retaliate, repay, requite, get back at, come back at, get even. 3. counteract, conflict, oppose, contradict; counterbalance, offset,… …

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  • 70recoil — v 1. shy, jump, jump back, start; shrink, shrink back, hang back, balk, quail, flinch, wince, blench, cower; falter, give way, lose heart, lose courage. 2. spring back, lash back, fly back, kick back, rebound, resile, reverberate, reflect. n 3.… …

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