sudden+effort

  • 1Sudden oak death — acutie Oak Decline 240px Canker on an infected oak Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Chromalveolata …

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  • 2Best effort delivery — describes a network service in which the does not provide any guarantees that data is delivered or that a user is given a guaranteed quality of service level or a certain priority. In a best effort network all users obtain best effort service,… …

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  • 3break — vb Break, crack, burst, bust, snap, shatter, shiver are comparable as general terms meaning fundamentally to come apart or cause to come apart. Break basically implies the operation of a stress or strain that will cause a rupture, a fracture, a… …

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  • 4snatch — /snætʃ / (say snach) verb (i) 1. (sometimes followed by at) to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand. 2. Rowing to make a hurried, jerky movement at the beginning of a stroke. –verb (t) 3. to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp:… …

  • 5Stroke — Stroke, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See {Strike}, v. t.] 1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon. [1913 Webster] His hand fetcheth …

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  • 6stroke oar — Stroke Stroke, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See {Strike}, v. t.] 1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon. [1913 Webster] His hand… …

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  • 7To keep stroke — Stroke Stroke, n. [OE. strok, strook, strak, fr. striken. See {Strike}, v. t.] 1. The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon. [1913 Webster] His hand… …

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  • 8snatch — snatchable, adj. snatcher, n. snatchingly, adv. /snach/, v.i. 1. to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usually fol. by at). v.t. 2. to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp: He snatched the old lady s purse and ran. 3. to …

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  • 9snatch — [[t]snætʃ[/t]] v. i. 1) to make a sudden effort to seize something, as with the hand; grab (usu. fol. by at) 2) to seize by a sudden or hasty grasp: He snatched the woman s purse and ran[/ex] 3) to take, pull, etc., suddenly or hastily 4) Slang.… …

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  • 10burst — v. & n. v. (past and past part. burst) 1 a intr. break suddenly and violently apart by expansion of contents or internal pressure. b tr. cause to do this. c tr. send (a container etc.) violently apart. 2 a tr. open forcibly. b intr. come open or… …

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