cessation
nounThe stopping or ending of an activity.
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Clear all filtersThe stopping or ending of an activity.
Ready or eager to argue, oppose, or fight.
Ready to fight or argue
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To make up for a loss or disadvantage, or to provide payment for work.
Make up for a disadvantage
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Payment for work, or something provided to make up for a loss or disadvantage.
A collection assembled from several separate sources or pieces.
Collection from several sources
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Helping to bring about or support a desired result.
Helping a result occur
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Overcrowding or accumulation that obstructs movement or flow.
To compete or struggle against difficulty or opposition.
Compete or struggle
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Dishonest or willing to misuse a position for improper gain.
Dishonest or unprincipled
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Having an effect that works against the intended goal.
The final or highest point of a process.
A constructed channel or passage that carries water beneath a road or similar barrier.
A state of serious deterioration or weakness from age, wear, or neglect.
An amount by which something falls short of what is needed or expected.
Sad or discouraged after disappointment.
Sad after disappointment
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To treat something sacred or deeply respected with serious disrespect.
A state of deep discouragement or loss of hope.
Deep loss of hope
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Very discouraged and without much hope.
To discourage an action or make it less likely to occur.
A disparaging statement or action that diminishes someone's merit.
Causing harm or putting something at a disadvantage.
The choice and arrangement of words, or the clarity with which they are pronounced.
Choice of words
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In a state of disrepair after neglect or age.
In serious disrepair
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Upset or discouraged by an unwelcome development.
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