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Another word for jar

Verb

  1. To fail to be in accord

    2. Idioms:
    See also:

    agree

Another word for jar

Noun

  1. Violent forcible contact between two or more things

    2. See also:

    conflict

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Another word for jar

Verb

  1. To cause to tremble

    2. See also:

    hit

    crash

  2. To create discordant sounds

    3. See also:

    sound

  3. To disconcert

    4. See also:

    disturb

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Sentence Examples

  • She handed the jar to Rob and grinned.

  • I may jar us loose.

  • The jar made by shifting the men from one hole to another tells me when it is my turn.

  • His response was a strike hard enough to jar her to the bone when she blocked it.

  • There is no sign that Tauler, for example, or Ruysbroeck, or Thomas a Kempis had felt the dogmatic teaching of the Church jar in any single point upon their religious consciousness.

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