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Another word for pluck

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Verb

  1. To remove from a fixed position

    See also:

    put in

Noun

  1. The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely

    See also:

    fear

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Another word for pluck

Noun
  1. See also:

    fortitude

    courage

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • I'll pluck their eyes from their head!

  • She smelt of the flowers, but showed no desire to pluck them; and, when I gathered a few for her, she refused to have them pinned on her dress.

  • In India these animals are hunted with foxhounds or greyhounds, and from their cunning and pluck afford excellent sport.

  • Best I pluck one from their pack and nicely convince that person to share their secret with Daddy!

  • To be able to pluck two such treasures and eliminate another is worthy of praise from high!

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