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thump
To beat so as to produce a thump or thumps:
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  1. To beat so as to produce a thump or thumps:
  2. To move or cause to strike with a thump or thumps:
  3. To move or collide with a thump or thumps:
fling
To put abruptly or violently
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  1. To put abruptly or violently
  2. To move (one's arms, legs, head, etc.) suddenly or impulsively
  3. To move suddenly and violently; rush; dash
hurl
To cause to move with great force or violence:
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  1. To cause to move with great force or violence:
  2. To move with force or violence; rush
  3. To throw something with force.
bang
Exactly; precisely:
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  1. Exactly; precisely:
  2. Suddenly; abruptly:
  3. Hard, noisily, and suddenly
crash
To move noisily or so as to cause damage:
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  1. To move noisily or so as to cause damage:
  2. (Informal) To get into (a party, theater, etc.) without an invitation, ticket, etc.
  3. To move or go with such a noise
push
To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it:
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  1. To apply pressure against (something), especially for the purpose of moving it:
  2. To thrust, shove, or drive (up, down, in, out, etc.)
  3. To move by being pushed
bang
Hard, noisily, and suddenly
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  1. Hard, noisily, and suddenly
  2. Suddenly; abruptly:
  3. Exactly; precisely:
clap
To strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound, as in applauding.
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  1. To strike the palms of the hands together with a sudden explosive sound, as in applauding.
  2. To strike (the hands) together with an abrupt, loud sound, usually repeatedly:
  3. To strike together with a sharp sound, as one hard surface on another:
crash
To cause (a car, airplane, etc.) to crash
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  1. To cause (a car, airplane, etc.) to crash
  2. To break or dash into pieces; smash; shatter
  3. (Informal) To get into (a party, theater, etc.) without an invitation, ticket, etc.
whack
To strike or slap with a sharp, resounding blow
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  1. To strike or slap with a sharp, resounding blow
  2. To strike (someone or something) with a sharp blow; slap.
  3. (Slang) To murder (a person), often, specif., for pay
bash
To strike with a heavy, crushing blow:
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  1. To strike with a heavy, crushing blow:
  2. To strike with a violent blow; smash (in)
  3. To attack or abuse, as with blows or with words
catch
To capture or seize, especially after a chase:
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  1. To capture or seize, especially after a chase:
  2. To hold up; delay:
  3. To reach just in time; get so as to be carried by:
clout
(Informal) To strike, as with the hand
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  1. (Informal) To strike, as with the hand
  2. (Informal) To hit (a ball) hard
  3. To hit, especially with the fist.
hit
To attack:
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  1. To attack:
  2. (Baseball) To execute (a base hit) successfully:
  3. To go to; visit
knock
To affect in a specified way by striking hard:
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  1. To affect in a specified way by striking hard:
  2. To produce by hitting or striking:
  3. To hit; strike
pop
(Baseball) To hit a short high fly ball, especially one that can be caught by an infielder:
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  1. (Baseball) To hit a short high fly ball, especially one that can be caught by an infielder:
  2. With or like a pop
  3. To cause to pop
slog
To make (one's way) with great effort; plod
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  1. To make (one's way) with great effort; plod
  2. To walk or progress with a slow heavy pace; plod:
  3. To work diligently for long hours:
slug
To wait for or obtain a ride to work by standing at a roadside hoping to be picked up by a driver who needs another passenger to use the HOV lanes of a highway.
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  1. To wait for or obtain a ride to work by standing at a roadside hoping to be picked up by a driver who needs another passenger to use the HOV lanes of a highway.
  2. (Printing) To insert (a slug) between lines
  3. (Informal) To drink rapidly or in large gulps:
smash
To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
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  1. To strike with a heavy blow or impact:
  2. (Sports) To hit a ball, puck, or shuttlecock in a forceful overhand stroke.
  3. To break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow or collision:
smite
To affect sharply with great feeling:
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  1. To affect sharply with great feeling:
  2. To inspire strong and sudden love or devotion
  3. To afflict:
sock
To deliver a blow.
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  1. To deliver a blow.
  2. To hit or strike with force, esp. with the fist
  3. To hit or strike forcefully; punch.
strike
To come upon; arrive at
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  1. To come upon; arrive at
  2. To hook (a fish that has risen to the bait) by a pull on the line
  3. To remove or separate suddenly, as with a blow:
swat
To strike or try to strike something with a sharp blow:
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  1. To strike or try to strike something with a sharp blow:
  2. To hit with a quick, sharp blow
  3. To strike or hit with a sharp blow:
thwack
To strike with something flat; whack
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  1. To strike with something flat; whack
  2. To strike or hit with a flat object; whack.
whack
To strike (someone or something) with a sharp blow; slap.
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  1. To strike (someone or something) with a sharp blow; slap.
  2. To strike or slap with a sharp, resounding blow
  3. (Slang) To murder (a person), often, specif., for pay
wham
To collide or strike with great force.
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  1. To collide or strike with great force.
  2. To strike or crash into with resounding impact.
  3. To strike, explode, etc. loudly
whop
To defeat soundly; thrash.
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  1. To defeat soundly; thrash.
  2. To strike with a heavy blow.
  3. To hit, strike, beat, etc.
biff
To strike or punch.
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  1. To strike or punch.
  2. To strike; hit
bop
(Slang) To walk, esp. in an easy but strutting way
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  1. (Slang) To walk, esp. in an easy but strutting way
  2. To dance to this music, or indeed any sort of popular music with a strong beat.
  3. To hit or strike.
clip
To enunciate with clarity and precision:
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  1. To enunciate with clarity and precision:
  2. (Sports) To hit or kick (the ball) in a certain direction.
  3. (Informal) To hit or punch with a quick, sharp blow
wallop
To strike with a hard blow:
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  1. To strike with a hard blow:
  2. To move in a heavy or clumsy manner.
  3. To move along in a rapid, reckless, awkward way
belt
To equip, support, or attach with a belt:
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  1. To equip, support, or attach with a belt:
  2. (Slang) To strike forcefully; hit.
  3. To strike with a belt
conk
To straighten (tightly curled hair) usually by chemical means.
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  1. To straighten (tightly curled hair) usually by chemical means.
  2. To fall asleep, especially suddenly or heavily:
  3. To hit, especially on the head.
paste
To cover with pasted material
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  1. To cover with pasted material
  2. To cover with something by using paste:
  3. (Slang) To hit; punch
blister
To cause blisters to form on
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  1. To cause blisters to form on
  2. To break out in or as if in blisters.
  3. To lash with words
drub
To defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.
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  1. To defeat soundly in a fight, contest, etc.
  2. To beat as with a stick or club; cudgel; thrash
  3. To beat the ground; stamp.
excoriate
To censure strongly; denounce:
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  1. To censure strongly; denounce:
  2. To criticize (something) harshly:
  3. To tear, scrape, or wear off (the skin).
flay
To strip off the skin or outer covering of.
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  1. To strip off the skin or outer covering of.
  2. To strip of money or goods; fleece.
  3. To whip or lash.
lash
To drive or goad; sting:
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  1. To drive or goad; sting:
  2. To swing or move quickly or angrily; switch
  3. To move quickly or violently; switch
scarify
To frighten
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  1. To frighten
  2. To create a design on (the skin) by means of shallow cuts that are sometimes rubbed with a colorant or irritant to enhance the resulting scar tissue.
  3. (Botany) To slit or soften the outer coat of (seeds) in order to speed germination.
scathe
To wither; sear
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  1. To wither; sear
  2. (Now Chiefly Dial.) To injure
  3. To harm or injure, especially by fire.
scorch
To destroy (land and buildings) by fire or military action so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.
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  1. To destroy (land and buildings) by fire or military action so as to leave nothing salvageable to an enemy army.
  2. To become scorched or singed.
  3. To go or move at a very fast, often excessively fast rate.
score
To record or add (points) to one's score
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  1. To record or add (points) to one's score
  2. (Sports & Games) To achieve or gain in a game or contest:
  3. (Music, Dancing) To orchestrate, arrange, or write out in a score
scourge
To punish, chastise, or afflict severely
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  1. To punish, chastise, or afflict severely
  2. To afflict with severe or widespread suffering and devastation; ravage.
  3. To whip or flog
slap
To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order:
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  1. To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order:
  2. To impose (a legal obligation) on someone:
  3. To impose (a fine, etc.) on a person, business, etc.
slash
To reduce or curtail drastically:
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  1. To reduce or curtail drastically:
  2. To whip viciously; lash; scourge
  3. (Sports) To hit or propel (a ball, for instance) forcefully in a straight line.
roast
To be or become very hot
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  1. To be or become very hot
  2. (Metallurgy) To heat (ores) in a furnace in order to dehydrate, purify, or oxidize before smelting.
  3. To cook (something) with little or no moisture, as in an oven, over an open fire, or in hot embers
bang
(--- Informal) A display of enthusiasm or vigor
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  1. (--- Informal) A display of enthusiasm or vigor
  2. A fringe of hair cut short and straight across the forehead.
  3. (Informal) A sudden burst of action:
crash
A sudden loud noise, as of an object breaking:
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  1. A sudden loud noise, as of an object breaking:
  2. A sudden failure of a program or operating system, usually without serious consequences.
  3. (Computers) A sudden failure of a hard drive caused by damaging contact between the head and the storage surface, often resulting in the loss of data on the drive.
smash
A hard, heavy hit or blow; specif., a hard overhand stroke, as in tennis, that is difficult to return
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  1. A hard, heavy hit or blow; specif., a hard overhand stroke, as in tennis, that is difficult to return
  2. A violent breaking of something or the noise made by such breaking:
  3. A heavy blow or collision:
wham
A forceful, resounding blow.
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  1. A forceful, resounding blow.
  2. The sound of such a blow.
  3. A heavy blow, impact, etc.
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  • Jenn heard him stride away and slam a door.

  • Every time we're a whisker away from nailing Byrne, something crops up to slam the door in our face.

  • Warmth splattered her face as he continued to slam his fist into the hole.

  • She stood beside Alex and listened to the truck door slam and the engine race when Josh started it.

  • Isac was the first to slam an axe into Darian's body, his brutal strikes falling over and over.

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