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spray

noun as in fine mist

verb as in sprinkle, diffuse

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He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.

Neither Mr. Gelb nor the unions claimed responsibility for the spray painted vulgarities, and the case remains unsolved.

Although some groups, through the thick fog of tear gas, pepper spray and smoke that hung over the city, still lingered.

He was captivated by footage of her escape through the hazy entryway of the supermarket, which was obscured by pepper spray.

The compressions sent the nurses scrambling for face masks and yellow gowns to protect themselves from the red spray.

While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!

When patients are very nervous, it is well to spray the throat with cocain solution.

Here, being suddenly drenched by spray from one of the engines, Sam and Tommy made for the shelter of a chimney-stack.

It is not an easy matter to sit up in a gale of wind, with freezing spray, and sometimes green seas, sweeping over one!

Then the heavens lower, so that the clouds course along the earth, and rain and spray drift far inland.

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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spray, such as: aerosol, sprayer, sprinkler, atomizer, drizzle, and droplets.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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