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| Main Entry: | bog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | fen, marsh, mire, morass, moss, quagmire, lowland, marshland, peat, quag, slough, sump, wetlands |
| Main Entry: | marsh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | bog, estuary, fen, mire, morass, moss, quagmire, everglade, quag, slough, swampland, wetland |
| Main Entry: | mire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | muck, morass |
| Synonyms: | bog, dirt, fen, goo*, marsh, moss, mud, ooze*, quagmire, slime*, swamp, glop, gunk, quicksand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obliterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, ax*, black out*, bog, cancel, cover, cut, defeat, delete, do in*, efface, eliminate, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, finish, kill, knock off*, knock out*, level*, liquidate, nix*, obscure, off, ravage, rub out*, scratch, scrub, sink, smash, squash, total*, trash*, waste, wipe out*, zap*, KO, X-out, blot out*, blue pencil, finish off*, mark out, root out*, rub off, shoot down, take apart, take out*, torpedo*, wash out*, wipe off face of earth |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, check, choke, clog, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, set back, shut down, slacken, stall, take down, bring to screeching halt, choke off, close off, hang up, retardate, shut off, slow down, slow up |
| Antonyms: | advance, help, push |
| Main Entry: | swamp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wet land covered with vegetation |
| Synonyms: | bog, fen, glade, marsh, mire, moor, morass, mud, quagmire, bottoms, everglade, holm, marshland, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, slough, swale, swampland |
| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | land that is uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | barren, bog, brush, bush, desert, fen, jungle, marsh, moor, quagmire, solitude, swamp, tundra, void, wasteland, wild, wilderness, badlands, brushland, dust bowl, marshland, wilds |
| Notes: | wastage is loss through use such as wear, leakage, or decay; the gradual process of wasting; or an amount that is wasted -- while waste is loss through carelessness, inefficiency, or ignorance or another word for garbage or rubbish |
| Antonyms: | development |
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