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Main Entry:	can
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	preserve fruit, vegetable
Synonyms:	bottle, keep, put up
Notes:	can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to'

Main Entry:	can
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	be able
Synonyms:	be capable of, be equal to, be up to, be within one's area, be within one's control, can do, commit, could, cut the mustard, have it made, lie in one's power, make it, make out, make the grade, manage, may, take care of
Antonyms:	cannot

Main Entry:	can
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fire from job
Synonyms:	ax, boot, bounce, cashier, discharge, dismiss, expel, kick out, sack*, terminate, give the heave ho, let go
Antonyms:	employ, hire

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Main Entry:	arrest
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stop or slow
Synonyms:	block, can, check, delay, drop, end, freeze, halt, hinder, hold, inhibit, interrupt, knock off, obstruct, prevent, restrain, restrict, retard, scrub*, shut down, stall, stay, suppress
Antonyms:	activate, encourage, release, let go

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Main Entry:	ax/axe
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dismiss from service
Synonyms:	boot, bounce, can, cancel, cut back, discharge, dispense with, eliminate, fire, get rid of, kick out, lay off, remove, sack, terminate, throw out, give a pink slip, give the boot
Antonyms:	hire

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Main Entry:	boot
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kick; oust
Synonyms:	ax, bounce, can, chase, chuck, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, eighty-six, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt, sack*, shove, terminate, throw out, dropkick

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Main Entry:	bounce
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	evict
Synonyms:	ax, can, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six, eject, fire, heave, kick out, oust, sack, terminate, throw, boot out, give one notice, give the heave ho
Antonyms:	allow, permit, let in

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Main Entry:	cap
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	outdo a performance
Synonyms:	beat, best, better, can, clinch, complete, cover, crest, crown, eclipse, exceed, excel, finish, outshine, outstrip, pass, surmount, surpass, top, transcend, wrap up*, button down, button up, cob, do to a T, put the lid on, top it off, trump

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Main Entry:	cashier
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	discard, expel
Synonyms:	ax, boot, bounce, break, can, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, fire, heave, remove, sack*, terminate, drum out, give a pink slip, give the heave ho

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Main Entry:	chuck
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	throw aside, throw away, throw out
Synonyms:	abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six*, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, toss, give the heave ho, slough
Antonyms:	keep

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Main Entry:	consummate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	achieve, finish
Synonyms:	accomplish, can, carry out, clinch, close, come, come through, compass, complete, conclude, crown, drop curtain, end, halt, knock off, perfect, perform, polish off, put away, sign, terminate, ultimate, wind up, wrap, wrap up, button down, call a day, clean up, effectuate, fold up, get it together, go the distance, mop up, put finishing touch on, put lid on, put to bed, sew up, take care of, top it off
Antonyms:	neglect

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Main Entry:	depose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	oust from position
Synonyms:	bounce, break, can, cashier, chuck, degrade, demote, dethrone, dismiss, displace, downgrade, eject, impeach, kick out, overthrow, send packing*, subvert, throw out, unseat, upset, boot out, discrown, drum out, freeze out, give heave-ho, remove from office, ride out on rail, run out of town, throw out on ear, uncrown, unfrock, unmake

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Main Entry:	discard
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get rid of
Synonyms:	abandon, abdicate, abjure, banish, can, cancel, cashier, chuck, desert, dispatch, dispense with, dispose of, dispossess, ditch, divorce, do away with, drop, dump, eject, eliminate, expel, forsake, jettison, junk, oust, protest, reject, relinquish, remove, renounce, repeal, repudiate, scrap, shake off, shed, throw away, throw out, write off, adios, cast aside, deep-six, free of, give up, have done with, part with, put by, sweep away, throw overboard, toss aside
Antonyms:	embrace, keep, retain

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Main Entry:	discharge
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dismiss from responsibility
Synonyms:	absolve, ax, bounce, bump, bust, can, cashier, discard, disencumber, dispense, displace, eject, excuse, exempt, expel, fire, kick out, lay off, let off, nix, oust, relieve, remove, replace, spare, supersede, supplant, terminate, unload, boot out, disburden, freeze out, give one notice, let go, let one go, let out, lock out, privilege from, ride out on rail, run out of town, show the door
Antonyms:	assign, delegate, employ, engage, hire

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Main Entry:	dismiss
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	remove from job, responsibility
Synonyms:	ax, boot, bounce, bump, can, cashier, depose, discharge, displace, disqualify, drop, fire, furlough, impeach, kick out, lay off, oust, pension, put away, recall, retire, sack, send packing, shelve, shut out, suspend, terminate, unseat, boot out, defrock, depone, deselect, disemploy, disfrock, give notice to, give the ax, give the gate, give the heave-ho, give walking papers, give warning, let go, let out, pink-slip, turn away, unfrock, wash out
Antonyms:	appoint, employ, engage, hire, keep, secure

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Main Entry:	displace
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	remove from position of responsibility
Synonyms:	banish, can, cashier, cut out, deport, depose, dethrone, discard, discharge, dismiss, exile, expatriate, fire, oust, relegate, remove, replace, sack, succeed, supersede, supplant, transport, usurp, discrown, disenthrone, disthrone, step into shoes of, take over, take the place of, uncrown, unmake
Antonyms:	leave

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Main Entry:	fire
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	dismiss from responsibility
Synonyms:	ax, boot, can, discharge, drop, eject, expel, give bum's rush, give marching orders, give one notice, give pink slip, give the sack, hand walking papers, kick out, lay off, let one go, oust, pink slip, sack, terminate
Antonyms:	hire

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Main Entry:	jail
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	incarcerate
Synonyms:	book, cage, can, confine, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, prison, put away, railroad, sentence, bastille, lock up, put behind bars, put on ice, send up, take away*, throw away the keys, throw in dungeon, throw the book at
Antonyms:	free, liberate

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Main Entry:	kick out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	get rid of
Synonyms:	ax, boot, bounce, can, cashier, chase, chuck, discharge, dismiss, drop, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, oust, out, reject, remove, sack*, throw out, toss out
Antonyms:	allow, hold, keep

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Main Entry:	pickle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	preserve fruit or vegetable
Synonyms:	can, cure, keep, salt, souse, steep, marinade

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