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| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | annihilate | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To destroy all traces of. | |
| Synonyms: | abolish, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | applaud | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To express approval, especially by clapping. | |
| Synonyms: | cheer, clap, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | base | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To provide a basis for. | |
| Synonyms: | build, establish, found, ground, predicate, rest, underpin, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | basis | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | A fundamental principle or underlying concept. | |
| Synonyms: | base, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, fundamental, rudiment, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | center | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | A point of origin from which ideas or influences, for example, originate. | |
| Synonyms: | bottom, core, focus, heart, hub, quick, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | fix | |
| Part of Speech: | verb | |
| Definition: | To implant so deeply as to make change nearly impossible. | |
| Synonyms: | embed, entrench, fasten, infix, ingrain, lodge, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | heart | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | The most central and material part. | |
| Synonyms: | core, essence, gist, kernel, marrow, meat, nub, pith, quintessence, soul, spirit, stuff, substance, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | origin | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | A point of origination. | |
| Synonyms: | beginning, derivation, fount, fountain, fountainhead, mother, parent, provenance, provenience, rootstock, source, spring, well, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
| Roget's II: The New Thesaurus - Cite This Source - Share This | ||
| Main Entry: | theme | |
| Part of Speech: | noun | |
| Definition: | The main part of a word to which affixes are attached. | |
| Synonyms: | base, stem, root | |
| Source: | Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. | |
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