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Main Entry:	slam
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	loud noise from impact
Synonyms:	bang, bash, blast, blow, boom, burst, clap, crack, crash, ding, pound, smack, smash, whack, wham

Main Entry:	slam
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	throw or push very hard
Synonyms:	bang, bat, batter, beat, belt, blast, clobber, close, crash, cudgel, dash, fling, hammer, hit, hurl, knock, pound, shut, slap, slug, smash, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop

Main Entry:	slam
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	harsh criticism
Synonyms:	animadversion, aspersion, jab, obloquy, slap, slur, stricture, swipe*, potshot
Antonyms:	compliment, flattery, praise

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Main Entry:	slam
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize very harshly
Synonyms:	attack, castigate, damn, excoriate, flay, lambaste*, pan, scourge, slap, slash, vilify, lash into, scathe, shoot down
Antonyms:	flatter, praise

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Main Entry:	aspersion
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	verbal exhibition of bad temper
Synonyms:	abuse, animadversion, backbiting, black eye, calumny, defamation, detraction, hit, invective, knock, libel, obloquy, put-down, rap, slam, slander, smear*, vituperation, backhanded compliment, dirty dig
Notes:	baptism by sprinkling is aspersion, by dipping is immersion, by pouring water is affusion
Antonyms:	calmness, happiness, kindness, mildness

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Main Entry:	assault
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	attack
Synonyms:	abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap*

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Main Entry:	bad-mouth
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	to denigrate
Synonyms:	belittle, criticize, disparage, knock, malign, pan, put down, rap, rip, roast, run down, slam, slander, tear down*, cut down to size, dis, dump on, find fault, mudsling, pooh pooh, take a dig at, take down a peg, tear to pieces

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Main Entry:	bash
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hit
Synonyms:	clobber, pop, punch, slam, slug, smash, strike, whack

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Main Entry:	bat
Part of Speech:	noun, verb
Definition:	a hit with a solid object
Synonyms:	bang, belt, blow, crack, knock, rap, slam, smack, sock, strike, swat, thump, thwack, wallop, whack, bop, whop

Main Entry:	belittle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	detract
Synonyms:	bad-mouth, blister, criticize, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, downgrade, downplay, knock, lower, minimize, pan, put down, rip, roast, run down, scorch, scorn, slam, smear, sour grapes, squash, squelch, take down, tear down, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off, cut down to size, cut to the quick, dispraise, dump on, pooh pooh, poor mouth, scoff at, shoot down, shoot full of holes, sneer at, take a swipe at, take down a peg
Antonyms:	build up, exaggerate, praise, value

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Main Entry:	belt
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hit hard
Synonyms:	bash, bat, blast, blow, clobber, slam, slug, smack, smash, sock, strap, switch, wallop, whip, biff, bop, whop
Antonyms:	pat, tap

Main Entry:	clap
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	loud hitting noise
Synonyms:	applause, bang, blast, boom, burst, crack, crash, pat, slam, slap, smash, strike, thrust, thunder, thwack, wallop, whack, wham, handclap, thunderclap

Main Entry:	clobber
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hit, beat
Synonyms:	belt, blast, drub, lambaste, lick, shellac, slam, slug, smash, smear, smother, thrash, trim, wallop, whip

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Main Entry:	collision
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	accident
Synonyms:	blow, bump, butt, concussion, contact, crash, destruction, dilapidation, encounter, fender bender, hit, impact, jar, jolt, knock, percussion, pileup, rap, ruin, shock, slam, smash, strike, thud, thump, wreck, demolishment, head-on, sideswipe

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Main Entry:	critique
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	analysis, essay
Synonyms:	appraisal, assessment, comment, commentary, criticism, editorial, examination, exposition, flak, judgment, notice, pan, rap, rave, review, slam, slap, study, write-up, putdown, reviewal, takedown, zapper
Antonyms:	compliment, praise

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Main Entry:	damn
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	condemn, denounce
Synonyms:	abuse, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, castigate, censure, confound, convict, criticize, curse, darn, doom, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, jinx, objurgate, pan*, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, anathematize, cast out, complain of, cry down, cuss, denunciate, drat, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, object to, thunder against
Antonyms:	bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote

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Main Entry:	decry
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	criticize, blame
Synonyms:	abuse, bad-mouth, belittle, calumniate, censure, condemn, defame, denounce, depreciate, derogate, detract, devalue, diminish, discount, discredit, disgrace, disparage, downgrade, hit, knock, lower, malign, minimize, pan, put down, rap, reprehend, reprobate, run down, slam*, traduce, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, vilify, write off, asperse, cry down, do a number on, dump on, mark down, opprobriate, poor-mouth, rail against, take away, take swipe at, throw stones at
Antonyms:	applaud, compliment, exalt, laud, praise

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Main Entry:	defamation
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	libel, slander
Synonyms:	aspersion, backbiting, black eye, calumny, character assassination, depreciation, detraction, dirt, disparagement, dump, dynamite, hit, knock, lie, mud, obloquy, opprobrium, slam*, slime, slur, smear, tale, backstabbing, belittlement, cheap shot, denigration, dirty laundry, low-down dirty, scorcher, slap in face, traducement, vilification
Antonyms:	approval, commendation, compliment, exaltation, praise

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Main Entry:	defame
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	inflict libel or slander
Synonyms:	bad-mouth, belie, besmirch, blacken, blister, calumniate, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, knock, malign, pan, roast, scandalize, scorch, slam, smear, stigmatize, traduce, vilify, vituperate, asperse, cast aspersions on, cast slur on, do a number on, put zingers on, speak evil of, throw mud at, villainize
Antonyms:	approve, commend, compliment, exalt, praise

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Main Entry:	degrade
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	shame, humiliate
Synonyms:	abase, belittle, bench, break, bump, bust, canker, cheapen, corrupt, debase, debauch, decry, degenerate, demean, demote, depose, deprave, derogate, deteriorate, detract, diminish, discredit, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, downgrade, humble, impair, injure, lessen, lower, pan, pervert, put down, reduce, rule out, run down, sink, slam, take down, tear down, vitiate, weaken, bemean, cast down, cut down to size, declass, disbar, mudsling, shoot down*, take down a peg
Antonyms:	admire, approve, elevate, honor, promote, upgrade