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  Word Explanations sunder, deride, lacerate, flag, imprecate, dissent, mollify, broach, fulminate, savor


   
Explanation of sunder (verb)
to break; to split in two; to divide

Sample of sunder
The Civil War threatened to sunder the United States.
Management seeks to sunder the workers' connections to the union.



   
Explanation of deride (verb)
to laugh at with contempt; to mock; to sneer; to ridicule

Sample of deride
No matter what he said, he was derided.
It is impolite to deride someone even if you dislike him.



   
Explanation of lacerate (verb)
to tear; mangle; to wound; hurt; to rip

Sample of lacerate
Sharp knives may lacerate the skin of an unsuspecting user.
Her rejection will lacerate my self-esteem.



   
Explanation of flag (verb)
to become weak; to send a message; to signal; to lose energy or momentum

Sample of flag
The smaller animal flagged before the larger one.



   
Explanation of imprecate (verb)
to pray for evil; to invoke a curse

Sample of imprecate
A witch may imprecate an enemy with a curse of bad luck.



   
Explanation of dissent (verb)
differ in opinion; to dispute; to differ; to oppose

Sample of dissent
They agreed that something had to be done, but dissented on how to do it.



   
Explanation of mollify (verb)
to soften; to make less intense; to pacify

Sample of mollify
We used our hands to mollify the sound of our giggling.



   
Explanation of broach (verb)
to introduce into conversation; to open a subject for discussion

Sample of broach
Broaching the touchy subject was difficult.



   
Explanation of fulminate (verb)
to blame; to denunciate; to attack strongly; to explode with a loud noise

Sample of fulminate
It is impolite to fulminate someone for your mistakes.
Senator Shay fulminated against her opponent's double-standard on campaign finance reform.



   
Explanation of savor (verb)
to receive pleasure from; to enjoy with appreciation; to dwell on with delight

Sample of savor
After several months without a day off, she savored every minute of her week-long vacation.



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