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Word Explanations relinquish, excise, tether, emend, cauterize, rout, supinate, claver, disembowel, blackleg

Explanation of relinquish (verb)
forms: relinquished; relinquished; relinquishing
release, as from one's grip; release

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Explanation of excise (verb)
forms: excised; excised; excising
remove by cutting

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Explanation of tether (verb)
forms: tethered; tethered; tethering
tie with a rope or chain

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Explanation of emend (verb)
forms: emended; emended; emending
make improvements or corrections to

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Explanation of cauterize (verb)
forms: cauterized; cauterized; cauterizing
make insensitive or callous; cauterise

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Explanation of rout (verb)
forms: routed; routed; routing
defeat disastrously

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Explanation of supinate (verb)
turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)

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Explanation of claver (verb)
talk socially without exchanging too much information; shoot the breeze; chat; confabulate; confab

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Explanation of disembowel (verb)
remove the entrails of; draw

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Explanation of blackleg (verb)
take the place of work of someone on strike; rat

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