| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Rapidness of movement or activity: celerity, expedition, expeditiousness, fleetness, haste, hurry, hustle, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, speediness, swiftness. See FAST. | | VERB: | 1. To eat completely or entirely: consume, devour, eat up. Informal : polish off, put away. See INGESTION. 2. To cause the death of: carry off, cut down, cut off, destroy, finish (off), kill1, slay. Slang : waste, zap. Idioms: put an end to, put to sleep. See HELP. 3. To cause (something) to be conveyed to a destination: address, consign, forward, route, send, ship, transmit. See MOVE.
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