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  • 71facility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. building, facilities; informal, washroom, toilet.See business, provision, uncleanness, facility. II Ease Nouns 1. facility, ease; easiness; capability, feasibility, practicability; dexterity …

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  • 72free — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. at liberty, unrestrained; exempt; gratuitous, free of charge; lavish, profuse. v. t. unfetter, release; rid [of] (see ejection). See freedom, exemption, nonpayment, liberality. II (Roget s IV) modif …

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  • 73release — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. free, liberate, give out, relinquish. See liberation, acquittal. n. exemption; death. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Freedom] Syn. liberation, discharge, deliverance; see freedom 1 , 2 , freeing , relief 1 …

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  • 74rid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. free, disburden, disencumber. See ejection, liberation, loss. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. relieved, quit, delivered; see free 2 . • be rid of, Syn. be freed, be relieved of, evade, have done with;… …

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  • 75shake — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. vibrate, agitate, shiver, brandish, flourish, rock, sway, wave, rattle, jolt, worry, jar; unsettle, disillusion, impair, unnerve; tremble, quiver, quaver, quake, shudder, flutter, vibrate. See… …

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  • 76unburden — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. unload; lighten, relieve; disclose, reveal. See ejection, levity, disclosure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To unload] Syn. dump, dispose of, relinquish; see lighten 1 , relieve 2 . 2. [To reveal] Syn.… …

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  • 77relieve — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To replace] Syn. release, remove, take over for, cover for, spell*, discharge, force to resign; see also dismiss 1 , 2 , substitute 2 . 2. [To lessen] Syn. assuage, alleviate, soothe, comfort, allay, lighten, mitigate, ease …

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  • 78shake off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. lose, get rid of, drop; see remove 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, release, relieve, rid, throw off,… …

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  • 79throw off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. get better, get well, improve, gain strength; see recover 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, release, relieve …

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  • 80disburden — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To free from or cast out something objectionable or undesirable: clear, disembarrass, disencumber, release, relieve, rid, shake off, throw off, unburden. Slang: shake. See KEEP. 2. To remove the cargo or load from:… …

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