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Def.)To refuse to deal with or buy from for specific reasons. My parents organized a boycott of the toy store for selling realistic-looking toy guns. (N) We’re boycotting the restaurant because so many people have gotten sick from eating there. (V)
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Def.)Uninterrupted (Adj)Ex) My y brother talks continuously, without interruptions, which makes it hard to actually have a conversation with him.
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1)to suffocate, 2)to muffle 3)to cut off air My brother put a pillow over my face and almost stifled, or suffocated, me. (V) It is so hot and stuffy in this room. It’s stifling in here! (Adj.)
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Def.)to hold back Ex.) My mom has to restrain our dog when people come over since he gets way too excited. (V)
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Def.) to forbid or restrain. I was watering my horses when all of a sudden the water stopped flowing because of a kink in the hose. The kink inhibited, or stopped, the water from flowing.
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Def.) 1)to put out 2)to relieve Ex) I told mom I need something to quench my thirs.
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Def.)10 to keep waiting or 2) to delay Ex) We were detained, or kept waiting, on the phone for the concert tickets. Ex) We were detained at the airport because of the bad weather.
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Def.) to interrupt occasionally 2) to use punctuation marks Ex) My teachers, like Mrs. Kebart, make sure I always use proper punctuation marks at the end of a sentence. Ex) Her fancy garments are punctuated by lots of “bling” and other sparkles all over them.
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