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irradiate

Definition: (verb) Expose to radiation.
Synonyms: ray.
Usage: The government regulators insist that we irradiate farm produce so as to destroy bacteria.
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money pit

A business, possession, or other financial commitment that requires or consumes an increasingly large amount of money, especially more than was first anticipated. Watch the video

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do away with (2)

to kill or to murder somebody

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beef

a conflict with someone; a complaint against someone

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incumbency

Definition: (noun) The term during which some position is held.
Synonyms: tenure, term of office.
Usage: During his incumbency, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted the New Deal to counter the Great Depression.
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go with

If one thing goes with another, they look good together or seems to work well together.

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hoops

the game of basketball

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pennant

Definition: (noun) A long flag; often tapering.
Synonyms: waft, streamer.
Usage: The boy had fastened a brightly-colored pennant to the front of his bike.
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mooch about (somewhere)

To waste time or loiter (somewhere); to spend time (somewhere) idly or listlessly. Primarily heard in UK. Watch the video

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fill in (2)

If you fill somebody in, you give them the details about something.

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on the take

to be receiving illegal payments or bribes

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comforter

Definition: (noun) A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies.
Synonyms: allayer, reliever.
Usage: She indeed veiled her grief and strove to act the comforter to us all.
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