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Ostracizing

tr.v. os·tra·cized, os·tra·ciz·ing, os·tra·ciz·es
1. To exclude from a group. See Synonyms at blackball.
2. To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.

[vikingken]

Pulverizing

v.tr.

1. To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
2. To demolish.

v.intr.

To be ground or reduced to powder or dust.

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[marcus]

Quilting

quilt·ed, quilt·ing, quilts
v.tr.
1. To make into a quilt by stitching (layers of fabric) together.
2. To construct like a quilt: quilt a skirt.

[vikingken]

Reverberating

v.intr.

1. To resound in a succession of echoes; reecho.
2. To have a prolonged or continuing effect: Those talks with his teacher reverberated throughout his life.
3. To be repeatedly reflected, as sound waves, heat, or light.
4. To be forced or driven back; recoil or rebound.

v.tr.

1. To reecho (a sound).
2. To reflect (heat or light) repeatedly.
3. To drive or force back; repel.
4. To subject (a metal, for example) to treatment in a reverberatory furnace.

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Subverting

sub·vert·ed, sub·vert·ing, sub·verts
1. To destroy completely; ruin: "schemes to subvert the liberties of a great community" (Alexander Hamilton).
2. To undermine the character, morals, or allegiance of; corrupt.
3. To overthrow completely:

[vikingken]

Truncating

Verb

1.Shorten (something) by cutting off the top or the end: "a truncated cone shape".
2.Replace (an edge or an angle) by a plane, typically so as to make equal angles with the adjacent faces.

[zippied]

Undulating

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Vibrating


v.intr.

1. To move back and forth or to and fro, especially rhythmically and rapidly. See Synonyms at swing.
2. To feel a quiver of emotion.
3. To shake or move with or as if with a slight quivering or trembling motion: "Even as the film moved . . . to the more deadly fields of Vietnam, old hatreds vibrated in me" (Loudon Wainwright).
4. To produce a sound; resonate.
5. To fluctuate or waver in making choices; vacillate.


v.tr.


1. To cause to tremble or quiver.
2. To cause to move back and forth rapidly.
3. To produce (sound) by vibratio


vb

1. to move or cause to move back and forth rapidly; shake, quiver, or throb
2. (intr) to oscillate
3. to send out (a sound) by vibration; resonate or cause to resonate
4. (intr) to waver
5. (Physics / General Physics) Physics to undergo or cause to undergo an oscillatory or periodic process, as of an alternating current; oscillate
6. (intr) Rare to respond emotionally; thrill

[marcus]

Welcoming

1. Receiving with pleasure and hospitality into one's company or home: a welcome guest.
2. Giving pleasure or satisfaction; agreeable or gratifying:

[vikingken]

Xylographing

tr.v

Printing from a wood engraving.

[marcus]

Yearling

year·ling (yîrlng)
n.
1. An animal that is one year old or has not completed its second year.
2. A thoroughbred racehorse one year old dating from January 1 of the year in which it was foaled

[vikingken]

Zombifying


1.( transitive, fictional ) To turn into a zombie (a member of the living dead or undead).  


2.( transitive, computing, of a personal computer ) To use as a zombie in order to disseminate spam.

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Absorbing

tr.v. ab·sorbed, ab·sorb·ing, ab·sorbs
1. To take (something) in through or as through pores or interstices.
2. To occupy the full attention, interest, or time of; engross. See Synonyms at monopolize.
3. To retain (radiation or sound, for example) wholly, without reflection or transmission.

[vikingken]

Brutalising

vb

1. to make or become brutal
2. (tr) to treat brutally

[marcus]

Canoodling

v. ca·noo·dled, ca·noo·dling, ca·noo·dles Informal
v.intr.
To engage in caressing, petting, or lovemaking.

[vikingken]

Discombobulating

Verb

1.Present participle of discombobulate.

[marcus]

Electrifying

a. To wire or equip (a building, for example) for the use of electric power.
b. To provide with electric power.

[vikingken]

Fraternizing


intr.v.

1. To associate with others in a brotherly or congenial way.
2. To associate on friendly terms with an enemy or opposing group, often in violation of discipline or orders

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Gamboling

noun
2. a skipping or frisking about; frolic.

[vikingken]

Hobnobing

1. to socialize or talk informally
2. Obsolete to drink (with)
[from hob or nob to drink to one another in turns, hence, to be familiar.

[marcus]

Isolating

i·so·late (s-lt)
tr.v. i·so·lat·ed, i·so·lat·ing, i·so·lates
1. To set apart or cut off from others.
2. To place in quarantine.
3. Chemistry To separate (a substance) in pure form from a combined mixture.
4. To render free of external influence; insulate.

[vikingken]

Jibing


v.intr.

To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind so as to sail on the opposite tack.

v.tr.

To cause (a sail) to jibe.

n.

The act of jibing.

[Alteration (perhaps influenced by jib) of gybe, from obsolete Dutch gijben.]

[marcus]

Kidding

1. Informal To engage in teasing or good-humored fooling.
2. To bear young. Used of a goat or an antelope.

[vikingken]

Levitating

tr.v.

To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity.

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Masticating

mas·ti·cate
v. mas·ti·cat·ed, mas·ti·cat·ing, mas·ti·cates
v.tr.
1. To chew (food).
2. To grind and knead (rubber, for example) into a pulp.
v.intr.
To chew food.

[vikingken]

Nauseating

adjective

1. disgusting, offensive, appalling, nasty, foul, revolting, sickening, ghastly, vile, obnoxious, repulsive, odious, repugnant, loathsome, abhorrent, abominable, stomach-churning, stomach-turning, repellant, sick-making The judge described the offences as nauseating and unspeakable.
2. sickening, foul, revolting, sickly, odious, stomach-churning, putrid, stomach-turning, emetic, sick-making the nauseating smell of rotting garbage

[marcus]

Opinionating

When a person spends an inordinate amount of time expressing his opinion regarding an issue.

[vikingken]

Perusing

Verb

1.Read thoroughly or carefully.
2.Examine carefully or at length.

[marcus]

Quarantining

quar·an·tined, quar·an·tin·ing.

1. a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.
2. a period, originally 40 days, of detention or isolation imposed upon ships, persons, animals, or plants on arrival at a port or place, when suspected of carrying some infectious or contagious disease.
3. a system of measures maintained by governmental authority at ports, frontiers, etc., for preventing the spread of disease.

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Rendering.

transitive verb

To melt down <render suet>; also : To extract by melting lard from quarantined diseased animals, for Tescos to sell to the unsuspecting public.