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- verb transitive To
agitate byshaking . - verb transitive To
reorganize , to makereforms in.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- verb shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)
- verb organize anew
- verb change the arrangement or position of
- verb shock physically
- verb make fuller by shaking
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synonyms (208)
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- abate
- accelerate
- accuse
- action
- ad hoc measure
- agitate
- anathematize
- anathemize
- animadvert on
- answer
- arouse
- arraign
- artifice
- attenuate
- awake
- awaken
- beat
- beat up
- blame
- blunt
- call to account
- cast blame upon
- cast reflection upon
- censure
- churn
- churn up
- clean sweep
- cleanup
- complain against
- condemn
- contrivance
- convulse
- countermove
- coup
- course of action
- cramp
- cripple
- cry down
- cry out against
- cry out on
- cry shame upon
- cushion
- damn
- damp
- dampen
- deaden
- debilitate
- decry
- demarche
- denounce
- denunciate
- device
- devitalize
- disarrange
- discombobulate
- discompose
- disconcert
- disquiet
- disturb
- dodge
- dull
- ease
- effort
- electrify
- enervate
- enfeeble
- eviscerate
- excite
- exhaust
- expedient
- extenuate
- ferment
- fluff
- flurry
- fluster
- flutter
- fret
- fulminate against
- fuss
- gentle
- gimmick
- gruel
- hasten
- hurry
- impeach
- improvisation
- impugn
- indict
- inveigh against
- jar
- jolt
- jury-rig
- jury-rigged expedient
- knead
- knock up
- last expedient
- last resort
- last shift
- laxate
- lay low
- limber
- limber up
- liquidation
- loosen
- makeshift
- maneuver
- mash
- massage
- means
- measure
- mellow
- milden
- mitigate
- mollify
- move
- overturn
- paddle
- perturb
- perturbate
- pis aller
- plump
- pulp
- purge
- quicken
- rattle
- realign
- realignment
- rearrange
- rearrangement
- reconstitute
- reconstitution
- redispose
- redisposition
- redistribute
- redistribution
- reduce
- reflect upon
- relax
- removal
- reorder
- reordering
- reorganization
- reorganize
- reprehend
- reproach
- reprobate
- resort
- resource
- restructure
- restructuring
- revolution
- riddance
- rile
- ripple
- rock
- roil
- roughen
- rouse
- ruffle
- rumple
- sap
- shake
- shift
- shock
- smash
- soften
- soften up
- solution
- squash
- stagger
- step
- step up
- stir
- stir up
- stopgap
- stratagem
- stroke
- stroke of policy
- subdue
- supple
- swirl
- tactic
- temporary expedient
- tenderize
- tone down
- trick
- trouble
- trump
- tune down
- turnover
- unbrace
- undermine
- unman
- unnerve
- unsettle
- unstrengthen
- unstring
- upset
- wake
- wake up
- waken
- weaken
- whip
- whip up
- whisk
- work up
- working hypothesis
- working proposition
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