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n. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"

appearance

n. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

liberation, release, discharge, firing, dismissal, sack, sacking

n. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

dispatch, despatch, shipment, dispatching

n. the act of sending off something

disclaimer

n. (law) a voluntary repudiation of a person's legal claim to something

impulsion, impetus, drift

n. a force that moves something along

secretion

n. the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance

explosion, burst, eruption

n. the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

haste, hurry, rush

n. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"

catharsis, katharsis, abreaction

n. (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

performance, execution, doing, carrying into action, carrying out

appearance

n. the act of appearing in public view; "the rookie made a brief appearance in the first period"; "it was Bernhardt's last appearance in America"

discharge, firing, firing off

n. the act of discharging a gun

dispatch, despatch, shipment, dispatching

n. the act of sending off something

propel, impel, move forward

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

discharge, muster out

v. release from military service

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

expel, throw out, kick out

v. force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

propel, impel, move forward

v. cause to move forward with force; "Steam propels this ship"

discharge

v. pour forth or release; "discharge liquids"

pour, cause to run

v. cause to run; "pour water over the floor"

expel, throw out, kick out

v. force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

exercise, exert

v. put to use; "exert one's power or influence"

expel, throw out, boot out, kick out, oust, drum out

v. remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"

turn out, expel, eject, exclude, throw out, boot out, kick out, turf out, chuck out

v. put out or expel from a place; "The child was expelled from the classroom"

drop

v. give birth; used for animals; "The cow dropped her calf this morning"

discard, toss, fling, put away, throw out, chuck out, throw away, cast away, cast out, cast aside, toss away, toss out, dispose of

v. throw or cast away; "Put away your worries"

release, secrete

v. generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"

open, open up, cause to open

v. cause to open or to become open; "Mary opened the car door"

explode, blow up, detonate, set off

v. burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"

fire, bake in a kiln

v. bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"

rail, fulminate

v. criticize severely; "He fulminated against the Republicans' plan to cut Medicare"; "She railed against the bad social policies"

complete, carry out, execute, fulfill, fulfil, accomplish, carry through

v. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"

fill, fill up, make full

v. make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

execute, put to death

v. kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed"

do, execute, perform

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

fire, fuel

v. provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"

perform

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

perform, give a performance

v. give a performance (of something); "Horowitz is performing at Carnegie Hall tonight"; "We performed a popular Gilbert and Sullivan opera"

play, spiel, render

v. replay (as a melody); "Play it again, Sam"; "She played the third movement very beautifully"

manumit, emancipate, free from servitude

v. free from slavery or servitude

rescue

v. take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners"

justify, vindicate

v. show to be right by providing justification or proof; "vindicate a claim"

free, justify, absolve

v. let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"

support, defend, fend for

v. argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike"

excuse, relieve, exempt, let off

v. grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"

release, free

v. make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

remit, release from

v. release from (claims, debts, or taxes); "The taxes were remitted"

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fix

n. an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; "collusion resulted in tax fixes for gamblers"

draft, enlist, muster in

v. engage somebody to enter the army

charge, load with a charge, place a charge on

v. fill or load to capacity; "charge the wagon with hay"

fill, become full, fill up

v. become full; "The pool slowly filled with water"; "The theater filled up slowly"

flood

v. become filled to overflowing; "Our basement flooded during the heavy rains"

convict, find guilty, declare guilty

v. find or declare guilty; "The man was convicted of fraud and sentenced"

sentence, doom, condemn

v. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"

condemn, judge unfit, declare unfit

v. declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"

attribute, assign, impute, ascribe

v. attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"

abstract, consider abstractly, consider theoretically

v. consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically

overcast, cloud

v. make overcast or cloudy; "Fall weather often overcasts our beaches"

blame, attribute responsibility to

v. attribute responsibility to; "We blamed the accident on her"; "The tragedy was charged to her inexperience"

blame, pick on, find fault with

v. harass with constant criticism; "Don't always pick on your little brother"

discharge

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