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n. a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen; "the announcement appeared in the local newspaper"; "the promulgation was written in English"

news, intelligence, tidings, word

n. information about recent and important events; "they awaited news of the outcome"

speed, swiftness, fastness

n. a rate (usually rapid) at which something happens; "the project advanced with gratifying speed"

alacrity, briskness, smartness

n. liveliness and eagerness; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him"

haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation

n. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"

transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance

n. the act of moving something from one location to another

hauling, trucking, truckage

n. the activity of transporting goods by truck

delivery, bringing

n. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"

performance

n. any recognized accomplishment; "they admired his performance under stress"; "when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe"

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"

sack

n. the plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter; "the sack of Rome"

discharge, firing, firing off

n. the act of discharging a gun

delivery, obstetrical delivery

n. the act of delivering a child

massacre, slaughter, mow down

v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

butcher, slaughter

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

abolish, get rid of

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

perform, execute, do

v. carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"

happen, hap, go on, pass off, occur, pass, fall out, come about, take place

v. come to pass; "What is happening?"; "The meeting took place off without an incidence"; "Nothing occurred that seemed important"

realize, realise

v. expand or complete (a part in a piece of baroque music) by supplying the harmonies indicated in the figured bass

produce, bring about, give rise

v. cause to happen, occur or exist; "This procedure produces a curious effect"; "The new law gave rise to many complaints"; "These chemicals produce a noxious vapor"; "the new President must bring about a change in the health care system"

cause, do, make

v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"

produce, bring about, give rise to

achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

empty, discharge

v. become empty or void of its content; "The room emptied"

settle, settle down

v. settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground; "dust settled on the roofs"

end, stop, finish, terminate, cease

v. have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"

play, spiel

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

produce, bring forth

v. bring forth or yield; "The tree would not produce fruit"

propagate

v. multiply sexually or asexually

engender, breed, spawn

v. call forth

transfer

v. move from one place to another; "transfer the data"; "transmit the news"; "transfer the patient to another hospital"

transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise

v. send from one person or place to another; "transmit a message"

hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, deliver, render

v. to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"

deliver

v. utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.); "The students delivered a cry of joy"

issue, supply

v. circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"

route

v. send via a specific route

guide, run, draw, pass

v. pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers"

Synonyms (2)

relegate, classify

v. assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms"

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