| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity: animation, energy, force, might, potency, power, puissance, sprightliness, strength. Informal : get-up-and-go, go, pep, peppiness, zip. See ACTION. | | VERB: | Informal. To be or become angry: anger, blow up, boil over, bristle, burn, explode, flare up, foam, fume, rage, seethe. Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack (or top) , breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling (or roof) , lose one's temper, see red. See FEELINGS.
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