| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | A large, oblong piece of wood or other material, used especially for construction: beam, rafter, timber. See MATTER. | | VERB: | To prevent from accomplishing a purpose: baffle, check, checkmate, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart. Informal : cross, stump. Idioms: cut the ground from under. See ALLOW.
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