outbreak
/ˈaʊtˌbɹeɪk/
nounthe unexpected start of something terrible, such as a disease or war
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1. In Yemen, for instance, a massive outbreak of cholera began in 2016 during a Civil War as the sewage system fell apart.
2. During that time, his mother told him folktales and true tales of horror, including her experiences during an outbreak of cholera in 1832.
3. So outbreaks are inevitable.
4. Nearly two-thirds of rural counties are reporting outbreaks of Covid-19.
5. One month and three month post outbreak, things recovered.
outcry
/ˈaʊtˌkɹaɪ/
nouna loud, sustained noise or shout of disapproval, protest, or outrage
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1. Public outcry after the death of soldiers led to the Drug Importation Act of 1848.
2. The outcry after The Washington Post story gets too loud.
3. The idea of a European Football Super League caused 'outcry'.
4. Of course, the outcry is understandable.
5. But outcry from the British people mounted.
to outlast
/ˈaʊtˌɫæst/, /aʊtˈɫæst/
verblive longer than
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1. Even when modern populist leaders don’t follow through with their most extreme promises, their impact on political discourse, the rule of law, and public trust can long outlast their time in office.
2. If everything works right things like the CPU, GPU, memory, storage should outlast the usefulness of your Mac.
3. He outlasted him.
4. Maybe today’s concrete will outlast that of the Romans.
5. But these former co-stars' friendship has long outlasted those days spent on the Apartment 20 set.
outlaw
/ˈaʊtˌɫɔ/
nouna person who has done something against the law and is on the run to escape punishment, used particularly about people in the past
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1. Four years ago, the government outlawed the sale of BronCleer.
2. Outlaw our country?
3. In fact, Romes first emperor outlawed fights to the death entirely.
4. When the mayor actually outlawed fun.
5. In 2017, the country outlawed the religion.
outpost
/ˈaʊtˌpoʊst/
nouna military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops
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1. Mercy’s outposts sent word of their approach and informed the commander.
2. Around 1 o’clock the Austrian vanguard pushed Molitor’s outposts to Aspern.
3. The bus depot is the last outpost before the climb up to Joomla in the mountains.
4. The outpost is a lifeline for people who can't make the journey to the city.
5. This is the outpost.
tyrannical
/tɝˈænɪkəɫ/
adjectivemarked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior
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1. Was it more tyrannical?
2. Devils are very organized, tyrannical structure of chaos and mayhem.
3. Their identity was free of the tyrannical requirement for a face.
4. His tyrannical governance of the province had even led to a short-lived pro-Optimate rebellion.
5. They were tyrannical.
tyranny
/ˈtɪɹəni/
nouna type of government where a ruler or a small group of people have complete power and control over the citizens, often making decisions without considering their rights or welfare
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1. But except for the tyranny of slavery, the framers really hated tyranny.
2. This is tyranny.
3. They endured bitter tyranny.
4. You get tyranny.
5. They hate tyranny.
to exasperate
/ɪɡˈzæspɝˌeɪt/
verbexasperate or irritate
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1. - You're exasperating the effervescence.
2. At what point in the process were you most exasperated?
3. I can be an exasperated dad with a bald spot and a pizza stain on his khakis.
4. The word exasperate means to breathe out.
5. She's exasperated.
exasperation
/ˌɛkˌsæspɝˈeɪʃən/
nounan exasperated feeling of annoyance
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1. Finally, out of exasperation, he set his sights on designing a better drill bit.
2. A little flatter fine shows a little bit of exasperation.
3. What, high end pitch, showing exasperation, amazement, disappointment.
4. This is an exclamation of exasperation, surprise, anger, or frustration.
5. These expressions both show exasperation, frustration.
criterion
/kɹaɪˈtɪɹiən/
nouna principle or standard by which something is judged or decided
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1. So what locations meet these criteria?
2. Here's the criteria.
3. So your stylus has to have at least two criteria.
4. Flexibly, here are the criteria.
5. You have criteria.
critical
/ˈkɹɪtɪkəɫ/
adjectivecharacterized by careful evaluation and judgment
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1. This is a critical juncture where you have the power to stop your descent.
2. The situation is critical.
3. Next one guys, good lighting is critical!
4. This idea of scale is critical.
5. Restoration of basic sensory function is critical.
to critique
/kɹəˈtik/, /kɹɪˈtik/
verbto evaluate or examine something in a critical and detailed way
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1. Theorists critique an inspiration.
2. Critique your own speech.
3. Critique your own speech.
4. They critique street fashion.
5. Critique the second draft.
patriarch
/ˈpeɪtɹiˌɑɹk/
nounthe male head of family or tribe
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1. A patriarch controls everything, the people around himself.
2. We think of patriarch in a negative way.
3. The first part is called patriarch.
4. So all of this changes his attitude about himself as a patriarch.
5. Yes, the Duggar patriarch knows a thing or two about making love connections.
paternal
/pəˈtɝnəɫ/
adjectiveconnected to fatherhood or appropriate to a father
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1. Because I have paternal instincts.
2. Your paternal grandfather has two generations of paternity uncertainty.
3. Because what? - Is paternal.
4. Simon’s paternal skills have caught Madonna’s attention.
5. Paternal grandfather, again, because we need one person.
patrician
/pəˈtɹɪʃən/
nouna member of the aristocracy
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1. Your senate was chosen from among the Patrician class.
2. Her age, her patrician family lineage, and her apparent good health makes her the best candidate to serve the goddess Vesta in the eyes of the Romans.
3. He was born to a very patrician American family.
4. But they're from a very different social class, the patricians of Florence or Venice.
5. These senators came from the Patrician class, which was really a certain class of families that were allowed to hold political office.
patrimony
/ˈpætɹəˌmoʊni/
nounan inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)
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1. These dogs, not long ago, have been declared national patrimony.
2. Jefferson says, do not get rid of your patrimony.
3. And it was about patrimony and lineage, and it was only a double standard.
4. Found it in 1755, the Patrimony line of watches is probably the most famous one.
5. The spontaneity music has excludes it as a luxury item and makes it a patrimony of society.
patriotism
/ˈpeɪtɹiəˌtɪzəm/
nounlove of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
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1. Well, patriotism is more kind of a subset of nationalism.
2. Patriotism is the flag.
3. Courage, patriotism, justice, innovation, service, and the commitment to building a more peaceful world.
4. Patriotism is, in many ways, a very noble thing.
5. The second thing is nationalism, patriotism.
patron
/ˈpeɪtɹən/
nouna regular customer
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1. Patrons get access to cool perks, like monthly livestreams and bloopers.
2. Her patrons included journalists, lawyers, government officials, Army officers: the top echelon of the Parisian society.
3. Patrons are worth bonus points in the end game.
4. The next few videos are coming patreon patrons.
5. I really appreciate my patrons.
to patronize
/ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz/, /ˈpeɪtɹəˌnaɪz/
verbtreat condescendingly
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1. - Patronize? - Patronize your shop.
2. - Patronize? - Patronize your shop.
3. But please patronize the shop?
4. To this end, he patronized continuous exchanges between Compostelan builders and the most advanced constructors of the times.
5. To this end, he patronized continuous exchanges between Compostelan builders and the most advanced constructors of the times.
patronymic
/ˌpætɹəˈnɪmɪk/
adjectiveof or derived from a personal or family name
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1. Although in some instances patronymics can be drawn from another male ancestor.
2. But patronymics also stretch back hundreds of years and across continents.
3. For example, Wilson notes evidence of patronymic middle names in the North African regions that were part of the expanded Roman empire.
4. Wives would also keep their own patronymic instead of taking their husband’s.
5. Follenvie was his patronymic.
