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Noun | 1. | an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, esp. a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance. |
| 2. | Military. a member of a party of light or irregular troops engaged in harassing an enemy, esp. a member of a guerrilla band engaged in fighting or sabotage against an occupying army. |
Adjective | 3. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of partisans; partial to a specific party, person, etc.: partisan politics. |
| 4. | of, pertaining to, or carried on by military partisans or guerrillas. |
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Adjective | 1. | liable or subject to change or alteration. |
| 2. | given to changing; constantly changing; fickle or inconstant: the mutable ways of fortune. |
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Noun | 1. | a person who shows zeal. |
| 2. | an excessively zealous person; fanatic. |
| 3. | (initial capital letter[image]) a member of a radical, warlike, ardently patriotic group of Jews in Judea, particularly prominent from a.d. 69 to 81, advocating the violent overthrow of Roman rule and vigorously resisting the efforts of the Romans and their supporters to heathenize the Jews. |
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Verb (used with object), -at·ed, -at·ing. | 1. | to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim. |
| 2. | to cast off or disown: to repudiate a son. |
| 3. | to reject with disapproval or condemnation: to repudiate a new doctrine. |
| 4. | to reject with denial: to repudiate a charge as untrue. |
| 5. | to refuse to acknowledge and pay (a debt), as a state, municipality, etc. |
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Adjective | 1. | of or pertaining to air, gases, or wind. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to pneumatics. |
| 3. | operated by air or by the pressure or exhaustion of air: a pneumatic drill. |
| 4. | filled with or containing compressed air, as a tire. |
| 5. | equipped with pneumatic tires. |
| 6. | Theology. of or pertaining to the spirit; spiritual. |
| 7. | Zoology. containing air or air cavities. |
Noun | 9. | a vehicle having wheels with such tires. |
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Verb (used with object), -sed·ed, -sed·ing. | 1. | to replace in power, authority, effectiveness, acceptance, use, etc., as by another person or thing. |
| 2. | to set aside or cause to be set aside as void, useless, or obsolete, usually in favor of something mentioned; make obsolete: They superseded the old statute with a new one. |
| 3. | to succeed to the position, function, office, etc., of; supplant. |
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Adjective | 1. | having many different parts, elements, forms, etc. |
| 2. | numerous and varied; greatly diverse or manifold: multifarious activities. |
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adjective | bulging out beyond the surrounding surface; protruding; projecting: protuberant eyes. |
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Adjective | 1. | lacking or having lost life, sharpness, or flavor; insipid; flat: vapid tea. |
| 2. | without liveliness or spirit; dull or tedious: a vapid party; vapid conversation. |
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| noun | | 1. | indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"
| | 2. | a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner |
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