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21exertion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Physical effort Nouns 1. exertion, energy, effort, strain, tug, pull, stretch, struggle, trouble, pains, endeavor, action; work ethic. 2. (physical exercises) a. gymnastics, athletics, acrobatics; ariel …
22Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet — (September 27, 1627 April 12, 1704) was a French bishop and theologian, renowned for his sermons and other addresses. He has been considered by many to be one of the most brilliant orators of all time and a masterly French stylist.Court preacher… …
23haul — Synonyms and related words: attraction, bag, barge, blackmail, board, boat, boodle, boom, boost, booty, bring to, burden, bus, capture, cargo, carry, cart, cast loose, catch, clap on ratlines, clear hawse, coach, convey, cut loose, draft, drag,… …
24heave — Synonyms and related words: a leg up, aye, barf, be nauseated, be poised, be seasick, be sick, billow, blow, board, boom, boost, bore, bowl, break, breakers, breathe, bring up, bung, buoy up, cascade, cast, cast at, cast loose, cast up, catapult …
25pull — Synonyms and related words: abandon, accomplish, adduct, adduction, affinity, allure, allurement, amperage, appeal, apprehend, armipotence, arrest, arrive, assume, attack, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, authority …
26rack — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, Hydromatic, Procrustean bed, adversity, afflict, affliction, agonize, agony, ail, amble, andante, anguish, archives, armory, arsenal, atrocious pain, attic, automatic transmission, bank, barge, basement …
27stretch — Synonyms and related words: adaptability, adaptable, adaptive, add to, aesthetic distance, aggrandize, airing, amble, amplify, amplitude, and quarter, answer, archery ground, area, athletic field, athletics, augment, avail, badminton court,… …
28tug — Synonyms and related words: adduct, adduction, affinity, allurement, attract, attractance, attraction, attractiveness, attractivity, back band, backstrap, battle, be magnetic, bearing rein, bellyband, bit, blinders, blinds, breeching, bridle,… …
29overexert — Synonyms and related words: carry too far, exaggerate, exhaust, go overboard, go to extremes, go too far, haul, heave, know no bounds, overact, overcarry, overdevelop, overdo, overdrive, overelaborate, overemphasize, overexercise, overexpend,… …
30overextend — Synonyms and related words: haul, heave, inflate, overdevelop, overdistend, overdraw, overexert, overexpand, overstrain, overstretch, overtax, press, pull, rack, strain, strain every nerve, stress, stretch, sweat blood, swell, tax, tense, tug …
