contain
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~ lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
containerise
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~ package in a container; "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping"
containerize
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~ package in a container; "The cargo was containerized for safe and efficient shipping"
contaminate
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~ make impure; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake"
contaminate
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~ make radioactive by adding radioactive material; "Don't drink the water--it's contaminated"
contemn
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~ look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
contemplate
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~ look at thoughtfully; observe deep in thought; "contemplate one's navel"
contemplate
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~ reflect deeply on a subject; "I mulled over the events of the afternoon"; "philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years"; "The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate"
contemplate
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~ consider as a possibility; "I contemplated leaving school and taking a full-time job"
contemplate
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~ think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes; "He is meditating in his study"
contemporise
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~ arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events"
contemporise
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~ happen at the same time
contemporize
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~ arrange or represent events so that they co-occur; "synchronize biblical events"
contemporize
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~ happen at the same time
contend
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~ be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country"
contend
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~ have an argument about something
contend
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~ compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others
contend
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~ to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"
contend
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~ succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
contend
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~ maintain or assert; "He contended that Communism had no future"