quarter
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～ divide into quarters; "quarter an apple"
quarter
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～ pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
quarter
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～ divide by four; divide into quarters
quarter
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～ provide housing for (military personnel)
draw and quarter
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～ pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; "in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
quarterback
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～ play the quarterback
quash
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～ declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"
quash
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～ put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
quaver
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～ give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
quaver
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～ sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below
queen
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～ become a queen; "her pawn queened"
queen
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～ promote to a queen, as of a pawn in chess
queen it over
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～ act like the master of; "He is lording it over the students"
queer
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～ put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position
queer
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～ hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
quell
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～ overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
quell
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～ suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
quench
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～ electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
quench
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～ cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
quench
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～ put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"