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___ something/somebody to stop something such as violent behaviour or protests: Extra police were called in to ___ the disturbances.// ___ something to stop or reduce strong or unpleasant feelings (SYNONYM calm): to ___ your fears

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to attract somebody or make somebody want to do or have something, even if they know it is wrong: ___ somebody I was ___ed by the dessert menu.//to persuade or try to persuade somebody to do something that you want them to do, for example by offering them something: ___ somebody (into something/into doing something) How can we ___ young people into engineering?

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(especially North American English, informal) to think very hard about something for a long time: I’ve been __ (ving) all weekend to get this script written.

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to show that you feel sorry about something that you have done, especially in public and in an exaggerated way

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(of something bad) existing or spreading everywhere in a way that cannot be controlled_SYNONYM unchecked: __ inflation/corruption: Unemployment is now __ in most of Europe.// of plants) growing thickly and very fast in a way that cannot be controlled

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__ somebody/something to something to put somebody/something somewhere in order to get rid of them/it: I __ed her letter to the wastebasket.// ​__ somebody/something to something to put somebody/something in an unpleasant situation

The decision to close the factory has __ed 6 000 people to the scrapheap.// __ something to somebody to give or send something to somebody

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achieving success very quickly: a __ rise to fame// relating to meteors

__ craters

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[uncountable] (formal, disapproving): ​the fact or habit of using money, time, materials, etc. in a careless way: How can such __ (n) be justified?// (formal, disapproving): ​using money, time, materials, etc. in a careless way_SYNONYM wasteful___ (adj) spending

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__ can help you run faster for longer. __ are a training technique that increases your anaerobic threshold, so your body adapts to performing at a higher intensity comfortably. This intensity could be a longer distance or a faster pace.

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​a substance that forms in milk that is no longer fresh and is also produced in the muscles during hard exercise: the increasingly painful build-up of __ in your muscles

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