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to
     1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
           I want to leave.
           He asked me what to do.
           I don’t know how to say it.
           I have places to go and people to see.
     2. part. As above, with the verb implied.
           "Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.".
           If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to.
     3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs.
           I have to do laundry today.
     4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.
           We are walking to the shop.
     5. prep. Used to indicate purpose.
           He devoted himself to education.
           They drank to his health.
     6. prep. Used to indicate result of action.
           His face was beaten to a pulp.
     7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application.
           similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking.
     8. prep. (obsolete,) As a.
           With God to friend (with God as a friend);   with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe);   lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice);   t
     9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.
           one to one = 1:1
           ten to one = 10:1.
           I have ten dollars to your four.
     10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.
           Three squared or three to the second power is nine.
           Three to the power of two is nine.
           Three to the second is nine.
     11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object.
           I gave the book to him.
     12. prep. (time) Preceding.
           ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour).
     13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains.
           Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it.
           There's a lot of sense to what he says.
     14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At.
           Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y.
     15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.
           Please push the door to.
     16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind.
     17. adv. misspelling of too
undermine
     1. v. To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
     2. v. (figuratively) To weaken or work against; to hinder, sabotage.
           The war efforts were undermined by the constant bickering between the allies.
or
     1. conj. Connects at least two alternative words, phrases, clauses, sentences, etc. each of which could make a passage true. In English, this is the "inclusive or." The "exclusive or" is formed by "either(...)
           In Ohio, anyone under the age of 18 who wants a tattoo or body piercing needs the consent of a parent or guardian.
           He might get cancer, or be hit by a bus, or God knows what.
     2. conj. (logic) An operator denoting the disjunction of two propositions or truth values. There are two forms, the inclusive or and the exclusive or.
     3. conj. Counts the elements before and after as two possibilities.
     4. conj. Otherwise (a consequence of the condition that the previous is false).
           It's raining! Come inside or you'll catch a cold!
     5. conj. Connects two equivalent names.
           The country Myanmar, or Burma
     6. n. (logic, electronics) alternative form of OR
     7. n. (tincture) The gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     8. adj. (tincture) Of gold or yellow tincture on a coat of arms.
     9. adv. (obsolete) Early (on).
     10. adv. (obsolete) Earlier, previously.
     11. prep. (now archaic, or dialect) Before; ere.
destroy
     1. v. To damage beyond use or repair.
           The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
     2. v. (intransitive) To cause destruction.
           Hooligans destroy unprovoked.
     3. v. To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
           Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate.
     4. v. To put down or euthanize.
           Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
     5. v. To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
           Her divorce destroyed her; she had a nervous breakdown and was severely depressed for more than a year.
     6. v. (colloquial, transitive) To defeat soundly.
     7. v. (computing, transitive) To remove data.
           The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.
     8. v. (US, colloquial slang) To sing a song poorly.
any
     1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
           I will not remain here any longer.
           If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
     2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
           do you have any biscuits?;  do you have any food?;  I haven't got any money;  it won't do you any good
     3. det. No matter what kind.
           choose any items you want;  any person may apply
     4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
           Any may apply.
endeavor
     1. n. A sincere attempt; a determined or assiduous effort towards a specific goal.
     2. n. Enterprise; assiduous or persistent activity.
     3. v. (obsolete) To exert oneself.
     4. v. (intransitive) To attempt through application of effort (to do something); to try strenuously.
     5. v. (obsolete, transitive) To attempt (something).
     6. v. To work with purpose.
with
     1. prep. Against.
           He picked a fight with the class bully.
     2. prep. In the company of; alongside, close to; near to.
           He went with his friends.
     3. prep. In addition to; as an accessory to.
           She owns a motorcycle with a sidecar.
     4. prep. Used to indicate simultaneous happening, or immediate succession or consequence.
     5. prep. In support of.
           We are with you all the way.
     6. prep. (obsolete) To denote the accomplishment of cause, means, instrument, etc; – sometimes equivalent to by.
           slain with robbers
     7. prep. Using as an instrument; by means of.
           cut with a knife
     8. prep. (obsolete) Using as nourishment; more recently replaced by on.
     9. prep. Having, owning.
     10. adv. Along, together with others, in a group, etc.
           Do you want to come with?
     11. adv. -->
     12. n. alternative form of withe
a
     1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
           There was a man here looking for you yesterday.
     2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
           I've seen it happen a hundred times.
     3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003)
           We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London.
     4. art. The same; one.
           We are of a mind on matters of morals.
     5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007)
           A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties.
           He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head?
     6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
     7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
           The center of the village was becoming a Times Square.
     8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
           Stand a tiptoe.
     9. prep. To do with separation; In, into.
           Torn a pieces.
     10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
           I brush my teeth twice a day.
     11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
     12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
           A God’s name.
     13. prep. To do with status; In.
           King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18)
             To set the people a worke.
     14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
           1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’
             The times, they are a-changin'.
     15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
           1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21
             Jacob, when he was a dying
     16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
     17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have.
           I'd a come, if you'd a asked.
     18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He.
     19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah.
     20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of.
           The name of John a Gaunt.
     21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All.
     22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All.
stealthy
     1. adj. Characterized by or resembling stealth or secrecy.
powerful
     1. adj. Having, or capable of exerting power, potency or influence.
     2. adj. (mining) Large; capacious; said of veins of ore.
     3. adv. (Southern US) (synonym of very)
attack
     1. n. An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
     2. n. An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
           They claimed the censorship of the article was an attack on free speech.
     3. n. A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
           The army timed their attack to coincide with the local celebrations.
     4. n. (informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
           Having washed the plates from dinner, I made an attack on the laundry.
     5. n. (cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
     6. n. (volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
     7. n. (lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
     8. n. (medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
           I've had an attack of the flu.
     9. n. An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
     10. n. (music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
     11. n. (audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas t
     12. v. To apply violent force to someone or something.
           This species of snake will only attack humans if it feels threatened.
     13. v. To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
           She published an article attacking the recent pay cuts.
     14. v. To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
     15. v. To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
           We’ll have dinner before we attack the biology homework.
           I attacked the meal with a hearty appetite.
     16. v. (transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
     17. v. (intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
     18. v. (intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
     19. v. (soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
     20. v. (cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
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