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Change > Destabilizing
Change > Destabilizing > Capsizing & Knocking Off Balance
roll, turn over, buck, tip, knock over, shake, topple, upend, flip, tip over, upset, knock off balance, capsize, overturn, turn upside down, turn on its head, push over, kick over
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Change > Destabilizing > Decimating the Operation of Something
smash, wallop, flatten, level, demolish, bulldoze, shatter, destroy, gut, obliterate, cripple, wipe out, decimate, eradicate, annihilate, lay waste, reduce (to rubble), stamp out (opposition)
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Change > Destabilizing > Destabilizing a Situation
bust, loose, interfere, agitate, threaten, foil, taint, weaken, contaminate, divide, jeopardize, subvert, cut short, abort, shock, upset, undermine, spoil, cripple, mess up, destabilize, dash, undercut, turn on its head, blast apart, cut off (contact/supplies), break up/apart, discombobulate (humorous), sour, tip (the scales/the balance), shake up, chip away (at one's confidence), harm, flood with, drown out
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Change > Destabilizing > Impairing the Operation of Something
mangle, wallop, blindside, dislodge, degrade, compromise, paralyze, threaten, blot out, weaken, contaminate, subvert, derail, impair, doom, cripple, disable, damage, shut down, corrupt, upset (the apple cart), reduce (to rubble), stamp out, uncork, fray
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Objects & Location
Objects & Location > Alignment
Objects & Location > Alignment > How People Align Things
position, reposition, level, align, right, straighten, center, layer, add (items to an online cart), line up, match up, realign
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Objects & Location > Alignment > How Things Line Up With One AnotherStub
hug, parallel, mirror, match, stratify, line up, match up, run parallel/straight
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Objects & Location > Bouncing & Bouncing Back
knock back, ricochet, carom, bounce, recoil, shoot, bob, hop, leap, jump, skip, bound, spring, reflect, backfire, return, spring back, bounce back, come back, circle back, jounce, rebound, boomerang, skip off, fly back
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Objects & Location > Congealing & Hardening
Objects & Location > Congealing & Hardening > Congealing
jam, choke, freeze, stiffen, seal, glue, cure, fuse, set, stick, paste, gel, bond, jell, jellify, wax, cake, coalesce, clog, toughen, firm up, harden, thicken, coagulate, solidify, glom onto, fill in, clot, close up, encrust
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Objects & Location > Congealing & Hardening > Hardening
freeze, stiffen, seal, cure, fuse, set, gel, dry, bond, wax, cake, coalesce, toughen, firm up, harden, thicken, petrify, coagulate, solidify, ossify, calcify, crystallize, clot, encrust, inspissate
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Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose
Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose > Lurching
bounce, jar, jolt, jerk, roll, pitch, rock, lurch, deviate, skew, reel, list, zigzag, bounce back, swerve, veer, sheer, wrench loose, wrest loose (from its moorings), jounce, rebound
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Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose > Releasing & Coming Loose
break off, bounce, separate, dislodge, loosen, unhook, crack open, pop, break free, untie, lurch, disengage, detach, let go, release, uncouple, unyoke, set free, rebound, set adrift, work its way loose, come loose, work its way out
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Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose > Rotation & Curving
twist, crimp, screw, roll, arc, bend, curl, arch, encircle, twirl, wind, swivel, rotate, torque, cycle, snake, gyrate, whirl, curve, spiral, weave, vine, angle, swirl, circle, spin, crook, revolve, loop, orbit, reel, wheel, bow, pirouette, eddy, swerve, serpentine, pivot, curve around, turn (in one's hand)
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Objects & Location > Curving, Twisting & Coming Loose > Twisting
wring, squeeze, cramp, strangle, twist, crimp, pinch, screw, tighten, roll, bend, wind, coil, torque, vine, buckle, tangle, wrinkle, crease, warp, snag, twine, knot, contort, enmesh, bunch, kink, skein (yarn), ruck up
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Objects & Location > Expanding Into
Objects & Location > Expanding Into > Encroaching
litter, fill, migrate, invade, overtake, breach, riddle, leak, flood, overlap, contaminate, insinuate, intrude, overwhelm, disturb, swamp, consume, yawn, crowd, infest, encroach, overflow, colonize, impinge on, teem, bleed into/through, trespass on/upon, flow into, run into, spread into, stretch into, extend into, sprawl into, populate, people
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Objects & Location > Expanding Into > Fanning Out
scatter, sprawl, roll out, invade, overrun, widen, disperse, increase, take over, extend, broaden, encroach, impinge, branch out, fan out, open out, stretch into
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Objects & Location > Falling & Collapse
Objects & Location > Falling & Collapse > Gradual Collapse
sag, slump, fold, shake off, flop, slope, buckle, crumple, weaken, collapse, implode, sink, fall apart, tumble, fail, cave in, plop, fall down, ease down
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Objects & Location > Falling & Collapse > Overturning & Inverting
turn over, knock over, upend, flip, roll over, invert, tip over, go belly up, capsize, overturn, turn upside down, reverse, turn inside out, topple over, turn turtle
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Objects & Location > Falling & Collapse > Sudden Falling
bang, thunk, crash, fly, drop, splutter, topple, tear down, thwak, tip over, plummet, fall apart, tumble, fall, take down, plunge, nosedive, hurtle, fall down, flutter (to the ground), keel over, fall over
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Objects & Location > Hanging, Spilling Over & Sticking Out
Objects & Location > Hanging, Spilling Over & Sticking Out > Hanging & Spilling Over
sling, hang, droop, loll, drop, swing, lower, float, dangle, string, leak, drip, flood, spill, drain, cascade, suspend, wilt, hook, overflow, brim, overhang
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Objects & Location > Hanging, Spilling Over & Sticking Out > Sticking Out
disgorge, perch, surface, emerge, project, define, reach into, expose, intrude, penetrate, bulge, stick out, reveal, overhang, protrude, jut out, poke out, emboss (with a raised design), extend (beyond a limit)
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Objects & Location > How Objects Accumulate
Objects & Location > How Objects Accumulate > Accumulation & Hoarding
jam, cram, stuff, fit, pad, fill, pile up, indulge, hoard, fixate, weigh down, hog, heap, accrue, obsess, amass, glom onto, brim, mound, stockpile, mass, collect (items), keep (belongings), store (belongings), save (keepsakes)
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Objects & Location > How Objects Accumulate > Describing a Pile
stand, mount, nest, bear, pile up, bear down, grow, tilt, burden, overload, heap, bulge, buttress, stack up, top, loom, lean, mound, pile, arch over, rest atop, stack, amass (bulk), accumulate (mass), make (a mountain)
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Objects & Location > How Things Interact With One Another in Limited Space
Objects & Location > How Things Interact With One Another in Limited Space > Crowding
squeeze, jam, strangle, sandwich, choke, suffocate, press, compress, wedge, cram, stuff, envelop, fit, plug, fill, nest, overrun, hide, trap, converge, tangle, drift, flood, engulf, clog, jumble, swamp, crowd out, congest, encroach, infringe, impinge, jam together, clutter, knot, trespass, bunch
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Objects & Location > How Things Interact With One Another in Limited Space > Grouping Things Together
bundle, nestle, huddle, position, reposition, order, connect, assemble, organize, gather, collect, cluster, aggregate, cobble together, consolidate, relegate, pool, sort, line up, combine, bring together, link, arrange, group, amass, bunch, clump, array, reorder, mass, squeeze together, squash together, lay, lump together
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Objects & Location > How Things Interact With One Another in Limited Space > How Objects Lean & Tilt
pitch, bend, tip, incline, cock, grade, slope, angle, tilt, bank, list, orient, lean, slant, cant (at weird angles)
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Objects & Location > How Things Overpower
stuff, sweep, cover, blanket, blot out, enlarge, eclipse, flood, spill, take in, spiral out of control, outgrow, consume, crowd out, mushroom, crest, brim, loom over, exceed (a limit), outsize
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects
Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Balancing Objects
level, steady, stabilize, perch, balance, equalize, offset, counterbalance, counterpoise, poise, lean up against
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Fluttering
rustle, fly, wave, twitch, ripple, quiver, stir, dance, float, ruffle, flap, flutter, blow, tremble, undulate, drift, flicker, waver, swirl, glimmer, sway, billow, vibrate, waft
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Shaking
tug, bounce, jingle, jar, jolt, jerk, rustle, toss, shake, jiggle, bob, rock, shimmy, churn, flap, rattle, agitate, rumble, tremble, sputter, oscillate, wobble, diddle, jumble, excite, jostle, electrify, vibrate, shiver, shudder, quake, throb, writhe, pulsate, reverberate, jangle, jounce, rock (back and forth), knock together, twang
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Swinging
fly, arc, curl, arch, wave, swivel, swing, flap, flutter, blow, wag, curve, weave, oscillate, rise and fall, bounce back, rebound, rock (from side to side), seesaw
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Teetering & Wavering
shake, twitch, shimmy, flounder, falter, hesitate, quiver, float, totter, flutter, stumble, tremble, drift, flicker, fluctuate, waver, oscillate, pulse, wobble, vacillate, teeter, shiver, quake, pivot, rock (from side to side), yaw (around an axis), wonkle
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Tilting & Leaning
pitch, bend, tip, shift, incline, cock, grade, slope, angle, tilt, tip over, reel, bank, list, orient, lean, roll (aircraft), pitch (aircraft), yaw (aircraft), slant, cant (at weird angles)
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Vibrating
jingle, rattle, flutter, tremble, oscillate, wobble, electrify, vibrate, shiver, shudder, throb, pulsate, reverberate, twang
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings
Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > Crossing, Intersecting or Bisecting
cut, cut across, crisscross, section, span, divide, cross, merge, subdivide, bridge, pass over, halve, bisect, meet, traverse, feed into, intersect, pass under
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > Describing the Distance Between Things
separate, part, split, clear, space, lengthen, section, narrow, widen, span, divide, cut off, withdraw, extend, subdivide, isolate, partition, stand apart, gape apart, screen off, widen (a gap), distance (a thing), put at a distance
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > How Things Flank or Demarcate One Another
separate, straddle, split, measure, flank, edge, bound, section off, juxtapose, delineate, front, demarcate, divide, subdivide, border on, bracket, cordon off, partition, circumscribe, patrol, stand sentry, bookend, border, establish (a boundary), mark out/off, mark (the edge)
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > How Things Occupy a Spot
lie, sprawl, stand, slouch, slump, sit, straddle, turn toward, drop, fit, fill, land, roost, rest on, mark, face, occupy, claim, thrive, stay, sleep, anchor, encamp, reside, lean, loom over, patrol, doze, lounge (in the corner), orient (toward mecca), stand sentry, slope toward, niche, live, exist, take up
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > How Things Touch
cling, bump up against, touch, enfold, nestle, contact, coil, connect, hook up, nuzzle, snarl, edge, bound, converge, interlace, imbricate, tangle, rim, join, front, overlap, jumble, reach, buttress, shore up, bridge, border on, intertwine, knot, enmesh, meet, conjoin, push up against, rub against, abut, butt up against, fringe, snug up against, nest into, interfold
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > Situating Or Orienting Something in a Space
stand, settle, position, install, fix, establish, stake out, locate, put, place, pinpoint, find, station, situate, site, orient (to the east)
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Objects & Location > Locating Something in its Physical Surroundings > When Things Stand Near One Another
stand, nestle, huddle, hover, turn toward, stand together, nest, overlook, juxtapose, face, front, bridge, approach, verge on, come close, adjoin, back on to/up to, close in on, give onto
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Objects & Location > Pressing
squeeze, smash, mash, squash, crunch, flatten, press, compress, crush, push down, squinch, scrunch, depress, weigh down, overload, overwhelm, hold down, condense, overburden, weight
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Objects & Location > Random Placement
toss, strew, scatter, litter, spread, speckle, alternate, intersperse, dot, sprinkle, disperse, interrupt, break up, interchange, randomize, pepper, stagger (items), punctuate, disaggregate
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Objects & Location > Securing Something in Place
Objects & Location > Securing Something in Place > Immobilizing
lash, bind, settle, snap, brace, freeze, hold in place, stabilize, plug in, tack, stitch, secure, fuse, fix, interlock, attach, mount, confine, paralyze, bear down, stick, buckle, pin, meld, rivet, tie up/down, restrict, immobilize, toggle, strap, hold together, fasten, cement, embed, lodge, peg, screw down/on, nail down, strengthen (with rebar), snap down, inactivate, deactivate, bring to a standstill, undergird
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Objects & Location > Securing Something in Place > Locking & Securing
chain, bar, bolt, cage, close off, blockade, keep out, padlock, lock out, barricade (an entrance), secure (a door), turn (a key), fasten (a chain), slide (the latch), deadbolt, double lock, latch, seal up, lock in/up, seal off/in
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Objects & Location > Securing Something in Place > Propping Up
elevate, shimmy, brace, reinforce, prop up, hold up, shoulder, support, bolster, buttress, shore up, bracket, underpin, lean, lay (a foundation)
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Objects & Location > Sucking
hollow out, extract, siphon, suck, bleed, swallow, gulp, suck in, absorb, drain, extrude, gravitate, magnetize, suck out, draw in, consume, leach, devour, swig, guzzle, tease out, draw off/out
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Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing
Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing > Containment
jam, stuff, cup, fit, plug, seal, bottle, contain, tie up, enclose, confine, house, trap, sheathe, block, pin down, shut up/in, hold down, hold in, cork, keep, safeguard, keep under wraps, seal off, wall off, entomb, seal up, stop up, lock up/in, wall in, encase, seal in, keep safe
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Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing > Covering Things
smother, envelop, enclose, hide, conceal, veil, cover, blanket, cloak, overlay, superimpose, consume, cap, clothe, shelter, carpet, encrust, swathe
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Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing > How Something Surrounds Something Else
envelop, encircle, enclose, corral, bound, edge with, bracelet, circle, ring, engulf, fence, consume, encompass, encapsulate, circumscribe, surround, edge in, fringe, band
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Objects & Location > Surrounding & Enclosing > How Things are Confined
sandwich, wedge, rope off, contain, enclose, hem in, confine, house, section off, cut off, hold down, impound, isolate, cordon off, hold in, rack, safeguard, tie down, wrap up, seal off, box, wall off, cram in, nail down, wall in, fence in, pack in, close (windows and doors), immure, partition off, screen in/off
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear
Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > Crumbling
break apart, chip, shed, slough off, fleck, scuff, fragment, flake, disintegrate, come apart, fall apart, crumble, corrode, molder, erode, splinter, decompose, rot, peel, fall down, break into (pieces), come off, sliver
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > Denting & Scratching
shave, scrape, chip, score, nick, graze, notch, jab, swipe, ding, sideswipe, abrade, grate, scratch, cut, catch, pock, pockmark, dent, pit, strip away, mark, scuff, key (a car)
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > How Fabric & Clothing Wear Out
pull, tear, rip, stretch out, shred, stain, break, catch, run, shrink, bleach, thin, fade, wash out, disintegrate, snag, dissolve, tatter, wear out, lose (elasticity/buttons), come apart (at the seams), fray, loosen (threads), stretch (fabric), pill
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > How Machines Malfunction
jam, clog, rust, act up, come loose, stop working, conk out, lose (a screw), bend out of shape
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Objects & Location > Wear & Tear > How Solid Objects Deteriorate
tear, rip, chip, crack, contract, scratch, bend, curl, snap, split, break down, break, scar, buckle, fade, crumple, yellow, blacken, dull, tarnish, weaken, discolor, oxidize, warp, fall apart, deteriorate, crumble, depreciate, rust, corrode, burn out, wear down, splinter, bow, contort, dry out, kink, wear out, fissure, fray, come apart/loose, degrade (in sunlight)
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening
Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > ElongatingStub
sprawl, stretch out, pull out, stretch, lengthen, reach, extend, elongate, get longer, elasticize
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > Emitting & Beaming
thrust, fling, fly, fly off, arc, discharge, broadcast, expel, scatter, flash, rocket, soar, transmit, project, streak, radiate, gleam, emit, emanate, beam, erupt, relay, liberate, free, shower, exude, let fly, shoot out, send forth/out
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > Gaping Open
separate, part, crack open, pop, gape, yawn, split open, open out, unfurl, roll out (carpet/awning), unroll, unfold, uncurl, unbend, broach (a cask of liquor), swing open, fly open, creak open, burst open
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > Puffing Out
fatten, dilate, take in, expand, decompress, outgrow, inflate, bulge, mushroom, billow, thicken, swell, engorge, distend, outsize, puff out/up, balloon, fluff up/out, bloat with, plump up, supersize, belly out
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Objects & Location > Widening, Elongating & Opening > Widening
stuff, sprawl, stretch out, spread out, pad, bulk up, fatten, dilate, enlarge, widen, double, expand, decompress, bulge, extend, broaden, branch out, round out, thicken, fan out, swell, bloat, engorge, distend, fill out, splay, plump up, belly out
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Objects & Location > Wrinkling
scrunch, twist, crimp, pucker, rumple, fold, groove, ruffle, gather, furrow, crinkle, wrinkle, crease, ridge, corrugate, contort, purse, bunch, scrunch up, screw up (material/face)
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Balancing Objects
level, steady, stabilize, perch, balance, equalize, offset, counterbalance, counterpoise, poise, lean up against
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Fluttering
rustle, fly, wave, twitch, ripple, quiver, stir, dance, float, ruffle, flap, flutter, blow, tremble, undulate, drift, flicker, waver, swirl, glimmer, sway, billow, vibrate, waft
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Shaking
tug, bounce, jingle, jar, jolt, jerk, rustle, toss, shake, jiggle, bob, rock, shimmy, churn, flap, rattle, agitate, rumble, tremble, sputter, oscillate, wobble, diddle, jumble, excite, jostle, electrify, vibrate, shiver, shudder, quake, throb, writhe, pulsate, reverberate, jangle, jounce, rock (back and forth), knock together, twang
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Swinging
fly, arc, curl, arch, wave, swivel, swing, flap, flutter, blow, wag, curve, weave, oscillate, rise and fall, bounce back, rebound, rock (from side to side), seesaw
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Teetering & Wavering
shake, twitch, shimmy, flounder, falter, hesitate, quiver, float, totter, flutter, stumble, tremble, drift, flicker, fluctuate, waver, oscillate, pulse, wobble, vacillate, teeter, shiver, quake, pivot, rock (from side to side), yaw (around an axis), wonkle
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Objects & Location > Instability of Objects > Vibrating
jingle, rattle, flutter, tremble, oscillate, wobble, electrify, vibrate, shiver, shudder, throb, pulsate, reverberate, twang
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