Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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vitriol | Yes | No | Yes | No |
snipe | Yes | No | Yes | No |
vitriol (noun) | snipe (noun) |
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abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will | a gunshot from a concealed location |
(H2SO4) a highly corrosive acid made from sulfur dioxide; widely used in the chemical industry | Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks |
vitriol (verb) | snipe (verb) |
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subject to bitter verbal abuse | attack in speech or writing |
expose to the effects of vitriol or injure with vitriol | aim and shoot with great precision |
hunt or shoot snipe |