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Synonyms
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Meaning:
confuse

to make (a person) feel uncertain, puzzled etc

bewilder someone

dissuade

to advise a person against (doing something)

talk out of

distract

to take away (a person's) attention, concentration etc

divert attention; confuse

erupt

(of a volcano) to burst or break out (suddenly) (with smoke and very hot semiliquid substance called lava)

give forth, eject with force

excrete

(of an animal or plant) to discharge (waste matter, sweat etc) from the body

discharge, usually liquefied substance

exude

(to cause liquid) to come out slowly; (of a person) to express (a feeling etc) strongly

display, emit

renounce

to declare formally that one will no longer have anything to do with (a person, belief etc)

abandon, reject

slip away

(also 'slipway' or 'the slips') a sloping path down to the water for ships or boats

escape, avoid

spill

(to cause liquid) to go over the side of the container

slop, drop

unblock

to remove an obstruction from (a drain etc)

clear

unburden

to relieve (oneself, one's mind) by talking or writing about one's troubles, anxiety, guilt etc

get rid of

unnerve

to cause (a person) to lose self-control, power of decision, courage

upset, intimidate

unsettle

to cause (a person) to become troubled, anxious or uncertain

bother, upset

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