noun behavior that threatens, attacks, or offends another person repeatedly.After receiving several threatening and abusive phone calls from the same person, he went to the police to complain of harassment. See the…
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WOTD: malfunction
intransitive verb 1. to fail to operate or function.Many soldiers died when their parachutes malfunctioned. 2. to function or operate poorly.The lawnmower has been malfunctioning recently, and I need to have somebody…
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WOTD: maneuver
noun 1. a planned military movement, as of troops, ships, or tanks.The maneuver was carried out according to plan. 2. (pl.) a series of such movements used as a military training exercise.The…