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subvert, debauch, bacchanalia 32 words

December 13, 2008 By Gwendolyn B. (Apopka, FL)

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  1. subvert
    destroy completely
  2. debauch
    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  3. bacchanalia
    a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
  4. ecstasy
    a state of elated bliss
  5. ecstatic
    feeling great rapture or delight
  6. mephistophelean
    showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
  7. diabolic
    showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
  8. devilish
    showing the cunning or ingenuity or wickedness typical of a devil
  9. sabotage
    a deliberate act of destruction or disruption in which equipment is damaged
  10. devastation
    the state of being decayed or destroyed
  11. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  12. blasted
    expletives used informally as intensifiers
  13. realm
    a domain in which something is dominant
  14. region
    the extended spatial location of something
  15. kingdom
    the domain ruled by a king or queen
  16. stratosphere
    the atmospheric layer between the troposphere and the mesosphere
  17. ozonosphere
    a layer in the stratosphere (at approximately 20 miles) that contains a concentration of ozone sufficient to block most ultraviolet radiation from the sun
  18. atmosphere
    the envelope of gases surrounding any celestial body
  19. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  20. disceptation
    a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  21. argument
    a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
  22. disputation
    the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
  23. injunction
    (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
  24. enjoin
    give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
  25. interdict
    an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district
  26. animadversion
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  27. censure
    harsh criticism or disapproval
  28. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  29. animadvert
    express blame or censure or make a harshly critical remark
  30. enjoinment
    (law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity
  31. gird
    bind with something round or circular
  32. fortify
    make strong or stronger