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Iice,n.Associated words: igloo, iceberg, glacier, floe, icicle, frazil, avalanche,curling, skate, skee, skating, skeeing,brash,glare, serac, crampoons, calk, glaciate, glaciation, creeper, anchorice.iced,a.chilled,frappe.Iceland moss.lichen.icy,a.glacial, glacious.idea,n.conception,notion,opinion,fancy, impression;intention,design.ideal,a.faultless,consummate,perfect.idiocy,n.imbecility,foolishness, fatuity,folly, senselessnessidiot,n.imbecile.idiotic,a.imbecile,foolish, fatuous,senseless.idle,a.leisure;vain,unavailing,futile, ineffectual;indolent,slothful,inactive,lazy, otiose.idleness,n.indolence,sloth,inaction,laziness; futility,vanity.Associated word: Cocagne.idler,n.sluggard,drone, lounger, loafer, dawdler, donothing.idol,n.image (of a divinity), effigy, gravenimage; Juggernaut.Associated words: idolater, idolatrous, idolatry,idolize, iconoplast, iconoclast, iconodule, idolomania, iconography, iconology, idoloclast, iconomachy, ting, iconolatry.idolize,v.deify,worship, adore.ignis fatuus.Will-o'-the-wisp, Jack-with-a-lantern,decoy.ignoble,a.humble, plebeian, untitled;base,dishonorable,low.ignominious,a.dishonorable,shameful,infamous, disreputable.ignominy,n.disgrace,dishonor,reproach, obloquy,shame,humiliation.ignoramus,n.dunce, illiterate, sciolist,wiseacre, dullard,simpleton.ignorance,n.illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience;quackery,charlatanry.ignorant,a.illiterate, inerudite unenlightened, uninformed, unlearned, untaught,uneducated, unlettered, nescient;quackish,charlatanic.Antonyms:educated, instructed, schooled,trained,proficient,learned.ignorantly,adv.unknowingly, unconsciously, inadvertently,unwittingly.ignorant person.ignoramus, illiterate.ignore,v.disregard,slight, connive,overlook.ill,a.ailing,sick, unwell;evil,unfavorable, adverse,bad.ill at ease.uneasy, uncomfortable,anxious.ill-boding,a.ominous, inauspicious.illegal,a.illicit,unlawful,contraband, unlicensed,illegitimate.illegality,n.unlawfulness, illegitimacy.illegitimate,a.bastard, adulterine;illegal,illicit;spurious.illegitimate,v.illegitimatize,bastardize.illiberal,a.ungenerous, parsimonious,stingy;narrow-minded,bigoted.illiberality,n.parsimony,stinginess;narrow-mindedness,bigotry,intolerance.illicit,a.prohibited,unlawful.illness,n.malady,sickness,disease.illogical,a.fallacious,sophistical,unsound.illusion,n.mockery,hallucination,chimera, phantasm,delusion,glamour.illusive,a.delusive, illusory, chimerical,mocking.illustrate,v.elucidate,picture, demonstrate, exemplify.illustration,n.elucidation, exemplification;comparison,example,simile.ill-will,n.malice,resentment,grudge,rancor, malevolence,antipathy,hatred.image,n.statue; effigy,figure; ikon, eikon;idol.image breaker.iconoclast, idoloclast,vandal.image breaking.iconoclasm, vandalism.image worshipiconolatry, iconoduly.imaginary,a.fancied,visionary, chimerical,illusive, phantasmal.imagination,n.fancy,conception,notion,conceit,figment, phantasm.imagine,v.conceive,fancy;think,suppose, opine,apprehend.imbecile,n.idiot, witling,fool.imbecility,n.idiocy, fatuity,foolishness, amentia.imbedded,a.enfonced.imitate,v.copy,ape,counterfeit;personate,impersonate,mimic,simulate; parody,caricature.imitation,n.copy,counterfeit;mimicry,impersonation, mimesis; pasticcio; parody,travesty,burlesque; onomatopœoea.imitative,a.apish, copying, mimicking, mimetic; onomatopoetic.imitator,n.copyist,follower,mimic, mime,ape,echo,impersonator.immanence,n.inherence,indwelling.immanent,a.inherent,indwelling.immature,a.undeveloped, embryonic,crude, unripe, premature,untimely.immediately,adv.instantly,forthwith,directly,straightway, at once,now, instanter.Antonyms: hereafter, by and by, after a while.immense,a.vast, infinite, illimitable, immeasurable.immerse,v.submerge, plunge into,dip, immerge,douse; engross.immersed,a.submerged, plunged into; engrossed, absorbed, occupied.immersion,n.submersion, immersing; engrossment,absorption.immoderate,a.excessive,exorbitant, inordinate,intemperate,unrestrained.immodest,a.indecorous,indelicate,shameless;lewd,unchaste,obscene.immodesty,n.indecorum,indelicacy, impudicity;lewdness,unchastity,obscenity.immoral,a.licentious,dissolute,vicious, profligate,loose,illicit,rakish.immorality,n.vice, licentiousness, depravity, profligacy, obliquity.immortality,n.deathlessness, athanasia; perpetuity.immovable,a.fast,permanent, impassive,firm,steadfast.impact,n.collision, forciblecontact;force.impart,v.communicate.impartial,a.equitable,fair,disinterested,unbiased,unprejudiced.impartiality,n.fairness, equity, disinterestedness,justice.impassable,a.impenetrable,pathless,impervious.impatient,a.restless,restive,fretful, eager, impetuous.impede,v.retard.impediment,n.obstacle,barrier,obstruction, stumblingblock.impending,a.imminent,threatening.impenetrable,a.impervious, imperforable.impenitence,n.incontrition, obduracy, impenitency.impenitent,a.incontrite,unrepentant, obdurate, incorrigible, recusant,relentless.imperative,a.binding,compulsory,obligatory,imperious, peremptory.imperfect,a.defective,faulty,deficient,undeveloped,abortive,fallible,frail, errable.imperfection,n.defect,blemish,shortcoming,infirmity, foible,deformity,disfigurement,vice,frailty,fallibility.imperious,a.despotic, magisterial,domineering,dictatorial,tyrannical,imperative.imperishable,a.permanent, indestructible,enduring.impersonate,v.personate; personify.impersonation,n.personation, impersonating; impersonification.impersonator,n.mimic, personator, mime,actor.impertinent,a.irrelevant, inapplicable,impudent,saucy,rude,insolent, malapert,flippant.impervious,a.impermeable,impenetrable, imperviable.impetus,n.momentum,force,impulse,incentive.impish,a.malignant.implacable,a.unappeasable,vindictive,pitiless, irreconcilable.implant,v.instill, inculcate, ingraft, infix.implied,a.tacit, inferential.implore,v.beseech, supplicate, entreat, obsecrate.imploring,n.supplication, obsecration.impolite,a.discourteous, inurbane,rude,uncivil,disrespectful,saucy,insolent,impertinent,churlish, brusque,unamiable,surly,gruff,boorish.impoliteness,n.discourtesy, inurbanity,incivility, impertinence,insolence.importance,n.moment,materiality,consequence; pomposity,self-importance.important,a.momentous,material,essential;pompous, consequential.impose upon.delude,dupe,deceive, victimize.imposing,a.impressive,stately,majestic,august.impossibility,n.impracticability.impossible,a.impracticable, unfeasible,unattainable.impostor,n.pretender,cheat,charlatan,mountebank,quack,deceiver.imposture,n.fraud, imposition, charlatanism,deception.impracticability,n.unfeasibility.impracticable,a.impossible, unfeasible.impregnate,v.fecundate.impregnation,n.fecundation.imprison,v.incarcerate, immure.imprisonment,n.incarceration, durance, immurement, duress,confinement, commitment.impromptu,a.improvised,offhand, extempore, extemporaneous.improper,a.indecorous,unseemly,indecent,inappropriate,wrong, solecistic.impropriety,n.unsuitableness,unfitness, indecorum,barbarism,solecism.improve,v.amend, ameliorate,rectify,better,mend;utilize,use;gain, getbetter.improvement,n.betterment, amelioration; meliorism; utilization.improving,a.ameliorative,beneficial, amending.impudence,n.insolence, impertinence, effrontery, rudeness.impudent,a.insolent,impertinent,flippant,pert, brazen,saucy.impulse,n.motive,incentive; impulsion,impetus.impulsive,a.passionate,capricious,hasty; impellent, propulsive.impure,a.tainted, defiled, contaminated, polluted, vitiated, infected;adulterated, alloyed, sophisticated;unchaste,lewd,indelicate,indecent;barbarous,vulgar,hybrid.impurity,n.defilement,contamination,taint,pollution;adulteration,alloy, sophistication;unchastity,lewdness,indecency,indelicacy;pl.garblings, garbles.inability,n.incompetence, impotence, incapability, incompetency, inefficiency, disability.in a body.altogether,en masse.inaccuracy,n.inexactness,incorrectness,impropriety.inaccurate,a.incorrect, inexact,erroneous,faulty,wrong.inaction,n.inactivity, inertness, stagnation,idleness.inactive,a.inert,motionless, quiescent,dormant, inoperative,sluggish,stagnant, dilatory,latent,passive,torpid.inactivity,n.inaction, passivity, inertia,lethargy,dormancy, stagnation, torpor, latency,sloth, Fabian policy.inadequate,a.insufficient,deficient; defective,incomplete,imperfect.inappropriate,a.unsuitable,unbecoming, inapplicable.inapt,a.irrelevant,unsuitable, inept, inapplicable.inattention,n.inadvertence,abstraction, heedlessness,disregard,neglect, remissness.inattentive,a.heedless,absent-minded, inadvertent,unmindful,careless.inbeing,n.inherence.inborn,a.congenital,inherent,innate, instinctive, ingenerate.incapable,a.incompetent, disqualified,unfit, insusceptible.incarnation,n.incarnification, Avatar; personification.incautious,a.unwary,inconsiderate,indiscreet,thoughtless.incense,n.Associated words: thurible,censer, thurification, thurify, frankincense, cense, thurifer.incentive,n.motive,spur,incitement,stimulus, inducement provocation.incident,n.event, happening, episode, occurrence.incidental,a.casual,accidental, oontingent, fortuitous; subordinate, collateral,accessory.incite,v.instigate,stimulate,arouse,goad,spur, impel.incitement,n.stimulus, instigation, incitation,spur,incentive.incivility,n.discourtesy, rudeness, incomity, inurbanity,disrespect.inclination,n.leaning,slant;tendency, propensity, proneness, penchant, predilection.incline,n.slant,slope,ascent,descent, grade.--v.lean,tend, dispose.inclose,v.surround,encircle, circumscribe, encompass, enclose.inclosure,n.surrounding, closure,barrier,fence, corral, stockade.include,v.comprise,comprehend,inclose.inclusion,n.comprisal.income,n.revenue, proceeds; tontine, annuity.Associated word: fructuary.incomparable,a.peerless,matchless, transcendent, inimitable unrivalled,unapproachable.incompetent,a.inefficient,unqualified,incapable;inadequate;unfit, unsuited.incomplete,a.unfinished, defective,imperfect,deficient,partial, inchoate.incomprehensible,a.inconceivable,abstruse,unfathomable.inconsiderate,a.thoughtless, heedless,inattentive,careless.inconsistency,n.discordance, incoherence,contrariety, incompatibility.inconsistent,a.disagreeing, incoherent,contradictory, discrepant, incompatible.inconstancy,n.fickleness, mutability, variableness, instability.inconstant,a.fickle,changeable,volatile,flighty, mercurial,variable.inconvenient,a.unhandy, incommodious, inopportune, untoward.incorrect,a.inaccurate,erroneous, inexact,wrong; ungrammatical, solecistic.incorrectness,n.inaccuracy, inexactness,error;impropriety.increase,v.augment,advance,enlarge; multiply, be prolific,wax;aggravate, enhance,extend, augment,intensify, exacerbate, amplify,magnify, heighten, accelerate.increase,n.augmentation, accretion, increment, accession, amplification,addition, accrument.increase of motion.acceleration.incremate,v.cremate, incinerate.incremation,n.cremation.incumbent,a.obligatory, imposed,binding.incumbrance,n.hindrance,impediment, incubus; mortgage,claim,lien.incurable,a.insanable, irremediable, immedicable; irremedicable, irreparable.

ice,n.Associated words: igloo, iceberg, glacier, floe, icicle, frazil, avalanche,curling, skate, skee, skating, skeeing,brash,glare, serac, crampoons, calk, glaciate, glaciation, creeper, anchorice.

iced,a.chilled,frappe.

Iceland moss.lichen.

icy,a.glacial, glacious.

idea,n.conception,notion,opinion,fancy, impression;intention,design.

ideal,a.faultless,consummate,perfect.

idiocy,n.imbecility,foolishness, fatuity,folly, senselessness

idiot,n.imbecile.

idiotic,a.imbecile,foolish, fatuous,senseless.

idle,a.leisure;vain,unavailing,futile, ineffectual;indolent,slothful,inactive,lazy, otiose.

idleness,n.indolence,sloth,inaction,laziness; futility,vanity.Associated word: Cocagne.

idler,n.sluggard,drone, lounger, loafer, dawdler, donothing.

idol,n.image (of a divinity), effigy, gravenimage; Juggernaut.Associated words: idolater, idolatrous, idolatry,idolize, iconoplast, iconoclast, iconodule, idolomania, iconography, iconology, idoloclast, iconomachy, ting, iconolatry.

idolize,v.deify,worship, adore.

ignis fatuus.Will-o'-the-wisp, Jack-with-a-lantern,decoy.

ignoble,a.humble, plebeian, untitled;base,dishonorable,low.

ignominious,a.dishonorable,shameful,infamous, disreputable.

ignominy,n.disgrace,dishonor,reproach, obloquy,shame,humiliation.

ignoramus,n.dunce, illiterate, sciolist,wiseacre, dullard,simpleton.

ignorance,n.illiteracy, inerudition, unenlightenment, nescience;quackery,charlatanry.

ignorant,a.illiterate, inerudite unenlightened, uninformed, unlearned, untaught,uneducated, unlettered, nescient;quackish,charlatanic.Antonyms:educated, instructed, schooled,trained,proficient,learned.

ignorantly,adv.unknowingly, unconsciously, inadvertently,unwittingly.

ignorant person.ignoramus, illiterate.

ignore,v.disregard,slight, connive,overlook.

ill,a.ailing,sick, unwell;evil,unfavorable, adverse,bad.

ill at ease.uneasy, uncomfortable,anxious.

ill-boding,a.ominous, inauspicious.

illegal,a.illicit,unlawful,contraband, unlicensed,illegitimate.

illegality,n.unlawfulness, illegitimacy.

illegitimate,a.bastard, adulterine;illegal,illicit;spurious.

illegitimate,v.illegitimatize,bastardize.

illiberal,a.ungenerous, parsimonious,stingy;narrow-minded,bigoted.

illiberality,n.parsimony,stinginess;narrow-mindedness,bigotry,intolerance.

illicit,a.prohibited,unlawful.

illness,n.malady,sickness,disease.

illogical,a.fallacious,sophistical,unsound.

illusion,n.mockery,hallucination,chimera, phantasm,delusion,glamour.

illusive,a.delusive, illusory, chimerical,mocking.

illustrate,v.elucidate,picture, demonstrate, exemplify.

illustration,n.elucidation, exemplification;comparison,example,simile.

ill-will,n.malice,resentment,grudge,rancor, malevolence,antipathy,hatred.

image,n.statue; effigy,figure; ikon, eikon;idol.

image breaker.iconoclast, idoloclast,vandal.

image breaking.iconoclasm, vandalism.

image worshipiconolatry, iconoduly.

imaginary,a.fancied,visionary, chimerical,illusive, phantasmal.

imagination,n.fancy,conception,notion,conceit,figment, phantasm.

imagine,v.conceive,fancy;think,suppose, opine,apprehend.

imbecile,n.idiot, witling,fool.

imbecility,n.idiocy, fatuity,foolishness, amentia.

imbedded,a.enfonced.

imitate,v.copy,ape,counterfeit;personate,impersonate,mimic,simulate; parody,caricature.

imitation,n.copy,counterfeit;mimicry,impersonation, mimesis; pasticcio; parody,travesty,burlesque; onomatopœoea.

imitative,a.apish, copying, mimicking, mimetic; onomatopoetic.

imitator,n.copyist,follower,mimic, mime,ape,echo,impersonator.

immanence,n.inherence,indwelling.

immanent,a.inherent,indwelling.

immature,a.undeveloped, embryonic,crude, unripe, premature,untimely.

immediately,adv.instantly,forthwith,directly,straightway, at once,now, instanter.Antonyms: hereafter, by and by, after a while.

immense,a.vast, infinite, illimitable, immeasurable.

immerse,v.submerge, plunge into,dip, immerge,douse; engross.

immersed,a.submerged, plunged into; engrossed, absorbed, occupied.

immersion,n.submersion, immersing; engrossment,absorption.

immoderate,a.excessive,exorbitant, inordinate,intemperate,unrestrained.

immodest,a.indecorous,indelicate,shameless;lewd,unchaste,obscene.

immodesty,n.indecorum,indelicacy, impudicity;lewdness,unchastity,obscenity.

immoral,a.licentious,dissolute,vicious, profligate,loose,illicit,rakish.

immorality,n.vice, licentiousness, depravity, profligacy, obliquity.

immortality,n.deathlessness, athanasia; perpetuity.

immovable,a.fast,permanent, impassive,firm,steadfast.

impact,n.collision, forciblecontact;force.

impart,v.communicate.

impartial,a.equitable,fair,disinterested,unbiased,unprejudiced.

impartiality,n.fairness, equity, disinterestedness,justice.

impassable,a.impenetrable,pathless,impervious.

impatient,a.restless,restive,fretful, eager, impetuous.

impede,v.retard.

impediment,n.obstacle,barrier,obstruction, stumblingblock.

impending,a.imminent,threatening.

impenetrable,a.impervious, imperforable.

impenitence,n.incontrition, obduracy, impenitency.

impenitent,a.incontrite,unrepentant, obdurate, incorrigible, recusant,relentless.

imperative,a.binding,compulsory,obligatory,imperious, peremptory.

imperfect,a.defective,faulty,deficient,undeveloped,abortive,fallible,frail, errable.

imperfection,n.defect,blemish,shortcoming,infirmity, foible,deformity,disfigurement,vice,frailty,fallibility.

imperious,a.despotic, magisterial,domineering,dictatorial,tyrannical,imperative.

imperishable,a.permanent, indestructible,enduring.

impersonate,v.personate; personify.

impersonation,n.personation, impersonating; impersonification.

impersonator,n.mimic, personator, mime,actor.

impertinent,a.irrelevant, inapplicable,impudent,saucy,rude,insolent, malapert,flippant.

impervious,a.impermeable,impenetrable, imperviable.

impetus,n.momentum,force,impulse,incentive.

impish,a.malignant.

implacable,a.unappeasable,vindictive,pitiless, irreconcilable.

implant,v.instill, inculcate, ingraft, infix.

implied,a.tacit, inferential.

implore,v.beseech, supplicate, entreat, obsecrate.

imploring,n.supplication, obsecration.

impolite,a.discourteous, inurbane,rude,uncivil,disrespectful,saucy,insolent,impertinent,churlish, brusque,unamiable,surly,gruff,boorish.

impoliteness,n.discourtesy, inurbanity,incivility, impertinence,insolence.

importance,n.moment,materiality,consequence; pomposity,self-importance.

important,a.momentous,material,essential;pompous, consequential.

impose upon.delude,dupe,deceive, victimize.

imposing,a.impressive,stately,majestic,august.

impossibility,n.impracticability.

impossible,a.impracticable, unfeasible,unattainable.

impostor,n.pretender,cheat,charlatan,mountebank,quack,deceiver.

imposture,n.fraud, imposition, charlatanism,deception.

impracticability,n.unfeasibility.

impracticable,a.impossible, unfeasible.

impregnate,v.fecundate.

impregnation,n.fecundation.

imprison,v.incarcerate, immure.

imprisonment,n.incarceration, durance, immurement, duress,confinement, commitment.

impromptu,a.improvised,offhand, extempore, extemporaneous.

improper,a.indecorous,unseemly,indecent,inappropriate,wrong, solecistic.

impropriety,n.unsuitableness,unfitness, indecorum,barbarism,solecism.

improve,v.amend, ameliorate,rectify,better,mend;utilize,use;gain, getbetter.

improvement,n.betterment, amelioration; meliorism; utilization.

improving,a.ameliorative,beneficial, amending.

impudence,n.insolence, impertinence, effrontery, rudeness.

impudent,a.insolent,impertinent,flippant,pert, brazen,saucy.

impulse,n.motive,incentive; impulsion,impetus.

impulsive,a.passionate,capricious,hasty; impellent, propulsive.

impure,a.tainted, defiled, contaminated, polluted, vitiated, infected;adulterated, alloyed, sophisticated;unchaste,lewd,indelicate,indecent;barbarous,vulgar,hybrid.

impurity,n.defilement,contamination,taint,pollution;adulteration,alloy, sophistication;unchastity,lewdness,indecency,indelicacy;pl.garblings, garbles.

inability,n.incompetence, impotence, incapability, incompetency, inefficiency, disability.

in a body.altogether,en masse.

inaccuracy,n.inexactness,incorrectness,impropriety.

inaccurate,a.incorrect, inexact,erroneous,faulty,wrong.

inaction,n.inactivity, inertness, stagnation,idleness.

inactive,a.inert,motionless, quiescent,dormant, inoperative,sluggish,stagnant, dilatory,latent,passive,torpid.

inactivity,n.inaction, passivity, inertia,lethargy,dormancy, stagnation, torpor, latency,sloth, Fabian policy.

inadequate,a.insufficient,deficient; defective,incomplete,imperfect.

inappropriate,a.unsuitable,unbecoming, inapplicable.

inapt,a.irrelevant,unsuitable, inept, inapplicable.

inattention,n.inadvertence,abstraction, heedlessness,disregard,neglect, remissness.

inattentive,a.heedless,absent-minded, inadvertent,unmindful,careless.

inbeing,n.inherence.

inborn,a.congenital,inherent,innate, instinctive, ingenerate.

incapable,a.incompetent, disqualified,unfit, insusceptible.

incarnation,n.incarnification, Avatar; personification.

incautious,a.unwary,inconsiderate,indiscreet,thoughtless.

incense,n.Associated words: thurible,censer, thurification, thurify, frankincense, cense, thurifer.

incentive,n.motive,spur,incitement,stimulus, inducement provocation.

incident,n.event, happening, episode, occurrence.

incidental,a.casual,accidental, oontingent, fortuitous; subordinate, collateral,accessory.

incite,v.instigate,stimulate,arouse,goad,spur, impel.

incitement,n.stimulus, instigation, incitation,spur,incentive.

incivility,n.discourtesy, rudeness, incomity, inurbanity,disrespect.

inclination,n.leaning,slant;tendency, propensity, proneness, penchant, predilection.

incline,n.slant,slope,ascent,descent, grade.--v.lean,tend, dispose.

inclose,v.surround,encircle, circumscribe, encompass, enclose.

inclosure,n.surrounding, closure,barrier,fence, corral, stockade.

include,v.comprise,comprehend,inclose.

inclusion,n.comprisal.

income,n.revenue, proceeds; tontine, annuity.Associated word: fructuary.

incomparable,a.peerless,matchless, transcendent, inimitable unrivalled,unapproachable.

incompetent,a.inefficient,unqualified,incapable;inadequate;unfit, unsuited.

incomplete,a.unfinished, defective,imperfect,deficient,partial, inchoate.

incomprehensible,a.inconceivable,abstruse,unfathomable.

inconsiderate,a.thoughtless, heedless,inattentive,careless.

inconsistency,n.discordance, incoherence,contrariety, incompatibility.

inconsistent,a.disagreeing, incoherent,contradictory, discrepant, incompatible.

inconstancy,n.fickleness, mutability, variableness, instability.

inconstant,a.fickle,changeable,volatile,flighty, mercurial,variable.

inconvenient,a.unhandy, incommodious, inopportune, untoward.

incorrect,a.inaccurate,erroneous, inexact,wrong; ungrammatical, solecistic.

incorrectness,n.inaccuracy, inexactness,error;impropriety.

increase,v.augment,advance,enlarge; multiply, be prolific,wax;aggravate, enhance,extend, augment,intensify, exacerbate, amplify,magnify, heighten, accelerate.

increase,n.augmentation, accretion, increment, accession, amplification,addition, accrument.

increase of motion.acceleration.

incremate,v.cremate, incinerate.

incremation,n.cremation.

incumbent,a.obligatory, imposed,binding.

incumbrance,n.hindrance,impediment, incubus; mortgage,claim,lien.

incurable,a.insanable, irremediable, immedicable; irremedicable, irreparable.


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