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surveillance
n. observation, watch, scrutiny, reconnaissance: The police
kept him under constant surveillance.
survey v. 1 examine, appraise, evaluate, take the measure of, inspect,
study, scan, scrutinize, measure, size up, assess, investigate,
look into or over, review: He surveyed the situation and found
nothing wrong. 2 view, look at, get a bird's eye view of,
contemplate: From the top of the tower I surveyed the
surrounding countryside.
--n. 3 surveying, examination, appraisal, evaluation, measure,
study, scan, scanning, scrutiny, inquiry or enquiry,
measurement, investigation, inspection: Our survey of the
company finances yielded some very interesting information.
survive v. 1 continue, last, live (on), persist, subsist, pull through,
endure: The village was destroyed, but its people survived. 2
outlast, outlive,: At the age of 114, MacMurtagh has survived
all his children and many of his grandchildren.
susceptible
adj. 1 Often, susceptible of or to. open (to), prone (to),
subject (to), disposed (to), predisposed (to), receptive (to),
affected by, responsive (to): Brass is susceptible of a high
shine. Are you still susceptible to her blandishments? 2
impressionable, influenceable, vulnerable, reachable,
accessible, credulous, suggestible, gullible, na‹ve:
Susceptible youngsters need protection from commercial
exploitation.
suspect v. 1 disbelieve, doubt, mistrust, distrust, harbour or have
suspicions about or of, be suspicious of: Do you suspect the
butler? 2 feel, think, believe, sense, have a feeling, fancy,
imagine, theorize, guess, surmise, have a sneaking suspicion,
think it likely or probable, Colloq expect: I suspect that the
butler might have done it.
--adj. 3 suspicious, questionable, doubtful, dubious, shady,
shadowy; suspected: If you ask me, his behaviour since boarding
the Orient Express has been highly suspect.
suspend v. 1 hold up or off (on), withhold, put off, put or hold or