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police delivered an ultimatum to the terrorists. 5 give,
administer, inflict, deal, direct, send, launch, impart, throw;
cast, hurl, shoot, discharge, fire: He delivered a blow on the
chin that knocked me out. The ball was delivered with enormous
speed. 6 bring forth, bear, give birth to, bring into the world:
In the next three years, she delivered three more girls. 7
produce, perform, put one's money where one's mouth is: Roger
had better deliver, or we shall have to take drastic measures.
delivery n. 1 distribution, delivering, deliverance, conveyance,
transportation, transport: The strikers have caused delivery of
newspapers to stop. 2 liberation, release, deliverance,
emancipation: His delivery from poverty was still a few years
away. 3 childbirth, parturition; confinement: Many women find
that their second child is an easier delivery. 4 presentation,
performance; utterance, enunciation, articulation,
pronunciation, expression, execution: He is an accomplished
orator, with a spellbinding delivery.
delusion n. 1 deception, trick, stratagem, artifice, ruse, pretence: It
was a snare and a delusion to represent the painting as genuine.
2 false or mistaken impression, fallacy, illusion, mistake,
error, misconception, misbelief, hallucination: He suffers
under the delusion that he is a great pianist.
demand v. 1 require, order, bid, call (for); insist, command: I
demand that you retract that remark! She demanded to know where
he was going. 2 claim, ask (for), require, insist on; exact:
They had paid for tickets and demanded entrance. 3 require,
call for, need, want, necessitate, cry out for: This superb
dish demands an excellent claret. 4 ask (for), inquire or
enquire, request; requisition: We demanded help from the
police.
--n. 5 request, bid, behest, requisition, order, insistence;
outcry: Our demand for service went unheeded. 6 want, need,
requirement, desire; market (demand), marketability; consumer or
customer acceptance: The demand for our products is low at the
moment. 7 in demand. wanted, needed, requested, coveted,
popular, sought after, desired, desirable, Brit in request, US
on request: Bright graduates are always in demand. 8 on
demand. on call, on request, on presentation, when requested or
required; at once, immediately, without delay: These notes are