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enchmark, norm, criterion: You should set an example to the
children. 3 warning, admonition, lesson: The judge made an
example of him by giving him the maximum sentence. 4 for
example. for instance, as a case in point, as an illustration or
example, by way of illustration, to illustrate, e.g. or eg,
exempli gratia: Consider, for example, the following poem by
Wordsworth.
exasperate
v. 1 anger, infuriate, enrage, incense, madden, rile, drive
mad; embitter; inflame; Colloq drive crazy, drive up the wall:
Dealing with a bureaucracy can be exasperating for anyone. 2
irritate, irk, annoy, bother, harass, pique, gall, nettle,
rankle, provoke, vex, pester, torment, plague; hector, badger,
Colloq bug, needle, peeve, get, get under (someone's) skin, rub
(up) the wrong way, aggravate, Slang get (someone's) goat, piss
(someone) off: The child's constant questions were beginning to
exasperate me.
excavate v. 1 dig (out or up), hollow or gouge (out), scoop out, burrow
or cut (out): They are excavating a great hole in the centre of
the site. 2 unearth, uncover, expose, clear, lay bare, dig up,
disinter, bring up, exhume: A large part of Pompeii has been
excavated.
excavation
n. cavity, hole, pit, crater, cut, ditch, trench, trough,
burrow, hollow, shaft, tunnel; mine, quarry: Concrete for the
foundations will be poured into the excavation.
exceed v. 1 surpass, top, excel, be superior to, go beyond, beat,
overwhelm, better, outdistance, pass, overtake, outstrip,
outrank, outrun, outdo, outpace, transcend, outshine, outreach,
overshadow, eclipse: The success of the new product exceeded
our expectations. 2 overstep, go beyond, overextend: His
behaviour exceeded the bounds of decency.
exceeding adj. great, huge, enormous, extraordinary, excessive,
exceptional, surpassing: The exceeding poverty of the people is
heart-rending.
exceedingly
adv. very, extremely, especially, exceptionally, considerably,