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traumatic: Relations between the two countries became even more
fraught following the incident.
fray° n. disturbance, skirmish, fight, battle, brawl, tussle,
scuffle, fracas, mˆl‚e or melee, Donnybrook, wrangle, rumpus,
row, quarrel, dispute, altercation, Law affray, Colloq ruckus,
punch-up: He leapt into the fray and fought like a tiger.
frayý v. shred, wear (thin or threadbare), wear out, rub, abrade,
chafe, ravel, unravel, frazzle: He saves his frayed shirts to
wear at home.
freak n. 1 monstrosity, monster, mutant, deformity: The show
features freaks such as a two-headed calf and a bearded lady. 2
anomaly, rarity, abnormality, irregularity, oddity, curiosity,
rara avis, rare bird, Brit one-off, Colloq one-shot: Biologists
regard the albino giraffe as a freak of nature. 3 whim,
caprice, vagary, crotchet, quirk, eccentricity, fancy,
idiosyncrasy, peculiarity: The snow in New York in July was a
freak. 4 enthusiast, fan, devotee, aficionado; fanatic, addict;
Colloq buff, fiend, nut: She's been a jazz freak for years.
--adj. 5 freakish, freaky, abnormal, anomalous, extraordinary,
unique, rare, atypical, unusual, odd, queer, strange,
exceptional, bizarre, weird, unparalleled, unforeseen,
unexpected, unpredicted, unpredictable, Brit one-off, Colloq
one-shot: He claims he had a freak experience with a lion that
had a thorn in its foot.
free adj. 1 at liberty, unfettered, unchained, unshackled,
unconfined, untrammelled, unencumbered, unrestrained,
unrestricted, unconstrained, uncontrolled, free-born,
independent, self-governing, self-governed, self-ruling,
autonomous, democratic, sovereign: These people want to be
free. It's a free country. 2 liberated, at large, let go, let
off, emancipated, delivered, manumitted, set free, unshackled,
unfettered, released, freed, loose, out, Colloq sprung, on the
loose: After ten years he was free at last. 3 unoccupied,
unengaged, at liberty, not busy, available, accessible; unused,
vacant, empty, spare, extra, uninhabited, untenanted: Are you
free for dinner tonight? Here is a free room we can use for the
meeting. 4 cost-free, free of charge, complimentary, gratis, for
nothing, without cost (or obligation), unencumbered, Colloq for