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"he saw action in Korea"nouna military engagement
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nouna judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
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"the piano had a very stiff action"nounthe operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
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"She actioned the company for discrimination"verbinstitute legal proceedings against; file a suit againsttype of:
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"He actioned the operation"verbput in effect
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"he is out of action"nounthe state of being active
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"the action of natural forces"nouna process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
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"recent federal action undermined the segregationist position" "the United Nations must have the power to propose and organize action without being hobbled by irrelevant issues" "the Union action of emancipating Southern slaves"nounan act by a government body or supranational organizationtype of:
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"there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"nounsomething done (usually as opposed to something said)type of:
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"the action is no longer in technology stocks but in municipal bonds" "gawkers always try to get as close to the action as possible"nounthe most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or fieldtype of:
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"his novels always have a lot of action"nounthe series of events that form a plottype of:
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"a man of action"nounthe trait of being active and energetic and forcefultype of:
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do thing work course play run change taking fight set war playing pick drive finish state act choice complete battle operation release defense process saving effect movement challenge source agency performance sue swing perform behavior exercise fetch option flow sally sink activity economy capture survival engagement resistance plot conflict arrival application fulfill deed kindness radiation behaviour defence execution reference execute accomplish selection hum establishment employment ew drift discharge opposition prosecution dispatch formation achievement aggression mechanism extinction warfare feedback decay soak soaking proceedings fulfil eruption extraction proceeding hostility stimulation interaction accomplishment consultation succession prohibition politeness transfusion blockade reverence consummate curing overdrive scattering disintegration swordplay condensation expedite absorption synergy alienation pickings dissolution civility filtration transgression inhibition softening sortie clotting leach diffusion convection distillation hardening electrophoresis vampirism jumpstart actionable destabilization flocculation vitrification coagulation curdling materialization emphasizing beatification litigate solidifying stiffening effervescence oscillation oxygenation solidification busyness aeration centrifugation fossilization encirclement chromatography ionisation ionization leaching counterclaim acidification concretion inactivation accentuation military action group action defensive measure saber rattling police action electronic warfare sabre rattling amphibious landing action at law legal action legal proceeding criminal prosecution custody case test case lis pendens antitrust case test suit civil action action mechanism piano action gunlock slide action pump action firing mechanism carry out carry through effectuate set up get over activeness eructation extravasation natural action natural process physical process adiabatic process antiredeposition cataphoresis chemical action chemical change chemical process demagnetisation demagnetization desorption dielectrolysis distillment ecesis ecological succession fossilisation geologic process geological process ion exchange ionophoresis magnetic induction magnetisation magnetization materialisation natural selection nuclear reaction opacification pair creation pair formation pair production phase change phase transition physical change precession of the equinoxes rigidification rigidifying saltation sericulture soakage sorption state change survival of the fittest synergism temperature change transduction transpiration human activity human action destabilisation forbiddance bruxism benignity res gestae accenting course of action jump-start stupefaction carrying out carrying into action