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HEMORRHAGE
- A copious discharge of blood from the blood vessels.
- Usage: Story on the cause of death for Richard Ricci, a Utah handyman police alleged had knowledge of the abduction of missing teen Elizabeth Smart.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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MORASS
- Marsh, swamp; something that traps, confuses, or impedes.
- Usage: Report on 30th anniversary of the terrorist actions by Palestinians at the Olympics in Munich, Germany, in 1972.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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QUAGMIRE
- Soft, miry land that shakes or yields under the foot; a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position.
- Usage: Report on 30th anniversary of the terrorist actions by Palestinians at the Olympics in Munich, Germany, in 1972.
Source: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition.
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