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| VERB: | Slang. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. Informal : put away. Slang : bump off, do in, knock off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See HELP. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Containing an error or errors: erroneous, fallacious, false, inaccurate, incorrect, mistaken, unsound, untrue, wrong. Idioms: all wet, in error, off base, off (or wide of) the mark. See CORRECT. 2. Afflicted with or exhibiting irrationality and mental unsoundness: brainsick, crazy, daft, demented, disordered, distraught, dotty, insane, lunatic, mad, maniac, maniacal, mentally ill, moonstruck, touched, unbalanced, unsound, wrong. Informal : bonkers, cracked, daffy, gaga, loony. Slang : bananas, batty, buggy, cuckoo, fruity, loco, nuts, nutty, screwy, wacky. Chiefly British : crackers. Law : non compos mentis. Idioms: around the bend, crazy as a loon, mad as a hatter, not all there, nutty as a fruitcake, off (or out of) one's head, off one's rocker, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, sick in the head, stark raving mad. See SANE. 3. Characterized by reduced economic activity: down, dull, slack, slow, sluggish, soft. See INCREASE.
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