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noun

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry

verb

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• become smaller or draw together

• decrease in size, range, or extent

28%9 Typically has less recoil than larger calibers
adjective

• of or relating to the bore of a gun (or its ammunition) that measures twenty-two hundredths of an inch in diameter

24%6Recoil
noun

• some event or object that causes embarrassment and shame

• A posture or gesture of shrinking or recoiling.

verb

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• show submission or fear

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