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adjective • earlier than the present time; no longer current noun • the time that has elapsed • a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret) • a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past adverb • so as to pass a given point adjective satellite • of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office | ||||||||
| 41% | 8 | Consequences that come back to haunt | ||||||
noun • the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired • misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service • Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge. | ||||||||
| 34% | 7 | Believed to come out at night to haunt or frighten | ||||||
noun • A menacing, ghost-like monster in children's stories. • (by extension) Any make-believe threat, especially one used to intimidate or distract. | ||||||||
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