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Verb
S:
(v)
dart
,
dash
,
scoot
,
scud
,
flash
,
shoot
(run or move very quickly or hastily)
"She dashed into the yard"
S:
(v)
smash
,
dash
(break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over)
"Smash a plate"
S:
(v)
crash
,
dash
(hurl or thrust violently)
"He dashed the plate against the wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock"
S:
(v)
dash
(destroy or break)
"dashed ambitions and hopes"
S:
(v)
daunt
,
dash
,
scare off
,
pall
,
frighten off
,
scare away
,
frighten away
,
scare
(cause to lose courage)
"dashed by the refusal"
S:
(v)
dash
(add an enlivening or altering element to)
"blue paint dashed with white"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
dashing
,
gallant
(lively and spirited)
"a dashing hero"
S:
(adj)
dapper
,
dashing
,
jaunty
,
natty
,
raffish
,
rakish
,
spiffy
,
snappy
,
spruce
(marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners)
"a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"