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shock absorber

noun as in vehicle suspension system

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Even rigid robots rely on some soft components, such as foot pads that serve as shock absorbers or flexible springs to store and release energy.

Those disks act as shock absorbers between the bones in the spine and a herniation happens when a piece of those disks breaks through its casing and irritates nerves in the area.

Joblessness is exacerbated by the use of the informal sector as a shock absorber.

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Cars with electronically adjustable shock absorbers can also change the ride and handling characteristics in different drive modes.

Instead, it becomes a shock absorber, leaving the springing action to your joints and tissues and potentially leading to injury.

But Betty thought that she would not enjoy being a shock absorber and felt none too comfortable.

I need you as a shock absorber, said Lucia in a low tone, a half smile twisting her lips, and Betty made a low response.

The blind adult soon realizes that "humor is a shock absorber," and that "mirth is the soul's best medicine."

I was not with them when they discovered the first clewI think it was a shock absorber; was it not, Walter?

The searcher for thrills or the touring shock absorber will find nothing in London to rattle his psychic slats.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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