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tarred

verb as in pave

verb as in discolor

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Overall, about 28 percent of the particles here were tar balls.

Dean Obeidallah on how that separates scandal-tarred Democrats.

Silkwood was tarred as a discontented employee who contaminated herself to embarrass the company she worked for.

Is it worth reclaiming a label that has been so tarred by association with right-wing nationalism?

And when you work in the White House, stuff happens, like a Gulf oil spill that, fairly or unfairly, tarred his presidency.

Tea Partiers from Rand Paul to Sharron Angle have been tarred as wingnuts, kooks.

The tarred ropes quickly caught fire, and the ship was in flames.

This consists of a tarred rope, or a flexible whip-stalk, three-fourths of an inch in diameter, with a swab or bulbous end.

If he refused he was tarred and feathered, or set to ride upon a rail, and his house was defiled with filth.

The tarred canvas formed an effectual barrier between the interior of the hold and the waves without.

It was built partly of logs and partly of driftwood and tarred canvas.

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On this page you'll find 513 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tarred, such as: assail, contravene, tar, attack, blast, and break.

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

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