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bang

adverb as in suddenly, with force

noun as in loud hit or knock

noun as in thrilling situation

verb as in hit or knock loudly

verb as in moving by hitting hard

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Inside, she called her husband while the defendants "continued to bang on the front door".

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After the loss to Sturm Graz on Thursday night he banged on about a throw-in that went wrong and cost Rangers a goal.

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“The constant banging when he spent most of his career outside the three-point line,” Cronin said of Booker, “it’s new for him.”

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Alan Levy, the synagogue's chairman of trustees told ITV News, he heard Al-Shamie shouting "this is what they get for killing our children", before "banging his knife into the glass, trying to get through".

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Alan Levy, the synagogue's chairman of trustees told ITV News he heard Al-Shamie shouting "this is what they get for killing our children", before "banging his knife into the glass, trying to get through".

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

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