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past tense form of describe.
past participle of describe.

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alleged adj.
detailed adj.
reported adj.
represented adj.
specified adj.

ADJECTIVE

alleged

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purported so-called stated supposed

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averred declared pretended professed suspect

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dubious ostensible questionable suspicious

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certain definite sure

ADJECTIVE

detailed

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accurate complicated comprehensive definite exact exhaustive intricate meticulous precise specific thorough

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amplified circumstantiated complete developed disclosed elaborate elaborated enumerated exhausting full individualized narrow specified unfolded

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abundant all-inclusive at length blow-by-blow circumstantial clocklike copious finicky fussy individual minute nice point-by-point seriatim

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careless false imprecise inaccurate indefinite inexact questionable simple uncertain vague

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incomplete needy

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brief cursory inexhaustive nonspecific sparing uncomplicated undetailed

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reported

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announced disclosed expressed noted proclaimed recorded rumored

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believed broadcast communicated divulged narrated recited recounted reputed revealed said

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made known

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certain secret unknown verified

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represented

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characterized defined expressed pictured

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delineated drawn illustrated interpreted mirrored personified portrayed revealed sketched symbolized

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specified

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stated

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detailed itemized named

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He described the past two decades without settlers around Jenin as "bliss".

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Kim Sun-hee, 70, described them as "like scraping cement, or even ghost-like noises. It was really frightening".

From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi described the visit as unacceptable and officials lodged protests with Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Mercifully, and respectfully, many of the scenes described are left to the visual imagination.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Roz described her life on the island, and the sea creatures smiled as they imagined her living on dry land.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

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