Thesaurus / baffle
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To their surprise, however, one snake “formed its body in a ring around the baffle and then started to wiggle up,” Savidge says.
THESE SNAKES WIGGLE UP SMOOTH POLES BY TURNING THEIR BODIES INTO ‘LASSOES’KATE BAGGALEYJANUARY 13, 2021POPULAR SCIENCEOne of these ways involved tests to see whether a wide pipe, or baffle, around a pole could prevent predators from reaching a starling nest box at the top.
BROWN TREE SNAKES USE THEIR TAILS AS LASSOS TO CLIMB WIDE TREESMARIA TEMMINGJANUARY 11, 2021SCIENCE NEWSWith their help, I’d made progress toward a prototype for my tiny satellites, inventing and testing precision-pointing hardware and software, and perfecting the design of the onboard telescope and its protective baffle.
MY SATELLITE WOULD FIT IN A SMALL SUITCASE.KATIE MCLEANDECEMBER 18, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThese baffles “hug” the microphone and block out external noise while focusing on the source and enhancing the quality of final audio, making them an exceptional tool for recording vocals, kick drums, guitar amps and more.
THE BEST RECORDING ISOLATION SHIELDS FOR TRACKING AUDIO IN ANY SPACEPOPSCI COMMERCE TEAMSEPTEMBER 25, 2020POPULAR SCIENCEThe glass is lined with custom baffles contoured to block daytime glare.
APPLE’S ‘MOST AMBITIOUS’ NEW STORE IS A DEPARTURE FROM ITS SIGNATURE DESIGNCLAYCHANDLERSEPTEMBER 8, 2020FORTUNEIt was Carmena, every nerve of her loyal nature on the alert to baffle this pursuer of Alessandro and Ramona.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONWe went from office to office, where everything seemed designed to baffle suitors conducting their own cases.
REMINISCENCES OF CHARLES BRADLAUGHGEORGE W. FOOTEIts limitless deeps reveal themselves to us, and yet baffle our gaze: close themselves against research, but open to conjecture.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGOThanks to the darkness and the water, you baffle the hounds, both animal and human.
THE DUTY OF DISOBEDIENCE TO THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTLYDIA MARIA CHILDBoth could blight the promise of the harvest, baffle the plans of their enemies, or wither the health of their victims.
WITCH, WARLOCK, AND MAGICIANWILLIAM HENRY DAVENPORT ADAMSSYNONYM OF THE DAY
JUNE 20, 2021
WORDS RELATED TO BAFFLE
- baffle
- balk
- beat down
- beat the system
- blank
- block
- bury
- cast down
- cause setback
- checkmate
- circumvent
- confound
- contravene
- cook
- counterplot
- cross
- disappoint
- discomfit
- disconcert
- disprove
- edge out
- foil
- invalidate
- neutralize
- nonplus
- nose out
- nullify
- outwit
- overturn
- put end to
- puzzle
- quell
- reduce
- refute
- ruin
- scuttle
- shave
- shellac
- skunk
- spoil
- squash
- stump
- subdue
- subjugate
- surmount
- take wind out of sails
- throw for loop
- thwart
- undo
- victimize
- KOING
- beating
- busting
- clobbering
- creaming
- decking
- dropping
- drubbing
- edging
- flaxing
- flogging
- flooring
- knocking out
- lambasting
- licking
- outhitting
- outjumping
- outplaying
- outrunning
- overpowering
- plowing under
- pommelling
- pounding
- powdering
- pulverizing
- running roughshod over
- skinning
- steamrolling
- taking
- taking it all
- taking to cleaners
- tanning
- thrashing
- totaling
- trouncing
- walloping
- whacking
- whomping
- winning
- working over
- zapping
- KOS
- beats
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- decks
- drops
- drubs
- edges
- flaxes
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- floors
- knocks out
- lambastes
- licks
- outhits
- outjumps
- outplays
- outruns
- overpowers
- plows under
- pommels
- pounds
- powders
- pulverizes
- runs roughshod over
- skins
- steamrolls
- takes
- takes it all
- takes to cleaners
- tans
- thrashes
- totals
- trounces
- wallops
- whacks
- whomps
- wins
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- zaps
- baffled
- bearded
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- flew in face of
- flouted
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- fronted
- gibed
- hung tough
- hurled defiance at
- ignored
- insulted
- made my day
- mocked
- opposed
- outdared
- provoked
- repelled
- repulsed
- resisted
- ridiculed
- scorned
- slighted
- spurned
- stuck
- stuck fast
- thwarted
- took one on
- ventured
- violated
- withstood
- baffles
- beards
- braves
- confronts
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- dares
- defeats
- derides
- despises
- disregards
- eludes
- faces
- flies in face of
- flouts
- foils
- fronts
- gibes
- hangs tough
- hurls defiance at
- ignores
- insults
- makes my day
- mocks
- opposes
- outdares
- provokes
- repels
- repulses
- resists
- ridicules
- scorns
- slights
- spurns
- sticks
- sticks fast
- takes one on
- thwarts
- ventures
- violates
- withstands
- baffle
- beard
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- confront
- contemn
- dare
- defeat
- deride
- despise
- disregard
- elude
- face
- flout
- fly in face of
- foil
- front
- gibe
- hang tough
- hurl defiance at
- ignore
- insult
- make my day
- mock
- oppose
- outdare
- provoke
- repel
- repulse
- resist
- ridicule
- scorn
- slight
- spurn
- stick
- stick fast
- take one on
- thwart
- venture
- violate
- withstand
- abort
- baffle
- balk
- bring to naught
- bungle
- cast down
- chagrin
- circumvent
- come to nothing
- dash
- dash hopes
- deceive
- delude
- disconcert
- disenchant
- disgruntle
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- dumbfound
- embitter
- fail
- fall down on
- fall flat
- fall short of
- foil
- founder
- hamper
- hinder
- leave in the lurch
- let down
- miscarry
- mislead
- not show
- put out
- ruin prospects
- stand up
- tease
- thwart
- torment
- vex
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