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smoke

noun as in fume; cigarette

Strong match

Weak match

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Dark stars have a smoking gun signature, an absorption feature at 1640 Angstrom, due to the large amounts of singly ionized helium in their atmospheres.

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Supporters will be less forgiving now Wales have lost – making it 12 goals conceded in five games – and seen their hopes of qualifying automatically go up in smoke.

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Like drinking and smoking, she added, intimacy should be handled with caution.

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In one case, a newborn baby died from smoke inhalation after being exposed to tear gas.

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We can recite the precepts—move more, eat carefully, sleep well, don’t smoke—even if we occasionally struggle with the practice.

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

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