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invasive - Tending to spread aggressively, often causing harm or disruption.

The invasive plant species quickly took over the garden, choking out native flowers.

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entrap - To trick or deceive someone or something, where it's difficult for them to escape.

Internet schemes entrap people and companies who lose about $10 trillion dollars a year, making it the 3rd largest economy after the US and China.

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inflammatory - Causing or likely to cause strong emotions, especially anger or hostility.

His inflammatory remarks at the meeting led to a tension in the air that took a while to dissipate.

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impinge - To have an effect or impact on someone; also to gradually take over an area belonging to someone else.

His constant use of the cell phone impinged on his family life.

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quash - To reject or void, especially by legal procedure

Once DNA evidence proved Marco innocent, the judge quashed his original conviction.

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bossy - When a person tends to order people around and tell them what to do, being overly authoritative and domineering.

Maxine's parents thought she'd make a good manager because of her bossy spirit, always telling her siblings what to do.

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grab - To take or seize something quickly or suddenly, often with a strong or swift motion.

He tried to grab the last large piece of pizza before anyone else noticed.

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muzzle - A device, usually an arrangement of straps or wires, placed over an animal's mouth to prevent the animal from biting, eating, etc.

In addition to a strait jacket, Hannibal Lecter was forced to wear a muzzle so he wouldn't eat people.

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frisk - The way a police officer or other official passes their hands over someone in search of hidden weapons, drugs, etc.

For many people, the most uncomfortable part of air travel is when the TSA agents frisk their bodies for dangerous materials.

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muzzle - Put a muzzle on (an animal)

The wild dog had to be muzzled so it wouldn't bite anybody.

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purge - The act of getting rid of undesirable things

During the great Purge of 1937-1938, Stalin killed about a million people he felt might threaten his leadership.

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defiant - refusing to obey authority, sometimes even to the point of refusing to accept criticism.

Lars was a defiant child who always refused to obey his parents.