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All punctuate synonyms

punc·tu·ate
P p

verb punctuate

  • intersperse — to scatter here and there or place at intervals among other things: to intersperse flowers among shrubs.
  • make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
  • edge in — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
  • intermitted — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
  • interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
  • emphasise — (British) alternative spelling of emphasize.
  • come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
  • headlining — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
  • emphasize — Give special importance or prominence to (something) in speaking or writing.
  • weighted — having additional weight.
  • blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
  • chime in — If you chime in, you say something just after someone else has spoken.
  • intermitting — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
  • highlighted — to emphasize or make prominent.
  • ins — (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
  • get in the way — be an obstacle
  • close down — to cease or cause to cease operations
  • italicise — to print in italic type.
  • lay aside — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • cool it — If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
  • italicize — to print in italic type.
  • highlighting — to emphasize or make prominent.
  • accent — Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way that shows which country, region, or social class they come from.
  • accentuate — To accentuate something means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.
  • weighting — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
  • hyphenate — to join by a hyphen.
  • intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
  • call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
  • halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • inned — (used to indicate inclusion within space, a place, or limits): walking in the park.
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