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What is another word for
tearing down
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Verb
Present participle for to completely demolish or destroy
Present participle for to shame or put down
Present participle for attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of
Present participle for to declare to be untrue
Present participle for to cause to seem less impressive or valuable
Present participle for to criticize or rebuke strongly
Noun
The action or process of demolishing or being demolished
Adjective
Destroying
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to completely demolish or destroy
destroying
demolishing
ruining
wrecking
razing
devastating
smashing
annihilating
shattering
totalling
totaling
decimating
pulverising
UK
pulverizing
US
desolating
wasting
vaporising
UK
vaporizing
US
wracking
creaming
nuking
extinguishing
leveling
US
levelling
UK
flattening
obliterating
trashing
crushing
bulldozing
dismantling
unbuilding
removing
dilapidating
devouring
disassembling
pulling down
rubbing out
knocking down
doing in
breaking up
razing to the ground
taking down
taking apart
wiping off the map
ripping down
wiping out
ravaging
laying waste
toppling
torpedoing
blowing up
breaking
felling
blasting
desecrating
bringing down
spoiling
bombing
exterminating
crashing
undoing
despoiling
taking out
wreaking havoc on
erasing
eradicating
expunging
extirpating
effacing
sinking
blowing to bits
dashing
spoliating
laying waste to
destructing
leaving in ruins
stamping out
defeating
gutting
dynamiting
eliminating
liquidating
breaking down
overturning
zapping
sacking
scourging
pillaging
killing
reducing
upsetting
blighting
sabotaging
marring
depredating
busting
scotching
scuppering
ravishing
throwing down
impairing
snuffing out
blowing to pieces
writing off
blotting out
overwhelming
nixing
bringing to ruin
wiping from the face of the earth
leaving desolate
reducing to ruins
wiping off the face of the earth
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
exploding
deleting
abolishing
plundering
battering
capsizing
knocking to pieces
quashing
damaging
tearing up
mowing down
blowing down
clearing
blowing
ruinating
mutilating
maiming
slaughtering
massacring
cutting down
bowling down
cleaning up
blowing away
doing away with
wracking up
bringing to naught
botching
mangling
injuring
finishing off
flooring
sweeping away
putting out of commission
messing up
putting paid to
blacking out
banjaxing
laying in ruins
incinerating
overthrowing
reducing to rubble
damaging beyond repair
putting the kibosh on
doing for
blowing a hole in
dishing
rooting out
defacing
disrupting
lowering
raping
pranging
laying low
making desolate
beating
benothinging
tormenting
avenging
ending
squashing
getting rid of
taking care of
taking away
checking
putting down
suppressing
terminating
striking
burning away
burning
cleaning out
defiling
poisoning
reducing to nothing
making a mess of
cruelling
screwing up
bringing to nothing
wreaking havoc upon
euchring
lousing up
bodging
mullering
fouling up
depleting
disfiguring
ransacking
raiding
bringing about the downfall of
undermining
vandalising
UK
dashing to pieces
crippling
cracking up
vandalizing
US
piling up
running onto the rocks
smashing up
shipwrecking
tumbling
queering
putting out of action
executing
killing off
cutting a swath through
butchering
committing genocide
wiping off
wiping
dispatching
scrubbing out
propelling
forcing
driving
thrusting
taking
smiting
marauding
overcoming
hewing
cracking
bursting
blowing sky-high
imploding
excising
shivering
splintering
fracturing
fragmenting
splitting
bringing to the ground
chopping
chopping down
causing to fall
knocking to the ground
grounding
hacking down
spilling
unmaking
scattering
subverting
disintegrating
bowling over
downing
knocking over
pushing over
dropping
upending
tipping over
decking
smattering
scrunching
crunching
blowing apart
snapping
riving
smashing to smithereens
disabling
rending
breaking into pieces
crushing to smithereens
exhausting
fragmentizing
blowing out
casting down
striking out
scratching out
taking to pieces
stripping down
pulling to bits
taking to bits
pulling to pieces
pulling apart
rupturing
separating
dividing
popping
severing
dismembering
crumbling
coming apart
tearing
harming
detonating
crumping
parting
falling to pieces
cleaving
going off
disuniting
sundering
puncturing
hurting
falling to bits
vitiating
breaking open
going bang
bursting apart
dissolving
splitting up
erupting
blemishing
weakening
falling apart
compromising
tarnishing
busting up
tainting
flawing
endamaging
corrupting
collapsing
crabbing
making mincemeat of
corroding
tearing asunder
flying open
spalling
prostrating
trampling
powdering
breaching
mushrooming
opening
booming
banging
squishing
coming to pieces
dissevering
breaking apart
sullying
making hash of
bloodying
smirching
scorching
breaking to smithereens
shocking
sapping
ripping apart
crossing up
going boom
playing merry hell with
lacerating
tearing apart
flying apart
bursting open
mucking up
doing harm to
flying into pieces
letting go
causing detriment to
ripping open
coming unstuck
perforating
consuming
havocking
overrunning
igniting
coming to bits
breaking to pieces
pashing
messing
wreaking havoc
clobbering
conquering
chastening
chastising
physically breaking
prying
prizing
busting open
fulminating
destabilizing
US
going off with a bang
breaking into tiny pieces
mauling
disjoining
besmirching
nicking
prejudicing
jeopardizing
US
dissecting
wrenching
distorting
shooting down
knocking out
smashing into smithereens
breaking into fragments
diminishing
impoverishing
deteriorating
hindering
debilitating
buckling
warping
handling roughly
incapacitating
wounding
impeding
enervating
afflicting
devitalizing
depressing
dumping on
doing mischief to
va-vooming
shooting off
giving way
breaking into two
breaking in two
debasing
withering
enfeebling
inconveniencing
splitting asunder
destabilising
UK
roughing up
shaking up
detracting from
jeopardising
UK
interfering with
breaking into
cutting off
throwing a monkey wrench into
tumbling down
pounding
breaking off
ribboning
tattering
ripping
shredding
cracking apart
cracking open
dispersing
causing a breach
coming between
disbanding
dissipating
dispelling
pestling
comminuting
squandering
wresting
disturbing
ripping to pieces
ripping asunder
tearing in two
tearing to pieces
piercing
pulling
slashing
slitting
cutting
ripping in two
milling
braying
grinding
staining
triturating
splitting open
diverging
bursting out
blotting
disfeaturing
atomizing
mashing
mulling
tearing open
abusing
scathing
discoloring
US
wronging
denting
dirtying
rusting
scratching
maltreating
gnawing
infecting
knocking
discolouring
UK
rotting
rending asunder
compressing
levigating
powderizing
pressing
stabbing
polluting
bleaching
contaminating
fading
clearing out
going in different directions
moving in different directions
breaking out
going separate ways
spreading out
hitting
taking off in all directions
tampering with
wearing away
banging up
contusing
kibbling
contriturating
bruising
driving a nail into the coffin of
playing havoc with
doing damage to
knocking for six
having a negative impact on
knocking the stuffing out of
having a negative effect on
more ❯
“This month, the Liberal government announced they would
tear down
the Cordova side of the building and renovate the parkade.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shame or put down
humbling
humiliating
shaming
degrading
demeaning
abasing
chastening
debasing
disgracing
subduing
mortifying
sinking
abashing
breaking
belittling
crushing
owning
reducing
chagrining
cheapening
discrediting
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
lowering
causing to lose face
embarrassing
making a fool of
shooting down
smirching
bemeaning
deflating
discomfiting
squashing
demoting
fouling
overcoming
silencing
snubbing
squelching
upsetting
bringing down
casting down
pulling down
putting away
putting down
putting to shame
striking dumb
taking down
bringing low
cutting down to size
making eat dirt
making someone eat crow
making someone eat humble pie
popping one's balloon
putting one away
bringing down a peg
cutting to the quick
making one feel small
forcing to eat humble pie
putting someone in their place
taking down a peg or two
taking down a peg
settling someone's hash
denigrating
devaluing
diminishing
lowering the status of
disparaging
running down
downgrading
smearing
dehumanizing
US
dehumanising
UK
bringing shame to
cutting down
defaming
bastardizing
US
sullying
staining
stigmatizing
US
tainting
tarnishing
besmirching
profaning
lessening
slurring
besmearing
bastardising
UK
showing up
stigmatising
UK
quashing
ripping
slamming
panning
blistering
discountenancing
withering
slandering
vanquishing
downplaying
confusing
vilifying
maligning
lowering in rank
making ashamed
lowering in status
calumniating
playing down
censuring
reproaching
soiling
causing to feel small
relegating
insulting
putting out of countenance
exposing
taking the wind out of your sails
disfavoring
disfavouring
compromising
disesteeming
bringing into disrepute
dragging through the mud
declassing
dismissing
dragging through the mire
corrupting
reflecting badly on
perverting
vitiating
undervaluing
bringing shame upon
depraving
giving a bad name
warping
putting in a bad light
casting aspersions on
bumping
reverting
depreciating
setting back
poisoning
subverting
debauching
doing a hatchet job on
busting
marking down
reducing to the ranks
kicking downstairs
detracting from
showing in a bad light
blackening
scandalizing
US
bringing into disfavour
pooh-poohing
blackening someone's name
deteriorating
prostituting
disrating
demoralizing
US
cankering
defiling
scandalising
UK
desecrating
brutalizing
US
injuring
derogating
demoralising
UK
brutalising
UK
blotting
bringing shame on
giving a bad name to
dragging down
bringing discredit to
bringing dishonour to
giving a black eye
blackening the name of
flattening
making lose face
damaging the reputation of
damaging
libeling
US
libelling
UK
blemishing
marring
stooping
disrespecting
descending
reflecting negatively
ridiculing
muddying the reputation of
getting the better of
casting in a bad light
harming the reputation of
blackening the reputation of
having the last laugh on
blighting
ruining
dumping on
branding
deigning
condescending
demolishing
spotting
casting a slur
deriding
disregarding
attainting
mocking
disconcerting
betraying
minimizing
US
making someone feel ashamed
making uncomfortable
reducing the status of
minimising
UK
succumbing
losing face
selling out
taking apart
letting down
tarring and feathering
beating down
cowing
taming
doing discredit to
scoring off
showing in bad light
taking to pieces
taking to bits
aspersing
lowering oneself
debasing oneself
lowering yourself
demeaning oneself
debasing yourself
tarnishing the reputation of
blemishing the reputation of
muckraking
hurting
destroying
putting in one's place
becoming a stain of the escutcheon of
becoming a blot of the escutcheon of
flinging mud at
slinging mud at
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for attack or criticize the reputation or integrity of
aspersing
vilifying
disparaging
maligning
defaming
slandering
slurring
traducing
calumniating
smearing
libelling
UK
libeling
US
blackening
detracting
casting aspersions on
denigrating
slighting
sullying
besmirching
tainting
tarnishing
derogating
discrediting
scandalizing
US
reviling
staining
scandalising
UK
bad-mouthing
speaking ill of
running down
speaking evil of
flinging mud at
giving a bad name
spreading scandal about
giving a black eye
telling lies about
doing a hatchet job on
vilipending
blotting
misrepresenting
stigmatizing
US
roasting
backbiting
blistering
scorching
caricaturing
burlesquing
dragging through the mud
dragging through the mire
stigmatising
UK
slinging mud at
throwing mud at
running a smear campaign against
blackening someone's name
writing false reports about
spreading tales about
dragging someone's name through the mud
marking wrong
dragging name through mud
decrying
belittling
smirching
dishonoring
US
injuring
dishonouring
UK
befouling
insulting
attacking
defiling
damaging
slamming
badmouthing
panning
assailing
muckraking
villainizing
depreciating
belying
sneering
hitting
blaspheming
strumpeting
plastering
accusing falsely
casting aspersion
spreading lies about
casting a slur on
slinging mud
running smear campaign
disgracing
reproaching
offending
snubbing
branding
zinging
blemishing
insinuating
dumping on
skinning alive
cutting to the quick
hitting where one lives
putting down
cutting up
soiling
spoiling
spotting
shaming
degrading
debasing
besmearing
censuring
disrespecting
knocking
bringing discredit to
slagging off
rubbishing
deriding
bringing shame on
bringing shame upon
bringing into disrepute
lowering
ripping
blotching
doing a number on
reducing
breathing on
reflecting badly on
tarring and feathering
ripping up and down
polluting
contaminating
ruining
dirtying
poisoning
marring
muddying
griming
smudging
begriming
embarrassing
discoloring
US
tarring
discolouring
UK
fouling
dissing
hurting
corrupting
marking
undermining
miring
mucking
distaining
bemiring
gauming
daubing
darkening
debauching
taunting
prejudicing
humiliating
mortifying
lambasting
impugning
cursing
abasing
abusing
mocking
miscalling
touching
harming
slanging
ridiculing
depraving
trash-talking
calling names
adulterating
making impure
making unclean
blackguarding
bloodying
dragging through mud
destroying
vitiating
blighting
humbling
demeaning
sinking
cheapening
chastening
castigating
disregarding
owning
disfavouring
attainting
disfavoring
taking down
desecrating
excoriating
vituperating
blotting your copybook
casting a slur
berating
trashing
affronting
annoying
provoking
losing face
giving a bad name to
making someone eat crow
putting someone in their place
showing up
taking down a peg or two
putting in a bad light
cutting down to size
taking down a peg
causing to lose face
outraging
scathing
rebuking
savaging
blasting
aggravating
belaboring
US
scolding
bashing
potshotting
nagging
wounding
brutalising
UK
bastardising
UK
brutalizing
US
demoralising
UK
perverting
bastardizing
US
demoralizing
US
upsetting
upbraiding
discounting
slating
minimizing
US
oppressing
persecuting
reproving
slapping
teasing
flaming
minimising
UK
riding
hosing
belabouring
UK
jumping on
inveighing against
disobliging
irritating
swearing at
cutting down
shouting at
vituperating against
blowing off
cussing out
sledging
scoffing
girding
jeering
giving offence to
causing offence to
sneering at
treating disrespectfully
cutting dead
hurting somebody's feelings
stepping on one's toes
throwing shade
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to declare to be untrue
refuting
denying
repudiating
contradicting
rejecting
gainsaying
disclaiming
disavowing
disaffirming
negating
disowning
disconfirming
rebutting
negativing
opposing
disallowing
countering
contesting
disputing
contravening
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
contending
crushing
exposing
cancelling out
canceling out
arguing against
showing up
blowing sky high
declaring to be untrue
giving thumbs down to
taking a stand against
replying to
discrediting
controverting
invalidating
debunking
challenging
disproving
confuting
proving false
calling into question
shooting down
blowing out of the water
showing to be false
shooting full of holes
shooting down in flames
confounding
demolishing
belying
falsifying
breaking
impugning
busting
overthrowing
overturning
weakening
exploding
traversing
throwing out
poking holes in
finding unfounded
giving the lie to
shooting holes in
blowing up
setting aside
making a nonsense of
blowing sky-high
knocking bottom out of
knocking props out
arguing
examining
questioning
querying
addressing
mooting
answering
altercating
bandying
canvassing
canvasing
wrangling
pettifogging
quashing
squelching
debating
arguing about
disagreeing with
objecting to
proving wrong
contending over
dissenting against
hammering away at
picking a bone
differing with
quibbling about
agitating against
putting up argument
quibbling over
taking issue with
picking an argument with
proving to be false
showing to be wrong
proving to be wrong
arguing the pros and cons of
protesting against
bandying words concerning
wondering about
having an argument about
dissenting from
disagreeing
disacknowledging
declaring untrue
oppugning
arguing with
renouncing
demurring against
crossing
demurring about
disapproving of
disbelieving
calling in question
doubting
disliking
strongly disagreeing
speaking against
frowning on
frowning at
having a problem with
not supporting
going against
reversing
impeaching
undermining
infirming
nullifying
forswearing
flying in the face of
rebuffing
taking back
retracting
not buying
taking exception to
recanting
having bone to pick
annulling
abandoning
retorting
bucking
revoking
counteracting
confronting
responding
backtalking
fighting
brushing aside
combating
withstanding
resisting
combatting
naysaying
saying the opposite of
deflecting
calling in
discussing
shaking one's head
thinking wrong
refusing to accept
counterclaiming
rendering null and void
parrying
abjuring
defending against
pleading against
retaliating against
eschewing
interrogating
inquiring
refusing
welshing
reneging
defending oneself against
denouncing
litigating
investigating
testing
accosting
remonstrating
giving up
washing your hands of
worming out of
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
going back on your word
dropping out
enquiring
UK
calling out
firmly opposing
strenuously disagreeing
forcefully opposing
throwing down
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
spurning
withsaying
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to seem less impressive or valuable
diminishing
belittling
denigrating
depreciating
devaluing
decrying
demeaning
deprecating
disparaging
derogating
maligning
reviling
marginalising
UK
marginalizing
US
undervaluing
vilifying
vilipending
deriding
dissing
discounting
dismissing
insulting
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
rubbishing
scorning
slating
slurring
trashing
underrating
aspersing
cheapening
vituperating
abusing
dispraising
panning
poormouthing
detracting from
bad-mouthing
dumping on
running down
writing off
scoffing at
slagging off
talking down
trash-talking
casting aspersions on
doing a hatchet job on
having a go at
playing down
pulling apart
pulling to pieces
putting down
slinging mud at
crying down
cutting down to size
giving comeuppance
knocking off high horse
sneering at
speaking badly of
speaking ill of
kissing off
putting away
knocking
roasting
criticizing
US
slamming
criticising
UK
discrediting
defaming
slandering
bashing
pouring scorn on
hitting out at
dragging through the mud
ridiculing
degrading
mocking
condemning
libeling
US
libelling
UK
smearing
traducing
calumniating
blistering
impugning
scorching
rapping
pooh-poohing
doing down
taking to pieces
tearing into
trivializing
US
underestimating
attacking
downgrading
censuring
minifying
ripping
lowering
misprizing
flaming
blackening
trivialising
UK
stigmatizing
US
slighting
making light of
stigmatising
UK
treating lightly
laughing at
laughing off
holding cheap
picking holes in
taking down a peg
taking a swipe at
giving a bad name
blackening the name of
spreading lies about
ripping up
throwing mud at
sullying the reputation of
detracting
downplaying
understating
squashing
squelching
besmirching
taking down
shooting down
cutting to the quick
shooting full of holes
scandalizing
US
scandalising
UK
finding fault
taking a dig at
tearing to pieces
lambasting
denouncing
berating
hammering
pillorying
criticizing unfairly
blackening the character of
bad mouthing
giving black eye
assailing
skewering
pummelling
UK
pummeling
debasing
bagging
contemning
cursing
demonizing
US
jinxing
digging
giving a black eye
laying into
throwing brickbats at
jumping on
calling down
dressing down
demonising
UK
blackening the reputation of
bringing into disrepute
speaking evil of
fulminating against
ragging on
railing against
inveighing against
conducting a smear campaign against
deflating
disdaining
blasting
sneering
putting hooks in
finding fault with
blaming
faulting
reprehending
slagging
savaging
reproving
reproaching
mauling
denunciating
skinning
reprobating
arraigning
giving some stick to
giving a bad press to
deploring
discountenancing
questioning
flaying
castigating
crucifying
carping
rebuking
excoriating
chiding
objurgating
reprimanding
upbraiding
chastising
slashing
disapproving
cavilling at
rating
carping at
picking to pieces
animadverting on
complaining about
lacing to
taking to task
jeering at
giving something a battering
disapproving of
nit-picking
cutting up
demoting
selling short
disregarding
humbling
spurning
disgracing
clamoring against
mistrusting
repudiating
making fun of
looking down on
proscribing
caning
judging
rejecting
tearing apart
giving someone a bad press
reviewing unfavorably
bringing under fire
criticizing strongly
taking apart
admonishing
anathematizing
execrating
declaiming
prosecuting
scolding
indicting
ostracising
UK
declaiming against
charging with
giving something a bad press
showing up
ostracizing
US
impeaching
calling out
charging
jumping down one's throat
expressing disapprobation of
sticking it to
climbing all over
expressing disapprobation
thinking badly of
taxing
jumping all over
griping about
objecting to
fustigating
lashing
frowning on
scathing
sledging
cavilling
UK
caviling
US
clobbering
doing a number on
cutting down
giving the business
hitting
fluffing
zapping
trimming
passing judgment
coming down on
giving flak to
vituperating against
throwing shade
slogging
inveighing
skinning alive
nitpicking about
bagging on
cutting to bits
picking at
slugging
passing strictures upon
giving bad press
nagging at
thinking wrong
not supporting
holding someone to blame
hauling over the coals
nitpicking over
grousing about
sounding off about
beefing about
quibbling about
whingeing about
carping about
grouching about
holding accountable
whining about
finding lacking
moaning about
bellyaching about
complaining to
calling to account
holding responsible
taking exception to
looking askance at
animadverting
zinging
remonstrating
raising an
disfavouring
opposing
disesteeming
discommending
passing on
objecting
disfavoring
expostulating
negating
expressing a poor opinion of
remonstrating against
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Present participle for to criticize or rebuke strongly
coming down on
admonishing
berating
chiding
reproaching
reproving
upbraiding
castigating
censuring
criticising
UK
criticizing
US
lambasting
rapping
scolding
attacking
blasting
chastising
rebuking
carpeting
chastening
objurgating
bollocking
keelhauling
visiting
rating
rowing
trimming
wigging
remonstrating with
laying into
pitching into
pulling up
slapping down
telling off
dressing down
hauling over the coals
lacing to
making an example of
meting out punishment to
ragging on
bawling out
blowing up
chewing out
criticizing strongly
giving a talking-to
giving someone a dressing-down
letting someone have it
reaming out
teaching a lesson
giving a rocket
giving someone an earful
giving someone a roasting
giving someone a telling-off
giving someone hell
reading the riot act
taking to task
calling down
giving someone a bollocking
giving someone a caning
giving someone a mouthful
giving someone a rollicking
having a go at
picking on
rapping over the knuckles
giving someone a row
giving someone a wigging
tearing off a strip
ticking off
yelling at
giving someone a rating
giving someone what for
jumping on
Noun
▲
The action or process of demolishing or being demolished
demolition
destruction
annihilation
levelling
UK
razing
bulldozing
flattening
obliteration
decimation
demolishment
desolation
devastation
explosion
extermination
extinction
havoc
loss
mincemeat
ruin
ruination
wastage
wreckage
clearance
knocking down
pulling down
wrecking
leveling
US
elimination
downfall
abolition
dismantling
extirpation
smashing
defacing
shattering
end
crushing
spoiling
spoliation
ravaging
undoing
disintegrating
scarring
marring
wipeout
felling
blighting
damage
wasting
death
disfigurement
impairment
overthrow
dissolving
zapping
blasting
dynamiting
injury
abolishing
invalidating
violation
bombing
extinguishing
harm
invalidation
torpedoing
crashing
rooting out
blowing up
breaking up
laying waste
razing to the ground
liquidation
eradication
collapse
wreck
carnage
waste
disintegration
massacre
extinguishment
slaughter
subversion
wiping out
dilapidation
drop
despoliation
disrepair
erasure
subverting
excision
wrack
decay
calamity
crash
sacking
disrupting
nullification
deterioration
ravage
decrepitude
utter destruction.
total destruction
dissolution
perdition
termination
ravages
ruins
dispatch
excess
surplus
leftovers
ransacking
smashup
rape
neglect
seediness
depredation
shipwreck
sinking
vanishing
dereliction
shabbiness
oblivion
disappearance
slide
fall
obsolescence
shipwrecking
dying out
no life
end of life
disaster
catastrophe
thing of the past
ravagement
bane
subjugation
cataclysm
vandalism
crack-up
rack and ruin
butchery
bloodbath
wear and tear
genocide
pogrom
breakdown
demise
cave-in
immolation
holocaust
decline
mass murder
degeneracy
atrophy
downgrade
degeneration
labefaction
crumbling
ethnic cleansing
comedown
topple
tumble
break-up
falling to pieces
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Destroying
wrecking
destroying
bashing
battering
breaking
destructive
ruining
shattering
smashing
splitting
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