Events

Synonyms for rattle

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 5, SummitEvents

a rapid series of short loud sounds (as might be heard with a stethoscope in some types of respiratory disorders)

The death rattle.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

rale

Same sentence, swapped: The death rale.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for rattle as it is used in the sentence above.

shrieking
crunch
shove

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Closest first: other events words at Summit, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

whirnounbirrsound of something in rapid motionSummitHas a reason line refinementnounelaborationthe result of improving somethingHigh CampHas a reason line remissionnounsubsidencean abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)High CampHas a reason line uncoupleverbdecoupledisconnect or separateSummit undevelopedadjectiveunexploitednot developed, improved, exploited or usedSummitHas a reason line unevenlyadverbunequallyin an unequal or partial mannerSummitHas a reason line unfashionableadjectiveunstylishnot in accord with or not following current fashionSummitHas a reason line unfeelingadjectivehardhearteddevoid of feeling for othersSummit

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