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slam (SLAM) (verb)
1. To close something in a strong way that results in making a loud noise: "Now, why did you have to slam that door?"
2. To criticize someone or something harshly: "The workers voted to slam the company for not paying decent wages."
2. To criticize someone or something harshly: "The workers voted to slam the company for not paying decent wages."
slam (SLAM) (noun)
1. The act of closing something in a forceful way that makes a loud noise: "She closed the book with a slam which expressed her anger at being disturbed."
2. U.S. informal, something which is certain to happen or to be successful: "The legal decision of guilty as charged was a slam dunk because there was no doubt that he committed the crime."
2. U.S. informal, something which is certain to happen or to be successful: "The legal decision of guilty as charged was a slam dunk because there was no doubt that he committed the crime."
You don’t need to slam him just because the door closed with a slam when a strong wind forced it to suddenly shut.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group S; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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