Amazement and Start

Amazement

Amazement noun - The rapt attention and deep emotion caused by the sight of something extraordinary.

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Start and amazement are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a noun "Amazement".

Nearby Words: amaze, amazing, amazed, amazingly

Start noun - The point at which something begins.

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Amazement and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Amazement" instead a noun "Start".

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

complete	complete amazement	complete start
great	great amazement	great start

Kissing Under the Influence: Kim and Knives at the start of the fourth book, to Scott's amazement.

Source: Comic Book / Scott Pilgrim
Meta example: one stock snark to someone who's either talking too much or has their jaw dropped in amazement is "Close your mouth before you start catching flies".

Source: Swallowed a Fly
They stare in slack-jawed amazement until the geth start shooting.

Source: Video Game / Mass Effect

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