Lose
Lose verb - To be unable to find or have at hand.
Slam
Slam verb - To shove into a closed position with force and noise.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Use it carefully, however - it's all too easy to slam into a much larger object and lose items off your katamari.
Source: Video Game / Katamari Damacy -
In 1910, the four-time grand slam singles winner Hazel Wightman achieved a golden match in which she did not lose a point the entire match.
Source: Flawless Victory - When two women run after it as it's lifting off, the pilot swerves to avoid them, causing the craft to lose control in the updraft from the building, slam into the roof and explode.
Source: Hellish Copter
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