Plug
Slam
Slam verb - To shove into a closed position with force and noise.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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HeelFace Door-Slam: When it looked like Axl was finally going to bury the hatchet with his old bandmates for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, he pulled the plug at the last minute.
Source: Music / Guns N' Roses -
Rummage Fail: In "Traffic Slam" when Dwight needed a spark plug for the car, Debs ironically found one in the glove compartment while frantically looking for more cookies, but since it wasn't cookies she just threw it out the window and it fell off the bridge and into the water.
Source: Western Animation / Robot Boy
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