Refuse and Short

Refuse

Refuse noun - Discarded or useless material.

Short and refuse are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Short" with "Refuse", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Short

Short noun - The location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed.

Refuse and short are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Refuse" instead a noun "Short".

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Marvel One-Shots Batman Gambit: The short has Agents Coulson and Sitwell get out of the WSC's request that the Abomination be placed on the Avengers instead of the Hulk by having General Ross refuse the request.
  • Literature / Vorkosigan Saga aka: Komarr Minchenko, and Mama Nilla refuse to let the quaddies be sterilized and sent to the surface to live out probably-short lives.
  • Literature / Nero Wolfe Wolfe has some fun bulldozing the FBI in the short story "Home to Roost," after they refuse to comment on whether the murder victim had been working undercover for them.
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