Word of the Day

con·sume

• To expend; use up.

Synonyms: deplete, wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, eat.

Usage: She purchased a hybrid car that would consume less gas than the car she had previously owned.

Source

• The Free Dictionary — consume

trib·u·la·tion

• An annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event.

Synonyms: trial, visitation.

Usage: His own long and unhappy experience had convinced him that life is for the most part a painful tribulation.

Source

• The Free Dictionary — tribulation

dis·traint

1. The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim.

Synonyms: distress.

Usage: Originally distraint was a landlord’s remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage, but now the landlord is given a landlord’s lien.

Source

• The Free Dictionary — distraint

fin·is

1. The end; the conclusion.

Synonyms: close, finale, finish, last, stopping point.

Usage: From the start, we were plagued with setbacks that wrote finis to our venture.

Source

• The Free Dictionary — finis

in·tim·i·da·tion

1. the act of intimidating a weaker person to make them do something

Source

• News24.com — DA man shot putting up poster
• The Free Dictionary — intimidation