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CSI: Miami S8E23: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 23DramaMysteryCrime

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  • pulverize

    Word

    to crush something into a fine powder or tiny pieces

  • cutlass

    Word

    a short, heavy sword with a curved blade, used especially by sailors in the past

  • granular

    Word

    made of small grains or particles

  • misshapen

    Word

    not having a normal shape; bent or badly formed

  • tweezers

    Word

    a small tool with two arms used for picking up tiny objects or pulling out hairs or splinters

  • hummer

    Word

    a large, powerful off-road vehicle made by Hummer

  • bisect

    Word

    to divide something into two equal parts

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • exonerate

    Word

    to officially say that someone is not guilty of a crime or blame

  • dislocation

    Word

    the act of moving something out of its normal position

  • forfeiture

    Word

    the loss of something as a punishment or because a rule was broken

  • lockup

    Word

    a jail or prison, especially a small one used for short-term holding

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  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • detonator

    Word

    a device used to set off an explosive charge

  • patrolman

    Word

    a police officer who patrols an area

  • hydraulics

    Word

    the use of pressurized liquid to power machines or equipment

  • juncture

    Word

    a particular point in time or in a situation

  • shredding

    Word

    the act of cutting or tearing something into small pieces

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • sully

    Word

    to damage the good name or purity of something

  • conspire

    Word

    to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful

  • requisition

    Word

    to officially take and use something, especially property or supplies, for a particular purpose

  • swab

    Word

    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • impound

    Word

    to take and keep something, especially a vehicle, because someone has broken a law or rule

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  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • flattery

    Word

    praise that is too much and not sincere, often used to get something

  • interrogate

    Word

    to question someone closely for a long time, especially in an official or forceful way

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

  • cervical

    Word

    relating to the neck or the cervix

  • nozzle

    Word

    the part at the end of a pipe, hose, or machine that lets liquid or gas come out in a controlled way

  • narcotic

    Word

    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

  • nitrate

    Word

    a chemical salt or ester of nitric acid

  • arterial

    Word

    relating to an artery

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • motoring

    Word

    a drive or trip in a car, especially for pleasure

  • detonate

    Word

    to make something explode

  • boa

    Word

    a long scarf or neck decoration made of feathers or fur

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • not done

    Phrase

    not acceptable in polite society; considered improper or rude

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • murder one

    Phrase

    a charge of murder in the first degree

  • bacterial

    Word

    relating to bacteria or caused by bacteria

  • assassinate

    Word

    to kill an important person, especially for political reasons

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • ignite

    Word

    to start burning, or make something start burning

  • shrapnel

    Word

    small pieces of metal or other material thrown out by an explosion

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • sac

    Word

    a small pouch or sac-like bag

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • hydraulic

    Word

    working by using the pressure of a liquid

  • sever

    Word

    to cut something off or separate it by force

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • come to think of it

    Phrase

    used to add something you have just realized or remembered

  • paneling

    Word

    wooden boards or panels used to cover a wall

  • high blood

    Phrase

    high blood pressure

  • residue

    Word

    a small amount of something that is left after the rest has been removed or used

  • the Bomb

    Phrase

    the first nuclear bomb ever made or used

  • drug test

    Phrase

    a test to check for illegal drugs in a sample of blood, urine, or hair

  • go down with

    Phrase

    to become ill with something, especially a cold or the flu

  • heart muscle

    Phrase

    the muscle in the heart that pumps blood through the body

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • force in

    Phrase

    to push or squeeze something into a space that is too small

  • drag into

    Phrase

    to involve someone in a difficult or dangerous situation

  • chipping

    Word

    small pieces that break off from a hard surface

  • car bomb

    Phrase

    a bomb hidden in a car and set to explode

  • wreckage

    Word

    the broken pieces left after something is badly damaged or destroyed

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • park in

    Phrase

    to park a vehicle so that another vehicle cannot get out

  • match up

    Phrase

    to be the same as something else or agree with it

  • pay off

    Phrase

    to produce a good result or success after effort or time

  • originate

    Word

    to begin to exist or happen; come from a place, time, or idea

  • ignition

    Word

    the part of a car that starts the engine

  • composite

    Word

    made of different parts or materials combined together

  • bomb site

    Phrase

    an area that has been badly damaged by bombing

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • cardiac

    Word

    relating to the heart

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • autopsy

    Word

    a medical examination of a body after death to find the cause of death

  • serial number

    Phrase

    a number or code used to identify one specific product or device

  • usable

    Word

    able to be used

  • elimination

    Word

    the process of removing or getting rid of something

  • wiring

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    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

  • logging

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    the business of cutting and selling trees for wood

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

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