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Synonyms of ghost

• as in apparition
• as in relic
• as in demon
• as in to pad
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Thesaurus Definition of ghost

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Synonyms & Similar Words

• poltergeist
• materialization
• familiar spirit
• doppelganger
• doppelgänger
• continental
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• doodley - squat
• remembrance

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• give up the ghost

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“Ghost.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ghost. Accessed 17 Oct. 2023.

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ghost noun ( SPIRIT )

• A headless ghost walks the castle at night - or so the story goes.
• According to tradition , a headless ghost walks through the corridors of the house at night .
• The Society for Psychical Research is investigating reports of a ghost at the old vicarage .
• Have you ever seen a ghost?
• There's no such thing as ghosts.
• astral plane
• astral projection
• incorporeal
• necromancer
• reincarnation

ghost noun ( MEMORY )

• abiding memory
• associative memory
• at/in the back of your mind idiom
• confabulation
• corporate memory
• have a memory like an elephant idiom
• learn something by rote idiom
• live (on) in the memory idiom
• long memory
• memory bank
• rediscovery
• reminiscence
• short-term memory

ghost verb ( WRITE )

• Around 80 percent of celebrity books are ghosted .
• Tony is ghosting the memoirs of Eddie, an ex-con who went to prison for his part in a bullion robbery .
• He is a freelance writer who is ghosting an article for a corporate executive .
• bang something out
• bash something out
• borrow something from something
• re-registration
• readability
• reformulate

ghost verb ( END COMMUNICATION )

• She was furious about being ghosted by Dan.
• If you want to finish with a boyfriend , tell him, don't just ghost.
• He ghosted his girlfriend and then she became his boss .
• affiliation order
• break something up
• break up with someone
• child support
• give someone the elbow idiom
• give someone the heave-ho idiom
• give someone the push idiom
• go off with someone
• run out on someone/something

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ghost verb ( MOVE )

• Sarah suddenly ghosted out from behind the shed .
• Three youths ghosted out from a narrow alleyway a short distance ahead of her.
• Several black shapes were ghosting swiftly over the grass .
• ballistically
• make for somewhere/something
• make towards something/someone

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Pale ghosts Synonyms

Pale replaced.

• white ghosts
• ashen ghosts
• weak ghosts
• neutral ghosts
• obscure ghosts

Definitions for Pale

• (adjective) lacking intensity of color
• (adjective) lacking a healthy skin color
• (adjective) not seen or understood clearly

Synonyms for phrase

• light spirits
• weak spirits
• white people
• weak people
• faint shadow
• faint people
• faint ghost
• dull people
• white apparition
• weak shadow
• feeble people
• weak spirit
• sickly people

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Ghosts replaced.

• pale shadow
• pale people

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Specter is a synonym of ghost, specter is another word for ghost.

✅ A ghost is a disembodied soul of a dead person, which is said to haunt living people ( The ghost roamed the halls of the castle ).

✅ A specter is a visible and disembodied spirit, especially a terrifying one ( The specter lifted one skeletal hand toward me ).

✅ Ghost is the most general term and can refer to a visible or invisible spirit and to a friendly or scary one. A specter is usually both visible and scary.

✅ Specter can also refer to the presence or possibility of something that causes dread or terror more generally ( The specter of war is scarier than any ghoul or ghost ).

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amity is a synonym of friendship

Amity is another word for friendship.

✅ Friendship refers to a friendly relationship ( This necklace is a symbol of our friendship ).

✅ Amity refers to friendship and peaceful harmony ( There had been a long history of amity between the two nations ).

✅ Friendship emphasizes the intimacy and closeness of a bond between people or groups of people ( I treasure our friendship ), while amity emphasizes a peaceful and warm relationship ( It's important to work towards amity ).

✅ Amity is a more formal word than friendship .

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Vigorous is a synonym of energetic, vigorous is another word for energetic.

✅ Energetic describes someone or something that displays an abundance of energy ( an energetic performance ; an energetic dog ).

✅ Vigorous describes someone or something that displays a level of energy that suggests health ( She was vigorous despite her age ).

✅ Energetic and vigorous have similar, but not identical, meanings.

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What is Hamas, and why did it attack Israel now?

An earlier version of this article incorrectly described Hamas’s aim as the creation of a Palestinian state along the borders that existed before the 1967 war. Hamas does not recognize the existence of Israel and is committed to replacing it through armed struggle with a Palestinian state stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Jordan River. In addition, an earlier version of this article inaccurately characterized Qatar's relationship with Hamas. Qatar works with Hamas to provide humanitarian assistance to civilians in the Gaza Strip, but it does not directly support the group. The article has been corrected.

Israel declared war against Hamas on Sunday, following a surprise attack by the Palestinian militant group based in Gaza that included the taking of civilian hostages at a music festival, where at least 260 bodies have been recovered. Israeli security forces, caught off guard, have pounded the Gaza Strip with retaliatory strikes, and U.S. officials said they expect Israel to soon launch a ground incursion into the enclave as violence escalates in the conflict-ridden region.

Israel is searching for more than 100 hostages, including Americans, believed to have been taken to Gaza by Hamas. President Biden labeled the actions of Hamas as “beyond the pale” in a speech Wednesday.

Since winning legislative elections in 2006, Hamas has repeatedly attacked Israel with rockets and mortars, emerging as a defiant adversary. Israel has retaliated with its superior firepower and a punishing blockade, restricting imports and the movement of civilians in a strategy of collective punishment. The blockade and recurring Israeli strikes have contributed to Gaza’s poor infrastructure and living conditions. Israel declared a full siege of the enclave on Monday, with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant promising “no electricity, no food, no fuel” and calling Hamas militants “savages.”

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An NYU law student lost their post-grad job offer over their statement blaming Israel for the Hamas attacks, firm says

• An NYU law student has lost their job offer after publicly blaming Israel for Hamas' attacks.
• Law firm Winston & Strawn said it withdrew its offer to the student because of their remarks.
• The student, president of the NYU Student Bar Association, issued a Monday letter condemning Israel.

A New York University law student who published a statement condemning Israel for Hamas' attacks has lost their job offer at Winston & Strawn, the law firm said on Tuesday.

"Today, Winston & Strawn learned that a former summer associate published certain inflammatory comments regarding Hamas' recent terrorist attack on Israel and distributed it to the NYU Student Bar Association," the firm wrote in a statement on X , formerly known as Twitter.

"These recent comments are profoundly in conflict with Winston & Strawn's values as a firm. Accordingly, the Firm has rescinded the law student's offer of employment," Winston & Strawn added.

The firm, which is based in New York, did not name the student.

However, its statement comes after a Monday newsletter message from the president of the NYU Student Bar Association, Ryna Workman, went viral for blaming Israel for the October 7 attacks.

"Israel bears full responsibility for this tremendous loss of life," Workman wrote. "This regime of state-sanctioned violence created the conditions that made resistance necessary. I will not condemn Palestinian resistance."

The bar association president continued on to condemn apartheid, settler colonialism, military occupation, and "the violence of obfuscating genocide as a 'complex issue.'"

"Palestine will be free," the letter said at the end.

Workman's LinkedIn account, which is now deleted, listed experience as a summer associate at Winston & Strawn, per Reuters.

In a Tuesday statement , NYU School of Law Dean Troy McKenzie said Workman's message wasn't representative of the school management's views on the "horrific conflict in Israel and Gaza.'"

"This message was not from NYU School of Law as an institution and does not speak for the leadership of the Law School," McKenzie wrote. "It certainly does not express my own views, because I condemn the killing of civilians and acts of terrorism as always reprehensible."

A spokesperson for Winston & Strawn told Insider the firm had nothing further to add beyond its Tuesday statement.

NYU spokesperson John Beckman told Insider in a statement: ""The statement issued by the president of the Student Bar Association does not in any way reflect the point of view of NYU, which condemns the terrorist attack on Israel."

"Acts of terrorism are immoral," Beckmanadded. "The indiscriminate killing of civilians and hostage-taking, including children and the elderly, is reprehensible. Blaming victims of terrorism for their own deaths is wrong."

Hamas launched a series of surprise attacks and rocket strikes along the Israel-Gaza border on October 7, killing 1,200 people and injuring another 3,000, per an Israel Defense Forces spokesperson.

Dozens of Israelis were also abducted by Hamas fighters and brought into Gaza.

Israel has declared war in response, repeatedly bombing the Gaza Strip and calling up 300,000 reserve soldiers for an anticipated ground invasion. At least 830 Palestinians have been killed since the airstrikes began, per the Gaza Ministry of Health.

October 13, 2023: This story was updated to reflect a response from NYU and Winston & Strawn.