You could tell they were angry by the clinching of their fists.
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Clinching
Synonyms for "clinching" (284 found)
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closureclotclusterclutchcoagulatecoherecome togethercommunicatecompleteconcludeconfirmcongealconglomerateconnectconnecting linkconnecting rodconnectionconvergecouplingcramp
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cuddledeath gripdecidedemonstratedeterminedismiss all doubtdispose ofdovetaildrainelbowembraceenfoldengraftensureestablishfastenfastenerfinalizefind outfinishfirm holdfixfollowfollow fromfootholdfootingfreeze togetget atgirthgliding jointgraftgrapplegraspgripgripegrow togetherhang onhang on tohang togetherhave a casehinge
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hinged jointhipholdhold fasthold goodhold onhold on tohold tighthold togetherhold waterinstrumentinsureintercommunicateinterfaceiron gripjoinjoiningjointjuncturekeep hold of
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kidnapkneeknitknucklelacinglinkmake certainmake fastmake goodmake no doubtmake no mistakemake outmake suremake sure ofmassmeetmergemitermoormortisenailnail downnecknever let gonippalmpartakepersistpivotpivot jointpocketpossesspressproveprove to beprove truepurchaseput torabbetratifyreassurereceiveremove all doubtsatisfyscarfscrew upsealseamsecureseesee thatsee to itseizuresetset at restset tosettlesettle the mattershanghaishouldershowsolidifysort outsqueezestaystay putstealstickstick tostick togetherstitchsuturesymphysistake hold oftenurethrottletietie rodtight griptightentoeholdtoggletoggle jointtooltrice uptrimunionuniteverifyweldwind upwrist
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Sample sentences
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Jacobs finished the 100-meter race in 9.8 seconds, clinching Italy’s first medal in the event.
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It is worth while to examine how such a mind argues, what it considers as clinching evidence, how it hopes to convince the alert intellectual of to-day.
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‘Yes,’ said Dick, with such a clinching period at the end that it seemed he was never going to add another word.
Source: wiktionary
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