Calling themselves "anonymous", the hackers hoped to flood the company's pages with web traffic, crashing the site — or at least gumming things up enough to make life miserable for the credit card giant.
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Gumming
/ˈɡʌmɪŋ/
Synonyms for "gumming" (30 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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More general
20 entriesadhesionapplicationblockagechewchewingcoatingdevelopmental stagefeeding stagemanductionmasticationobstructionoral activityphenomenonphysical processprocessstickiness
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17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Collocations
16 entriesadhesive applicationadhesive gummingchewing actionclogging tendencygluing applicationgum buildupgum coatinggumming actiongumming processgumming residuegumming surfacegumming upsticky residuesurface adhesiontacky surfaceviscous film
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
We give teething babies ABC books made of materials that can withstand repeated gummings.
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