dishearten



anticipate, avert, awe, bar, beat down, cast down, chill, damp, dampen, dampen the spirits, darken, dash, daunt, debar, deflect,









   tactical police - FBI, Gestapo, Interpol, Mounties, Scotland Yard, constabulary, law enforcement agency, military police, police, posse, secret police, trooper, vigilantes ,

   ornamental grass - cane, cereal, corn, fog, grain, grass, reed, rush ,

   calculated risk - chance, flier, flyer, fortune, hazard, luck, play, plunge, risk, speculation, uncertainty, venture ,

   strike hard - affect, hit, impress, make an impression, rock, sink in, smite, strike, strike home, tell, traumatize ,

   astonished - agape, aghast, agog, amazed, astounded, awestruck, beguiled, bewildered, bewitched, breathless, captivated, caught short, confounded, daze, dumbfounded,

   cantilever bridge - bridge, catwalk, drawbridge, flyover, gangplank, gangway, overpass, span, viaduct ,

   vitamin - ascorbic acid, biotin, carotene, choline, hormone, maturative, niacin, vitamin M ,

   direct apprehension - anticipation, clairvoyance, insight, inspiration, precognition, satori, second sight, sixth sense ,

   close the hand - begrudge, deny, grudge, hold back, withhold ,

   disorderly house - brothel, crib, den of iniquity, dive, joint, stew, tenderloin, whorehouse ,