…(in place names, especially in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania) a stream, creek, or tributary…
…a policy or an animal shelter in which abandoned, neglected, or lost animals are not put to sleep even if no home can be found for them…
…(in a Usenet program) a file into which one may put particular email addresses or keywords, posts from or containing which are then automatically deleted without being displayed…
…a procedure designed to seal a leaking oil well, whereby large amounts of a material heavier than the oil, e.g. mud, are pumped into the affected well…
…(of a remedy for a problem) likely to either work well or fail catastrophically, with no possibility of partial success…
…(of an animal) yield (a specified amount of meat) when slaughtered…
…wearing glamorous clothes intended to create a striking impression…
…take ruthless or decisive action to turn a situation to one’s advantage…
…treat the bearer of bad news as if they were to blame for it…
…produce one’s best food to celebrate, especially at a prodigal’s return…
…be present at or benefit from the successful conclusion of an enterprise…
…spoil someone by overindulging them…
…get rid of or destroy completely, especially in large numbers…
…(of a writer) bring about the ‘death’ of a fictional character…
…a policy or an animal shelter in which abandoned, neglected, or lost animals are not put to sleep even if no home can be found for them…
…the area of a military engagement with a high concentration of fatalities…
…the area of a military engagement with a high concentration of fatalities…
…destroy a reliable and valuable source of income…
