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pent-up
adjective as in held within
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The killing of Mr Thompson, 50, a husband and father of two, sparked a nationwide conversation about the US healthcare system, unleashing pent-up anger at the industry and some ugly reaction.
She wears a pointy hat in free YouTube tutorials and leads women into the Topanga forest for “rage rituals,” during which they scream and thrash sticks around as she guides them in unleashing pent-up anger.
We see the pent-up worry on her face signaling incipient danger: Helicopters roam the city while news of kidnapped ambassadors pours from the radio.
Among the many activities that day will be a Rage Ritual, during which participants collectively scream and thrash around enormous sticks as Magik guides them in releasing pent-up emotions.
"These are symptoms of a society with a lot of pent-up grievances," Lynette Ong, professor of Chinese politics at the University of Toronto in Canada, told AFP news agency in November.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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