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flattener

[flat-n]

flat·ten

[flat-n]
verb (used with object)
1.
to make flat.
2.
to knock down: The boxer flattened his opponent in the second round.
verb (used without object)
3.
to become flat.

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Flattener is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
4.
flatten in, Nautical. flat1 (def. 61).
5.
flatten out, Aeronautics. to fly into a horizontal position, as after a dive.

Origin:
1620–30; flat1 + -en1

flat·ten·er, noun
o·ver·flat·ten, verb (used with object)
un·flat·tened, adjective


2. ground, fell, prostrate, deck, floor.

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flatten (ˈflætən)
 
vb (foll by out)
1.  (sometimes foll by out) to make or become flat or flatter
2.  informal (tr)
 a.  to knock down or injure; prostrate
 b.  to crush or subdue: failure will flatten his self-esteem
3.  (tr) music Usual US word: flat to lower the pitch of (a note) by one chromatic semitone
4.  to manoeuvre an aircraft into horizontal flight, esp after a dive
 
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