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Oct 31, 2001
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debridement
escheat
antiphony
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antiphony

Pronunciation

(an-TIF-uh-nee) noun

noun: Responsive alternation between two groups, especially between singers.

[From antiphon (a song sung in alternate parts), from Middle English, from Greek antiphona.]

"The two sets of noise -- unrestrained euphoria on the one side, dignified resignation on the other -- created an antiphony that was almost as electrifying as anything that had happened in the match."
Richard Williams; UEFA Cup: The Triumph of Houllier's True Reds; The Guardian (London); May 18, 2001.

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I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. -Brendan Francis Behan, playwright (1923-1964)

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