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elide verb abate, abolish, annul, cancel, countermand, declare null and void, delete, discard, dismiss, dispel, dissolve, end, eradicate, extinguish, extirpate, invalidate, leave out, nullify, obliterate, omit, overrule, overturn, putan end to, quell, quench, repeal, repress, rescind, reverse, stop, subdue, suppress, terminate, vacate, withdraw See also: delete, eliminate, exclude, relegate How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If you habitually portray the entirely predictable as a shock (for example hurricanes) rather than an expected event, then it is difficult to detach the individual disaster from what may be a new and disturbing trend; much easier to elide the two. By focusing her tale through the experiences of these two relatively uninvolved protagonists, Paterson elides much potentially narrative-clogging background filler (provided in an author's note at the end), the modern reader's unfamiliarity with the particulars finding a mirror in Jake's and Rosa's bewilderment. It is misleading because it elides the larger issue of xenophobia and anti-Muslim bias. |
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