ricochet



backfire, backlash, backlashing, boomerang, bounce, bounce back, bound, bound back, cannon, cannon off, carom, fly back, graze, have repercussions, kick,

   all-powerful ruler - Pharaoh, autocrat, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, martinet, oppressor, slave driver, stickler, tyrant, usurper, warlord ,

   burst with laughter - break up, burst out, cackle, chortle, chuckle, crow, giggle, guffaw, laugh, laugh it up, roar, shout, shriek, snicker, snigger,

   search for - angle for, ask for, beat about, cast, ferret out, fish for, follow, gun for, hunt, look, look for, look up, prospect, pursue, quest,

   oddball - abnormal, absurd, alien, anomalous, anomaly, bizarre, black sheep, blemish, case, character, crackpot, crank, cranky, crosspatch, crotchety,

   push-button plant - armoury, arsenal, assembly line, boatyard, brewery, dairy, distillery, dockyard, factory, industrial park, mill, mint, packing house, plant, pottery,

   scramble for - fasten upon, jump, pounce upon, seize, spring upon, swoop down upon ,

   self-possession - aplomb, assurance, balance, calmness, composure, confidence, constraint, control, coolness, discipline, equability, equanimity, equilibrium, imperturbability, independence,

   espy - behold, catch, catch sight of, clap eyes on, descry, detect, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, glimpse, have in sight, hit, identify, ken,

   outside the pale - abandoned, cast off, castaway, derelict, disowned, forsaken, outcast, rejected ,

   molestation - abuse, aggravation, annoyance, assault, atrocity, bad news, bore, bother, devilment, difficulty, dogging, downer, drag, exasperation, harassment,