| charged | | |
| adj. | 1. charged | of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.; "charged particles"; "a charged battery" |
| ~ live, hot | charged or energized with electricity.; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" |
| ~ electronegative, negatively charged, negative | having a negative charge.; "electrons are negative" |
| ~ electropositive, positively charged, positive | having a positive charge.; "protons are positive" |
| ~ polar | having a pair of equal and opposite charges. |
| adj. | 2. charged, supercharged | fraught with great emotion.; "an atmosphere charged with excitement"; "an emotionally charged speech" |
| ~ emotional | of more than usual emotion.; "his behavior was highly emotional" |
| adj. | 3. aerated, charged | supplied with carbon dioxide. |
| ~ effervescent | (of a liquid) giving off bubbles. |
| adj. | 4. charged | capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy.; "the highly charged issue of abortion" |
| ~ provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy.; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance" |
| sue | | |
| n. (person) | 1. eugene sue, sue | French writer whose novels described the sordid side of city life (1804-1857). |
| ~ author, writer | writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay). |
| v. (social) | 2. action, litigate, process, sue | institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against.; "He was warned that the district attorney would process him"; "She actioned the company for discrimination" |
| ~ challenge | issue a challenge to.; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" |
| ~ expedite | process fast and efficiently.; "I will try to expedite the matter" |
| ~ litigate | engage in legal proceedings. |
| lawsuit | | |
| n. (act) | 1. case, causa, cause, lawsuit, suit | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy.; "the family brought suit against the landlord" |
| ~ civil suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of civil law by the defendant. |
| ~ class-action suit, class action | a lawsuit brought by a representative member of a large group of people on behalf of all members of the group. |
| ~ countersuit | a suit brought against someone who has sued you. |
| ~ criminal suit | a lawsuit alleging violations of criminal law by the defendant. |
| ~ moot | a hypothetical case that law students argue as an exercise.; "he organized the weekly moot" |
| ~ bastardy proceeding, paternity suit | a lawsuit filed to determine the father of a child born out of wedlock (and to provide for the support of the child once paternity is determined). |
| ~ legal proceeding, proceeding, proceedings | (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked. |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
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