tentacle
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈtɛntəkl/
- Literature
- Its tentacles reached into every area of our lives.
- tentacles spreading
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Watch on YouTubeIt's trying to extend its tentacles all around the Middle East.
- It's trying to extend its tentacles all around the Middle East.
- And you're this like big long octopus with his tentacles wrapped around many countries.
- It is like tentacles that get ensnared in the soul.
- That was super shocking, just really learning about how far these tentacles spread.
- I don't have enough of my tentacles out there to influence people as much as I would.
- Where it become where where the UIGEA tries to insert its tentacles is when you make a bank transaction.
- And so, you know, the CIA is a, is a, is a giant organization with a lot of tentacles.
- They have put these tentacles of of unfettered vulture capitalism into every corner of our world.
- I'd love for us to have tentacles that go deep down certain topics because I feel like we're sort of at a high level building just mindset.
Examples
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The company's tentacles reach into every aspect of modern technology, influencing everything we do.
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The charity is expanding its tentacles, aiming to support communities in need across the country.
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It's trying to extend its tentacles all around the Middle East.
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That was super shocking, just really learning about how far these tentacles spread.
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The economy will do better once the tentacles of Obamacare are removed from the books.
Blog text (14) -
The region bristles with drug traffickers and cartels, whose tentacles are spreading ever more widely from their home bases.
Academic text (1997) -
With its tentacles in politics, business, and education, the organization has a considerable influence on society.
Synonyms
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6.2
A part attached to something larger, like a limb on an animal or a small group added to an organization
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Tentacle comes from Latin tentaculum from tentare meaning 'to reach', a good image like the 'reaching' arms of an octopus and the idea behind extend. That's why we also call something a tentacle when it reaches far to pull or control parts of life or business.