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Alive

alive

adjective

living and not dead

living

adjective

alive at the present time

live

adjective

living and not dead

surviving

adjective

still alive or remaining after others are dead or destroyed

immortal

adjective

living or existing for ever

animate

adjective

alive

life

noun

the state of being alive

caxirola

a percussion instrument used by football fans which makes a rattling sound when shaken

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emancipation

the process of giving freedom and rights to someone

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pierce the corporate veil

… the decision to treat the rights and duties of a company as being the same as the rights and duties of its shareholders

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