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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of level.

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Examples

  • Gaines tackled tailback Ryan McCants for no gain, before fellow defensive end Aaron Maybin leveled the Beavers 'Lyle Moevao just as the quarterback released the ball to force Oregon State to punt from their own 37.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • It was a satisfying blowout for the Sabres after Ovechkin leveled Buffalo co-captain Daniel Briere with a blind-side hit when the teams last met in Washington's 7-4 win on Dec. 2.

    USATODAY.com - Hockey - Washington vs. Buffalo 2006

  • And also, because of the sensitive nature of racism and given how defensive people can get, it's better when people call out others within the same ethnic group as opposed to when accusations are leveled from the outside.

    apples and oranges 2005

  • This was a fight waiting to happen -- which I promptly initiated at first opportunity -- and I anticipated every word leveled at me in the car on the way home: snob, elitist, snob.

    Sabina Murray: On the Women of Freedom and The Marriage Plot Sabina Murray 2012

  • This was a fight waiting to happen -- which I promptly initiated at first opportunity -- and I anticipated every word leveled at me in the car on the way home: snob, elitist, snob.

    Sabina Murray: On the Women of Freedom and The Marriage Plot Sabina Murray 2012

  • This was a fight waiting to happen -- which I promptly initiated at first opportunity -- and I anticipated every word leveled at me in the car on the way home: snob, elitist, snob.

    Sabina Murray: On the Women of Freedom and The Marriage Plot Sabina Murray 2012

  • This was a fight waiting to happen -- which I promptly initiated at first opportunity -- and I anticipated every word leveled at me in the car on the way home: snob, elitist, snob.

    Sabina Murray: On the Women of Freedom and The Marriage Plot Sabina Murray 2012

  • This was a fight waiting to happen -- which I promptly initiated at first opportunity -- and I anticipated every word leveled at me in the car on the way home: snob, elitist, snob.

    Sabina Murray: On the Women of Freedom and The Marriage Plot Sabina Murray 2012

  • This was a fight waiting to happen -- which I promptly initiated at first opportunity -- and I anticipated every word leveled at me in the car on the way home: snob, elitist, snob.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Sabina Murray 2012

  • Keith Aucoin leveled the score at 13: 10 with the help of some turbulence in front of the net caused by Alex Ovechkin.

    The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines 2009

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