as in spell
a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power
hovering over the sick child, the witch doctor muttered mysterious incantations
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Recent Examples of incantation
Endgame sorceries, mob-melting moves, and ground-shaking incantations can be yours in next to no time.
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The amalgamation of memory, historical fact and artifice yield an engrossing incantation.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
These works evoke the votive sculptures of ancient Egypt, where animals garnered more reverence than they do now, were seen as perhaps incantations of gods.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Her spectral trip-hop incantations are a departure from the maximalist, four-on-the-floor Brat bops ripping through the internet.
—Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025
The amalgamation of memory, historical fact and artifice yield an engrossing incantation.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
These works evoke the votive sculptures of ancient Egypt, where animals garnered more reverence than they do now, were seen as perhaps incantations of gods.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Her spectral trip-hop incantations are a departure from the maximalist, four-on-the-floor Brat bops ripping through the internet.
—Suzy Exposito, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incantation
Noun
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His sole Premier League appearance came against Manchester City nearly four years later and his career has included loan spells with Lincoln City, Peterborough United, MK Dons and Rotherham United.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The company's manifesto unabashedly promotes the tool as an aid to cheating and likens its arrival to inventions like calculators, spell checkers, and Google.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Since Trump’s invocation of the act, there have been various legal battles over the administration’s actions.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Apr. 2025
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Moments after the act's invocation, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that around 250 people, some allegedly members of the MS-13 and Tren de Aragua gangs, were sent to El Salvador under a $6 million deal with its President Nayib Bukele.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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After turning undead and hiding her bite wound, Mary easily gets permission to re-enter the building, and quickly seduces Stack, before murdering him and infecting him with the vampire curse.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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And a deadly curse that turns their reality into a waking nightmare.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Incantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incantation. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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