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
Wanda cursed Hahn's Agatha to live out her days playing out her own distorted reality as Agnes, until a young goth horror enthusiast shows up to break the witch free with an incantation.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Alice draws a circle around Lilia uttering some sort of incantation as Patti LuPone’s witch writhes on the floor in her glittery jump suit and orange coat.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
Fiasco is a wonderfully musical ensemble — its members’ braided, rising harmonies at the play’s beginning suggest a ritual incantation, and every so often, characters get brief solos or duets that don’t feel too far removed from the sincere hero ballads of Disney’s golden era.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
Some Trump officials touted these objectives to the point of incantation, but Trump himself rarely mentioned them.
—Frances Z. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2019
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
Alice draws a circle around Lilia uttering some sort of incantation as Patti LuPone’s witch writhes on the floor in her glittery jump suit and orange coat.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
Fiasco is a wonderfully musical ensemble — its members’ braided, rising harmonies at the play’s beginning suggest a ritual incantation, and every so often, characters get brief solos or duets that don’t feel too far removed from the sincere hero ballads of Disney’s golden era.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
Some Trump officials touted these objectives to the point of incantation, but Trump himself rarely mentioned them.
—Frances Z. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for incantation
Noun
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In that two-year spell with Slegers as head coach, Rosengard won back-to-back league titles.Art de Roché, The Athletic, 17 Jan. 2025
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David Moyes’ Everton side suffered a 1-0 defeat at home against Aston Villa in his first game in charge of his second spell at the club, and the reasons for the defeat were not unfamiliar.James Nalton, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Rev. Franklin Graham will deliver the invocation.Ted Johnson, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
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The invocation of emergency powers was ruled unconstitutional by a Canadian court in 2024.The Editors, National Review, 7 Jan. 2025
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There has never been a busier time or more information available than right now, which is both a blessing and a curse.Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
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The delivery app market — dominated by DoorDash, UberEats and Grubhub — seems to be a blessing and a curse for restaurant operators.Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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“Incantation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/incantation. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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