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-- -ation --
-blast
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-a´tion
1.
A
suffix
forming
nouns
of
action
,
and
often
equivalent
to
the
verbal
substantive
in
-
ing
.
It
sometimes
has
the
further
meanings
of
state
,
and
that which
results
from
the
action
.
Many
of
these
nouns
have
verbs
in
-
ate
;
as
,
alliter
ate
-
ation
,
narr
ate
-
ation
;
many
are
derived
through
the
French
;
as
,
alter
ation
,
visit
ation
;
and
many
are
formed
on
verbs
ending
in
the
Greek
formative
-
ize
(
Fr
. -
ise
);
as
,
civiliz
ation
,
demoraliz
ation
.
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