Both Uses
equivalent
in
Cujo
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- His expression suggests that he is experiencing the gastronomic equivalent of a boy's first orgasm.†
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- But did he want to turn his son into the emotional equivalent of a crowbar, or a sledgehammer?†
Definitions:
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(1)
(equivalent) being equal or essentially equal
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)