Assertion: check | /r/HasProperty | fire
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Source sentences:
text: 7. check - slow the growth or development of; "The brain damage will retard the child's language development" retard, delay alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" dampen - check; keep in check (a fire) detain, delay, stay - stop or halt; "Please stay the bloodshed!