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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeat, destroy |
| Synonyms: | abolish, beat, bring down, bring to ruin, conquer, crush, demolish, depose, dethrone, do away with, eradicate, exterminate, knock down, knock over, level, liquidate, oust, overcome, overpower, overrun, overturn, overwhelm, purge, put an end to, raze, ruin, subdue, subjugate, subvert, terminate, tip, topple, tumble, unseat, upend, upset, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | give in, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | provoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, evoke; stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, begin, bestir, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, build up, call forth, cause, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enthuse, excite, fire, fire up, galvanize, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, quicken, rally, rouse, roust, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet |
| Notes: | provoke means to stir up or arouse - or to incite to anger or resentment; evoke means to call forth or call to mind emotions, feelings, and responses |
| Antonyms: | end, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | ruin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devastate, destroy |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beggar, botch, break, bring down, bring to ruin, bust, clean out, crush, decimate, deface, defeat, defile, demolish, deplete, deplore, depredate, desecrate, despoil, devour, dilapidate, disfigure, do in, drain, exhaust, fleece, impoverish, injure, lay waste, maim, make a mess of, mangle, mar, mutilate, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, pauperize, pillage, rape, ravish, raze, reduce, sack, shatter, smash, spoil, spoilate, total, use up, wipe out, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck |
| Notes: | rack is destruction and ruin is destitution; in rack and ruin, rack is a variation of wrack and wreck |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, develop, grow |
| Main Entry: | sadden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, depress |
| Synonyms: | break one's heart, bring one down, bum out, cast down, dampen spirits, dash, deject, deplore, desolate, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, distress, down, drag down, grieve, make blue, oppress, press, put a damper on, put into a funk, throw cold water on, turn one off, weigh down |
| Antonyms: | cheer, delight, gladden, make happy |
| Main Entry: | shoot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge a projectile, often to injure or kill |
| Synonyms: | bag*, barrage, blast, bombard, bring down, catapult, dispatch, drop the hammer, emit, execute, expel, explode, fire, fling, gun, hit, hurl, ignite, kill, launch, let fly, let go with, loose, murder, open fire, open up, pick off, plug, pop*, project, propel, pull the trigger, pump, set off, throw lead, torpedo, trigger, zap |
| Notes: | a chute is a sloping channel through which things can descend; shoot, as a noun, is a sprout, a bud, young leaf, or other new growth on a plant; shoot, as a verb, means to hit with a missile from a weapon - fire a shot - make a film or photograph of something - move quickly and violently |
| Antonyms: | backfire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in, go under |
| Synonyms: | bore, bring down, capsize, cast down, cave in, couch, decline, demit, depress, descend, dig, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, flounder, force down, founder, go down, go to the bottom, immerse, lay, let down, lower, overturn, overwhelm, plummet, plunge, put down, ram, regress, run, sag, scuttle, set, settle, shipwreck, slope, slump, stab, stick, stoop, submerge, subside, swamp, thrust, tip over, touch bottom, wreck |
| Antonyms: | float, rise |
| Main Entry: | tackle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump on and grab |
| Synonyms: | attack, block, bring down, bring to the ground, catch, challenge, clutch, confront, down, grapple, grasp, halt, intercept, nail, put the freeze on, sack, seize, smear, stop, take, take hold of, throw, throw down, upset |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge |
| Main Entry: | topple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall or knock over; overthrow |
| Synonyms: | bring down, capsize, collapse, do a pratfall, fall, falter, founder, go belly up, go down, hit the dirt, keel over, knock down, land, lose it, lurch, nose-dive, oust, overbalance, overturn, pitch, plunge, slump, stagger, stumble, take a header, teeter, tip over, totter, tumble, turn over, unhorse, unseat, upset |
| Antonyms: | place, put, straighten |
| Main Entry: | tumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall or make fall awkwardly |
| Synonyms: | bowl down, bring down, descend, dip, disarrange, disarray, disorder, disturb, do a pratfall, down, drop, fall headlong, flatten, floor, flop, go belly up, go down, hit the dirt, jumble, keel, keel over, knock down, knock over, level, lose footing, lose it, mess up, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, roll, sag, skid, slip, slump, spill, stumble, take a header, tip over, topple, toss, trip, unsettle, upset |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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