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cut down
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fell
Synonyms: dispatch, hew, kill, level, lop, massacre, mow, mow down, raze, slaughter, slay
Antonyms: plant
Main Entry: abuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attack with words
Synonyms: backbite, bad-mouth, bash, belittle, berate, blow off, calumniate, cap, castigate, cuss out, cut down, cut to the quick, decry, defame, derogate, discount, do a number on, dump on, give a black eye, hurl brickbat, insult, knock*, minimize, nag, offend, oppress, persecute, pick on, put down*, rag on, reproach, revile, ride*, rip up, run down, scold, signify, slam*, slap, sling mud, smear, sound*, swear at, tear apart, trash*, upbraid, vilify, vituperate, zing
Notes: abuse carries with it some sense of harm; misuse refers to an incorrect use that may not lead to harm
to misuse is to use something wrongly, to abuse is to misuse something so badly that you damage it
Antonyms: acclaim, adulate, approve, commend, compliment, praise
Main Entry: ax/axe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut with large blade
Synonyms: chop, cut, cut down, fell, hew
Main Entry: bring down
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reduce or hurt
Synonyms: KO, abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, knock down, lay low, level, lower, mow down, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, shoot down, slay, throw down, tumble, undermine, upset, wound
Antonyms: aid, encourage, help, raise
Main Entry: butcher
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: slay and prepare animal for meat
Synonyms: beef up, carve, clean, cure, cut, cut down, dress, joint, liquidate, salt, slaughter, smoke, stick
Main Entry: condense
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: abridge
Synonyms: abbreviate, blue pencil, boil down, chop, coagulate, compact, compress, concentrate, constrict, contract, curtail, cut, cut down, decoct, densen, digest, edit, encapsulate, epitomize, inventory, precipitate, press together, précis, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, shrink, snip, solidify, sum, summarize, summate, synopsize, telescope, thicken, trim
Antonyms: enlarge, expand, lengthen
Main Entry: criticize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disapprove, judge as bad
Synonyms: animadvert on, bash, blame, blast, blister, carp, castigate, censure, chastise, chide, clobber, come down on, condemn, cut down, cut to bits, cut up, denounce, denunciate, disparage, do a number on, dress down, excoriate, find fault, fluff, fulminate against, fustigate, give bad press, hit, jump on, knock*, lambaste*, nag at, nit-pick, pan, pick at, rap, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, reprove, rip*, roast, scathe, scorch*, skin alive, skin*, slam*, slog, slug, take down, trash*, trim*, zap
Antonyms: approve, compliment, laud, praise
Main Entry: decrease
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grow less or make less
Synonyms: abate, calm down, check, contract, crumble, curb, curtail, cut down, decay, decline, degenerate, depreciate, deteriorate, devaluate, die down, diminish, droop, drop, drop off, dry up, dwindle, ease, ebb, evaporate, fade, fall off, lessen, let up, lighten, lose edge, lower, modify, narrow down, peter out, quell, quiet, reduce, restrain, run low, settle, shrink, shrivel, sink, slack off, slacken, slash, slow down, slump, soften, subside, tail off, wane, waste, weaken, wear away, wear down, wither
Antonyms: add, develop, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, raise
Main Entry: digest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make shorter; abridge
Synonyms: abbreviate, abstract, boil down, classify, codify, compress, condense, cut, cut down, cut to bone, decrease, epitomize, get to the meat, inventory, methodize, nutshell, put in a nutshell, reduce, shorten, sum, sum up, summarize, summate, survey, synopsize, systematize, tabulate, trim
Antonyms: detail, enlarge, expand, lengthen
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