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undone
[uhn-duhn] 
| Main Entry: |
undo
[uhn-doo]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | open |
| Synonyms: | disengage, disentangle, free, loose, loosen, release, unbind, unblock, unbutton, unclose, unfasten, unfix, unlock, unloose, unloosen, unravel, unshut, unstop, untie, unwrap |
| Notes: | undo means to reverse an action or thing; undue means 'inappropriate' or 'excessive' |
| Antonyms: | close, do, fasten |
| Main Entry: | undone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not done |
| Synonyms: | incomplete, unaccomplished, uncompleted, unconcluded, unfinished, unperformed |
| Antonyms: | accomplished, completed, done, finished |
| Main Entry: | undone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruined |
| Synonyms: | destroyed, done for, in trouble, killed, sunk, washed-up, wiped out |
| Antonyms: | fine |
| Main Entry: | undone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | distraught |
| Synonyms: | agitated, crazed, crazy, distressed, disturbed, insane, raving, troubled, unbalanced, unglued, unnerved, upset |
| Antonyms: | balanced, sane, sound, untroubled |
| Main Entry: | undone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not fastened |
| Synonyms: | open, unbuttoned, unfastened, untied, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | buttoned, fastened, tied, zipped |
| Main Entry: | abolish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do away with or put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, disestablish, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, set aside, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap |
| Antonyms: | confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold |
| Main Entry: | abrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | formally put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, annul, cancel, dissolve, do in, end, finish off, invalidate, knock out, negate, nix, nullify, quash, reject, renege, repeal, retract, revoke, scrub, torpedo, undo, vacate, vitiate, void |
| Antonyms: | approve, establish, fix, institute, legalize, ratify, sanction, support |
| Main Entry: | annihilate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy completely |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annul, blot out, crush*, decimate, demolish, do in, eradicate, erase, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, finish off, invalidate, liquidate, massacre, murder, negate, nullify, obliterate, quash, quell, raze, root out, rub out, ruin, slaughter, take out*, undo, vitiate, wipe out, wrack, wreck |
| Antonyms: | help, preserve, revive, save |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | annul |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | void an agreement |
| Synonyms: | abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, blot out, call off, cancel, countermand, declare, delete, discharge, dissolve, efface, erase, expunge, get off the hook, invalidate, kill, negate, neutralize, nix, nullify, obliterate, quash, recall, render null and void, repeal, rescind, retract, reverse, revoke, scrub, undo, vacate, vitiate, wipe out |
| Antonyms: | keep, restore, retain, revalidate, validate |
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