Perform Antonyms

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abstain

abjure
abnegate
avoid
cease
constrain
curb
decline
deny oneself

avoid

abstain
avert
bypass
circumlocute
circumvent
deflect
desist
ditch

cancel

X-out
abolish
abort
abrogate
annul
ax
black out
blot out

cease

back off
break off
bring to an end
call it a day
call it quits
close
close out
come to an end

create

actualize
author
beget
bring into being
bring into existence
bring to pass
build
cause to be

deny

abjure
abnegate
ban
begrudge
call on
contradict
contravene
controvert

destroy

abort
annihilate
annul
axe
blot out
break down
butcher
consume

direct

absolute
bald
blunt
candid
categorical
downright
explicit
express

discontinue

abandon
bag it
blow off
break off
call it quits
cease
close
desist

dissuade

advise against
caution against
chicken out
counsel
cry out against
deprecate
derail
deter

dodge

contrivance
device
machination
method
plan
plot
ploy
ruse

fail

abort
back wrong horse
backslide
be defeated
be demoted
be found lacking
be in vain
be ruined

forget

blow
clean forget
consign to oblivion
dismiss from mind
disremember
draw a blank
escape one's memory
fail to remember

halt

arrest
break
break-off
close
cutoff
freeze
grinding halt
impasse

idle

abortive
bootless
empty
frivolous
fruitless
futile
groundless
hollow

ignore

avoid
be oblivious to
blink
brush off
bury one's head in sand
cold-shoulder
discount
disdain

keep

accumulate
amass
cache
care for
carry
conduct
conserve
control

lose

be careless
be impoverished
be reduced
become poorer
bereave
capitulate
consume
default

maintain

advance
carry on
conserve
continue
control
cultivate
finance
go on with

miss

absence
blunder
default
defect
error
fault
loss
mishap

neglect

carelessness
coolness
delinquency
disdain
disregardance
disrespect
heedlessness
inadvertence

overlook

discount
disdain
fail to notice
forget
ignore
leave out
leave undone
let fall between the cracks

prevent

anticipate
arrest
avert
avoid
baffle
balk
bar
block

refuse

debris
dregs
dross
dump
dunghill
dust
hogwash
junk

stop

bar
barricade
blank wall
block
blockade
break
break off
brick wall

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