Activate

by Damon Suede

  EXPOSE (/): chance, compromise, endanger, gamble, hazard, imperil, intimidate, jeopardize, menace, risk, stake, subject, threaten, venture, wager (≠ block, bluff, conceal, guard, hide, preserve, protect, rescue, save, secure, shelter, shield)

  EXPUNGE (/): abolish, annihilate, annul, anonymize, atomize, blackout, blast, blot, -cancel, consume, -cut, dash, decimate, deep-six, delete, demolish, destroy, devastate, devour, discard, dismantle, dissolve, -ditch, doom, drop, dump, dynamite, efface, eject, eradicate, erase, excise, -exclude, exorcise, expel, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, finish, flatten, fragment, gut, jettison, kill, launder, liquidate, -negate, neutralize, obliterate, offload, -omit, oppose, -ostracize, oust, powder, pulverize, ravage, raze, remove, ruin, scrub, shatter, smash, snuff, splinter, strike, terminate, toss, total, trim, waste, weed, wipe, wreck, zap (≠ add, approve, arrange, build, chronicle, confirm, conserve, construct, create, encourage, fabricate, fashion, fix, forge, form, frame, help, include, incorporate, insert, institute, introduce, keep, legalize, maintain, make, manufacture, mend, notate, note, patch, permit, perpetuate, plant, preserve, promote, protect, ratify, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, record, remainder, renew, renovate, repair, restore, retain, revamp, save, sculpt, shape, start, survive, sustain, weather, welcome, withstand)

  EXTEND (→): accord, advance, allocate, allot, allow, approach, assign, assist, attempt, attribute, award, bankroll, bequeath, bestow, bid, cite, comp, confer, consign, contribute, deal, deed, deliver, devote, disburse, dispense, dole, dollop, donate, endow, expend, fund, furnish, give, grant, help, impart, invite, issue, lavish, lend, offer, patronize, pay, pledge, pose, present, proffer, propose, provide, quote, ration, render, send, serve, share, shower, spare, spitball, submit, supply, tender, underwrite, volunteer, yield (≠ accept, check, coerce, conceal, control, curb, debit, -decline, deduct, defund, demand, -deny, deprive, disallow, disinherit, -disown, -disregard, hide, hold, -ignore, keep, maintain, -neglect, -overlook, pinch, poach, -rebuff, rebut, receive, -refuse, -reject, repress, request, reserve, restrain, retain, retract, -spurn, starve, steal, stiff, stint, suppress, take, -veto, withdraw, withhold)

  EXTEND (+): accentuate, accrue, add, advance, aggrandize, amplify, assert, attenuate, augment, boost, broaden, crane, deepen, develop, dilate, distend, double, draw, elevate, elongate, emphasize, engorge, enhance, enlarge, expand, fatten, foster, grow, heighten, increase, inflate, intensify, lengthen, magnify, mantle, maximize, multiply, open, optimize, outstretch, overhaul, pad, prioritize, prolong, protract, raise, reinforce, revolutionize, spin, spread, stall, stretch, supplement, swell, take, thicken, treble, triple, unfold, unfurl, unroll, unwind, upgrade, widen (≠ abbreviate, -abort, abridge, concentrate, conclude, condense, contract, curtail, cut, decrease, deplete, diminish, downsize, elide, encapsulate, end, finish, lessen, lower, miniaturize, minimize, pare, prune, reduce, shorten, shrink, stop, synopsize, terminate, truncate, underemphasize)

  EXTERMINATE (/): abolish, annihilate, asphyxiate, assassinate, atomize, blitzkrieg, bulldoze, butcher, crush, decimate, delouse, demolish, depopulate, desolate, destroy, devastate, disintegrate, dismantle, dispatch, doom, drown, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, extinguish, extirpate, finish, flatten, hang, hunt, ice, kill, level, liquidate, massacre, obliterate, overdose, poison, pulverize, purge, ravage, raze, remove, sacrifice, savage, shred, slaughter, slay, smash, smite, smother, snuff, strangle, suffocate, vanquish, vaporize, weed, wreck, zap (≠ augment, authorize, bear, beget, breed, build, cherish, colonize, confirm, conserve, construct, create, develop, establish, fashion, foster, frame, gestate, help, increase, institute, introduce, legalize, mend, plant, populate, preserve, proliferate, promote, propagate, protect, rebuild, reinstate, reinvigorate, renew, repair, replenish, rescue, restore, revamp, revive, save, stimulate, support, survive, sustain, weather)

  EXTINGUISH (/): abolish, annihilate, assassinate, beat, best, blanket, butcher, choke, clobber, conquer, cream, cripple, crush, decimate, deep-six, defeat, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, disintegrate, dismantle, dispatch, doom, douse, drench, drub, end, eradicate, erase, execute, expunge, exterminate, extirpate, fell, flatten, gut, hush, kill, massacre, murder, mute, nuke, -nullify, obliterate, orphan, overcome, pulverize, quell, quench, quiet, ravage, raze, rout, ruin, scotch, scour, settle, shatter, shush, silence, skunk, slake, slaughter, slay, smash, smother, snuff, squash, squelch, squench, stifle, strangle, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle, total, trample, trash, trounce, vaporize, waste, whip, wrack, wreck, zap (≠ activate, agitate, build, burn, construct, defend, erect, fire, fuel, ignite, inflame, initiate, kindle, light, oxygenate, preserve, raise, rear, spark, start, still, stimulate, stir, survive, sustain, torch, ventilate, weather, withstand)

  EXTOL (+): acclaim, admire, adore, adulate, aggrandize, apotheosize, applaud, approve, blandish, bless, boost, cajole, celebrate, cheer, cherish, commemorate, commend, compliment, congratulate, consecrate, deify, dignify, endorse, enjoy, eulogize, exalt, fête, flannel, flatter, glorify, gold-star, gratify, hail, hallow, hero-worship, high-five, honor, hype, idealize, idolize, immortalize, laud, limelight, lionize, magnify, memorialize, observe, panegyrize, plug, praise, prioritize, promote, publicize, push, recommend, revere, romanticize, salute, sanction, sentimentalize, solemnize, stroke, treasure, trumpet, venerate, worship (≠ abominate, accuse, admonish, anathematize, attaint, badmouth, belittle, berate, blame, blast, boo, castigate, chastise, chide, condemn, criticize, critique, debase, defame, denigrate, denounce, -detest, disgrace, dishonor, disparage, disrespect, execrate, fault, frame, fulminate, humiliate, incriminate, lambaste, profane, rebuke, regret, repent, reprimand, reproach, ridicule, rue, scathe, scold, -scorn, shame, slander, trash, vilify)

  EXTORT (←): acquire, badger, blackmail, bleed, bluff, bully, cheat, clip, coerce, compel, defraud, demand, educe, evince, exact, extract, fleece, force, gain, gouge, ice, milk, nobble, obtain, pilfer, pinch, procure, ransom, screw, secure, shake, skin, soak, squeeze, stick, stiff, sting, strong-arm, swindle, threaten, victimize, wrench, wrest, wring, wrong (≠ bankroll, beg, bequeath, beseech, bestow, comp, contribute, donate, entreat, finance, fund, furnish, grant, implore, offer, outbid, outlay, overpay, overspend, patronize, pay, petition, pity, protect, provide, regret, request, solicit, spare, steal, stiff, stint, supply, tender, underpay, volunteer, yield)

  EXTRACT (←): acquire, blackmail, cull, debit, derive, detach, distill, draw, elicit, eradicate, evoke, exact, excise, express, extort, extricate, garner, gather, get, glean, gut, mine, obtain, pick, pluck, prize, pry, pull, quarry, reap, recover, remove, root, secure, select, separate, siphon, source, squeeze, suck, take, tear, uninstall, uproot, vacuum, weed, withdraw, worm, wrench, wrest, wring, yank (≠ add, blend, compile, cram, entangle, fill, implant, inject, insert, install, instill, introduce, jam, mainline, overstuff, pack, penetrate, plant, ram, saturate, stuff, wedge)

  EXTRACT (←): blackmail, coerce, cull, derive, distill, draw, elicit, garner, gather, get, glean, secure, select, siphon, worm (≠ disperse, dissipate, plant, -refuse, -reject, spend, spread)

  EXTRICATE (←): clear, deliver, detach, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extract, free, liberate, loose, loosen, redeem, release, relieve, remove, rescue, save, unburden, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untie, withdraw (≠ block, burden, embroil, encumber, entangle, hamper, hinder, impede, involve, load, lumber, obstruct, occlude, stall, stop, weigh)

  EYEBALL (←): absorb, analyze, appraise, assess, assimilate, benchmark, calculate, catch, categorize, check, clock, compare, conclude, connect, consider, consult, contemplate, contrast, correlate, critique, deduce, diagnose, digest, discern, distinguish, estimate, evaluate, examine, explore, eye, gauge, heed, identify, inspect, investigate, learn, mark, measure, mind, note, notice, number, numerate, observe, ogle, peruse, prioritize, probe, prowl, rank, read, regard, reinvestigate, review, scan, scope, scrutinize, search, sift, spot, study, survey, time, watch, weigh, witness (≠ -avoid, -blank, blind, confuse, -discount, disguise, dismiss, -disregard, fake, fudge, -ignore, mask, miscon
strue, misdiagnose, misgauge, misinterpret, mislead, misread, miss, mistake, muddle, mystify, -neglect, -overlook, perplex, pooh-pooh, puzzle, skim, skip)

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  FABRICATE (←): ad-lib, brainstorm, coin, con, concoct, contrive, counterfeit, deceive, devise, double-talk, extemporize, fake, falsify, feign, forge, form, fudge, half-ass, hatch, imitate, improvise, invent, jive, misrepresent, pretend, scam, spin (≠ authenticate, confirm, corroborate, crosscheck, document, endorse, notarize, prove, sanction, substantiate, support, validate, verify)

  FABRICATE (+): assemble, begin, brainstorm, brew, build, carpenter, coin, combine, compose, conceive, concoct, configure, constitute, construct, contour, contrive, cook, craft, create, design, devise, erect, establish, fashion, father, forge, form, formulate, found, frame, generate, ghostwrite, hammer, handcraft, imagine, improvise, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, invent, jerry-build, join, machine, make, manufacture, mix, mold, organize, originate, piece, produce, raise, rear, reassemble, rebuild, reconstruct, redevelop, retrofit, rig, sculpt, shape, structure, unite, weave (≠ atomize, break, crack, crush, demolish, destroy, devastate, disassemble, dismantle, flatten, fracture, fragment, level, pulverize, raze, rend, rip, ruin, shatter, shred, smash, splinter, strike, tatter, tear, wreck)

  FACE (→): abide, accept, accost, affront, allow, approach, battle, bear, beard, brace, brave, brazen, breast, brook, buttonhole, challenge, combat, confront, consult, contact, corner, countenance, court, cross, dare, defy, embrace, endure, experience, eyeball, fight, front, intercept, meet, oppose, race, repel, resist, risk, seek, stand, stomach, submit, suffer, sustain, swallow, tackle, take, tolerate, venture, weather, withstand, woo, wrestle (≠ -avoid, block, -bypass, -circumvent, detour, -dodge, -duck, -elude, -escape, -eschew, -evade, -forsake, funk, hide, outwit, -overlook, run, shake, -shirk, -shun, -sidestep, skip, skirt, -thwart, withdraw)

  FACE (→): abut, adjoin, annex, append, block, border, bound, command, confront, dominate, edge, embrace, encircle, enclose, fence, flank, fringe, front, juxtapose, line, margin, meet, orbit, overlook, rim, skirt, surround, touch, watch (≠ alienate, -avoid, back, conceal, detach, -discount, -disregard, hide, -ignore, isolate, oust, screen, seclude, separate)

  FACE (→): apparel, array, blanket, bronze, clothe, coat, costume, cover, decorate, dress, encase, enclose, enshroud, envelop, finish, front, garb, invest, lap, level, line, mantle, overlay, pave, plaster, polish, redecorate, refinish, remodel, robe, roughcast, sheathe, shine, shingle, shroud, smooth, spackle, surface, surround, swathe, veil, veneer, wrap (≠ bare, denude, discard, excoriate, expose, peel, remove, scour, scrape, scrub, shed, shuck, skin, strip, uncover, unswathe)

  FACILITATE (+): abet, accelerate, advance, aid, assist, brainstorm, butter, catalyze, decongest, disentangle, ease, enable, encourage, enhance, expedite, fast-track, forward, further, grease, hasten, help, hurry, improve, loosen, lubricate, midwife, oil, promote, quicken, rush, simplify, smooth, speed, streamline, unclog, uncomplicate, untangle, upgrade (≠ aggravate, block, complicate, confound, constipate, cripple, freeze, -halt, hamper, hamstring, harm, hinder, hobble, impair, impede, inhibit, muddy, obstruct, occlude, paralyze, perplex, -prevent, -prohibit, retard, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shelve, sophisticate, stall, stifle, stymie, subvert, -thwart, transact, undermine, worsen)

  FAIL (/): -abandon, annoy, betray, chagrin, cheat, deceive, delude, disappoint, discontent, disenchant, disgruntle, disillusion, displease, dissatisfy, distress, -ditch, -forsake, frustrate, lose, mock, -neglect, nonplus, -quit, sadden, stiff, -thwart, upset (≠ accomplish, ace, achieve, claim, complete, consummate, content, crest, execute, finalize, finish, fulfill, gladden, gratify, realize, satisfy, undertake, win)

  FAKE (←): adulterate, ape, bootleg, camouflage, cloak, clothe, concoct, copy, counterfeit, crib, disguise, doctor, duplicate, fabricate, falsify, fashion, forge, fudge, imitate, impersonate, invent, juggle, manipulate, phony, pirate, plagiarize, playact, pretend, reduplicate, replicate, reproduce, roleplay, sculpt, simulate (≠ coin, develop, discover, form, invent, launch, originate, pioneer, plant, produce, start)

  FAKE (/): act, adopt, affect, assume, bluff, bullshit, camouflage, cloud, con, conceal, copy, costume, counterfeit, deceive, defraud, disguise, dissimulate, dupe, emulate, fabricate, feign, forge, fudge, ghostwrite, imitate, impersonate, improvise, mask, mimic, pirate, playact, pretend, profess, roleplay, simulate, spackle, spoof, trick, varnish, whitewash, wing (≠ bare, confess, confirm, confront, corroborate, debunk, discredit, divulge, expose, face, out, reveal, sample, shame, test, validate, verify)

  FALSIFY (/): adulterate, alter, belie, bend, bowdlerize, camouflage, censor, change, cloak, clothe, cloud, color, complicate, con, confound, confuse, contort, contradict, contravene, cook, costume, counterfeit, crib, deceive, -deny, disguise, distort, doctor, double-talk, dress, embellish, embroider, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, fiddle, forge, frame, fudge, garble, gloss, heighten, heroicize, idealize, invent, juggle, manipulate, mask, massage, miscommunicate, misdescribe, mishear, misinterpret, misquote, misread, misrepresent, misstate, mistake, mistranslate, mystify, obscure, overdramatize, oversell, pervert, poeticize, pretend, promote, rig, romanticize, salt, sentimentalize, slant, twist, warp, whitewash (≠ attest, authenticate, betray, certify, clarify, clear, confirm, correct, corroborate, crosscheck, decipher, deduce, demonstrate, detect, document, explain, expose, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, notarize, prove, rectify, reveal, right, spell, substantiate, validate, witness)

  FAMILIARIZE (+): acclimatize, accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust, advise, apprise, brief, calibrate, case, coach, condition, discipline, domesticate, enlighten, habituate, housebreak, housetrain, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instruct, introduce, inure, mentor, mix, naturalize, orient, personalize, popularize, post, present, prime, reacquaint, school, season, standardize, tame, teach, tell, train (≠ addle, alienate, baffle, confuse, customize, disaffect, disarrange, disorder, disorient, -exclude, forget, gaslight, learn, misinform, mislead, mystify, -neglect, -ostracize, perplex, puzzle, stymie, upset)

  FAN (→): accent, accentuate, affirm, agitate, amplify, animate, arouse, assert, begin, breathe, bring, congratulate, deepen, emphasize, encourage, energize, enliven, excite, expand, extend, fire, foment, fuel, galvanize, generate, goad, ignite, impassion, impress, incite, increase, induce, inflame, influence, initiate, inject, inspire, instigate, intensify, kindle, lubricate, midwife, motivate, move, press, prod, produce, prompt, provoke, punctuate, quicken, rabble-rouse, raise, rouse, ruffle, spark, spread, spur, start, stimulate, stir, trigger, urge, whip, winnow (≠ appease, balance, blunt, bolster, brace, bridle, buffer, calm, center, confound, constrain, counteract, curb, deactivate, demotivate, -deter, diminish, discourage, dissuade, equalize, finish, fix, -frustrate, -halt, hinder, hold, impede, inactivate, inhibit, lessen, mellow, minimize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, obstruct, pacify, placate, -preclude, -prevent, quiet, satisfy, settle, soothe, stabilize, steady, still, stop, subdue, suppress, tame, underemphasize)

  FANCY (←): acclaim, accredit, admire, adore, anticipate, applaud, appreciate, approve, begrudge, cherish, consider, covet, crave, demand, desire, devour, dig, endorse, enjoy, envy, esteem, expect, extol, favor, fetishize, idealize, idolize, indulge, love, praise, prefer, prize, regard, relish, respect, revere, romanticize, sanction, savor, sentimentalize, target, toast, treasure, trumpet, value, venerate, want, worship (≠ abhor, abominate, assuage, -avoid, censure, check, condemn, control, curb, decry, -despise, -detest, discard, discredit, -disdain, disfavor, -disregard, dread, fear, -flee, -hate, -ignore, judge, -loathe, moderate, -neglect, oppose, pacify, -refuse, regulate, -reject, repress, resent, restrain, -scorn, -shun, -spurn, subdue, tame, underestimate, vilify) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  FANCY (+): await, believe, conceive, concoct, conjecture, conjure, contemplate, daydream, dream, envisage, envision, fabricate, fantasize, feature, guess, hallucinate, imagine, infer, invent, manufacture, mull, picture, plan, ponder, project, realize, reckon, reflect, relive, spark,
spitball, suppose, surmise, suspect, suss, think, visualize, wonder (≠ analyze, ascertain, calculate, conclude, detect, determine, disbelieve, discover, doubt, ensure, evaluate, gauge, guarantee, know, measure, promise, prove, question, sample, scruple, swear, test, verify) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  FARM (+): collect, crop, cull, cultivate, culture, develop, dig, domesticate, fallow, fertilize, garden, gather, germinate, gestate, glean, grow, harrow, harvest, hay, hoe, husband, implant, manage, manure, mature, mow, nourish, nurture, originate, pick, plant, plow, pluck, pot, prepare, produce, promote, propagate, pull, raise, reap, rear, replant, reseed, ripen, rototill, scatter, seed, select, sharecrop, sow, sprout, start, stock, tend, till, transplant, work, yield (≠ -abandon, afflict, blight, consume, contaminate, damage, defoliate, destroy, devour, diminish, eat, exterminate, -ignore, infest, kill, mow, -neglect, poison, pollute, raze, recycle, ruin, scavenge, scorch, shrivel, sicken, squander, stunt, uproot, waste, wither)

  FASCINATE (←): absorb, allure, arouse, arrest, attract, bait, beckon, bedazzle, beguile, bemuse, bewitch, busy, captivate, charm, compel, court, dazzle, delight, disarm, distract, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, entertain, enthrall, entice, entrance, generate, grab, gratify, grip, hog, hold, hook, hypnotize, immerse, influence, interest, intrigue, invite, involve, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, monopolize, mystify, obsess, occupy, perplex, pique, please, preoccupy, pull, puzzle, razzle-dazzle, rivet, seduce, solicit, spellbind, tantalize, tease, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, win, woo, wow (≠ annoy, answer, bore, bother, bug, burden, chagrin, disgust, displease, earbash, encumber, explain, frustrate, harass, heckle, irk, irritate, jade, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, offend, oppress, repel, revolt, satisfy, solve, subdue, tire, weary) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!