by Damon Suede
PROSECUTE (/): accuse, allege, arraign, blame, charge, cite, compel, contest, criticize, fault, finger, frame, impeach, implicate, impugn, incriminate, indict, involve, litigate, negotiate, process, reproach, subpoena, sue, summon, try (≠ -abandon, acquit, alibi, condone, defend, -desert, exonerate, forgive, -forsake, free, ingratiate, liberate, pardon, release, relinquish, -renounce, represent, -repudiate, retract, spare, vacate, vindicate)
PROSTITUTE (→): abase, abuse, auction, bastardize, bedraggle, befoul, begrime, bestialize, blemish, canker, cheapen, commercialize, commodify, contaminate, corrupt, damage, debase, debauch, deface, defile, degrade, demean, demoralize, deprave, desecrate, destroy, deteriorate, dilute, dirty, disgrace, dishonor, downgrade, flaw, hard-sell, harm, hawk, humble, humiliate, hurt, impair, lessen, mar, market, misapply, mismanage, misuse, monetize, nobble, pervert, pimp, poison, pollute, profane, promote, ruin, sell, shame, spoil, stain, suborn, subvert, taint, tarnish, thin, twist, vitiate, vulgarize, warp, weaken, whore, wreck (≠ ameliorate, amend, apply, better, clarify, clean, cleanse, dignify, elevate, employ, enhance, ennoble, enrich, exalt, honor, improve, moralize, perfect, purify, refine, respect, restore, uplift, use, utilize)
PROSTRATE (/): bulldoze, capsize, castrate, checkmate, cripple, crush, damage, debilitate, defeat, deplete, depress, destroy, devitalize, disable, disarm, drain, drown, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, fatigue, fell, flatten, floor, frazzle, hamstring, harm, hurt, immobilize, impair, impoverish, incapacitate, injure, invalid, kneecap, lame, leech, level, mow, oppress, outlast, overcome, overextend, overpower, overset, overthrow, overtire, overturn, overwhelm, paralyze, reduce, ruin, sap, shrivel, soften, steamroller, subdue, subvert, tire, topple, unhorse, unman, unseat, waste, weaken, weary, wither, wizen, wrack, wreck (≠ activate, aid, assist, assuage, build, construct, create, embattle, enable, encourage, energize, erect, fight, fortify, harden, help, improve, increase, inure, invigorate, mobilize, please, raise, recruit, refresh, rejuvenate, repair, right, save, season, soothe, straighten, strengthen, toughen, vitalize, weaponize)
PROTECT (+): accommodate, advantage, aid, archive, arm, armor, assist, assure, -avert, baby, bar, barricade, battle, bear, benefit, bless, blockade, blunt, bolster, brave, budget, buffer, bulwark, bury, buttress, camouflage, champion, chaperone, chauffeur, cloak, clothe, cloud, cocoon, combat, commemorate, conceal, confront, conserve, continue, cosset, costume, cotton, counter, counterattack, cover, cradle, cushion, defend, deflect, disguise, embalm, embattle, ensconce, ensure, escort, face, favor, fence, fight, forfend, fortify, foster, galvanize, gestate, gratify, guarantee, guard, harbor, heal, hedge, help, hide, house, humor, indemnify, infantilize, inoculate, insulate, insure, keep, maintain, mask, mind, mother, nourish, nurse, nurture, oblige, obscure, oppose, outlast, pamper, parry, patrol, patronize, perpetuate, placate, please, police, preserve, -prevent, prove, rebut, rescue, reserve, resist, retain, retort, retrieve, return, reward, safeguard, salvage, sanction, save, screen, secure, shade, shelter, shield, shingle, shroud, spare, stand, stonewall, store, stow, strengthen, support, survive, sustain, tolerate, uphold, ward, watch, weather, withhold, withstand, wrap (≠ -abandon, abuse, accost, anguish, assail, assault, atomize, attack, backstab, beset, besiege, betray, blitz, bombard, boobytrap, compromise, constrain, curb, damage, deep-six, defame, defile, demolish, -desert, destroy, discipline, disparage, dissipate, doom, double-cross, endanger, eradicate, erase, expose, forfeit, -forsake, harass, harm, hurt, imperil, impugn, injure, jeopardize, liquidate, lose, lynch, malign, maltreat, menace, molest, nuke, obliterate, oppress, outrage, overrun, persecute, pervert, plunder, profane, pulverize, ravish, raze, relinquish, -renounce, reproach, revile, risk, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scupper, scuttle, shatter, shelve, sic, sicken, slander, spend, squander, storm, submit, subvert, surrender, target, threaten, torment, traumatize, two-time, undercut, undermine, upset, vandalize, vaporize, vex, victimize, vilify, violate, weed, wound, wrong, yield)
PROTEST (/): abhor, argue, -balk, blast, boo, -boycott, break, buck, censure, challenge, combat, criticize, critique, dare, debate, defy, denounce, disapprove, disobey, dispute, -disregard, except, fight, flout, gag, hassle, kick, mock, nag, object, oppose, picket, -prohibit, -reject, resist, revolt, ridicule, -scorn, -spurn, stick, subvert, violate, withstand (≠ accede, accept, advocate, applaud, approve, champion, cheer, commend, congratulate, defend, follow, gold-star, gratify, maintain, mind, obey, observe, praise, sanction, support, sustain, uphold)
PROVE (+): affirm, analyze, ascertain, assay, attest, authenticate, back, certify, check, confirm, contextualize, convince, corroborate, crosscheck, declare, demonstrate, detect, determine, document, double-check, establish, evidence, evince, examine, explain, externalize, find, fix, justify, manifest, notarize, settle, show, substantiate, sustain, test, testify, try, uphold, validate, verify, warrant, witness (≠ abrogate, allege, annul, -cancel, challenge, contradict, debate, -deny, disavow, disclaim, -discount, discredit, disprove, dispute, distrust, doubt, embellish, embroider, falsify, guess, hypothesize, invalidate, presume, pulverize, rebut, refute, scruple, shake, shatter, surmise, suspect, theorize, wonder)
PROVIDE (→): accommodate, add, administer, afford, allocate, apportion, arm, arrange, assign, bestow, bootleg, bring, budget, cater, cede, contribute, deal, deed, deliver, dish, dispense, distribute, dole, dollop, equip, favor, feather, feed, fit, force-feed, fuel, furnish, give, grant, hand, impart, implement, indulge, keep, lend, line, maintain, mete, offer, outfit, overfeed, parcel, portion, prepare, present, procure, produce, proffer, provision, ration, ready, render, repair, replenish, serve, spare, stake, stock, store, supply, support, sustain, tender, transfer, victual, volunteer, yield (≠ block, conserve, demand, -deny, deprive, disarm, famish, hoard, hold, keep, maintain, malnourish, poach, preserve, -refuse, -reject, remove, reserve, retain, save, scant, skimp, starve, steal, stint, take, underfeed, withhold)
PROVISION (→): accoutre, allocate, allot, apportion, arm, assign, bestow, contribute, deal, disburse, dispense, distribute, dole, donate, equip, fit, fortify, furnish, gird, give, hand, mete, outfit, parcel, portion, prepare, present, prorate, rig, stock, store, supply, tender, tithe, transfer, yield (≠ appropriate, arrogate, confiscate, -decline, -deny, deprive, dispossess, divest, -forsake, -neglect, pinch, -refuse, -reject, retain, scant, skimp, stint, strip, withdraw, withhold)
PROVISION (→): banquet, batten, board, cater, fatten, feast, feed, fill, force-feed, fuel, hand-feed, nourish, nurture, overfeed, regale, reprovision, satisfy, serve, spoon-feed, surfeit, sustain, victual (≠ contaminate, -deny, deprive, famish, husband, malnourish, poison, remove, scant, skimp, spoil, starve, stint, stockpile, underfeed, waste, withhold)
PROVOKE (→): anger, animate, annoy, arouse, attract, awaken, bait, bother, challenge, drive, egg, electrify, elicit, encourage, energize, enrage, enthuse, entice, exasperate, excite, fan, ferment, fire, foment, fuel, gall, galvanize, goad, ignite, impassion, incite, incur, induce, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, invigorate, irritate, jeer, kindle, lure, madden, motivate, move, pique, prime, prod, prompt, quicken, rabble-rouse, raise, rally, rev, revitalize, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, subvert, tantalize, taunt, tease, tempt, tickle, titillate, trigger, troll, upset, vex, vitalize, wake, whet (≠ appease, bore, calm, deaden, debilitate, demoralize, demotivate, desensitize, -deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, drain, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, frustrate, gratify, humor, hush, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, numb, pacify, paralyze, placate, relax, sedate, soothe, stall, stem, stifle, stymie, subdue, -thwart, tire, tranquilize, trouble, weary)
PROVOKE (+): abet, activate, advance, animate, arouse, birth, breed, brew, call, create, cultivate, detonate, drive, elicit, encourage, energize, engender, enliven, evoke, excite, fan, ferment, fire, foment, form, forward, foster, further, galvanize, generate, hatch, ignite, impassion, incite, incur, induce, inflame, initiate, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, lubricate, make, motivate, move, nourish, nurture, originate, pick, pique, precipitate, produce, proliferat
e, promote, prompt, propagate, quicken, raise, rev, rouse, roust, set, sow, spark, spawn, stimulate, stir, trigger, vitalize (≠ allay, appease, bridle, cage, calm, check, constrain, curb, deactivate, demotivate, depress, discourage, dismay, end, exterminate, -forbid, freeze, -halt, hamper, hamstring, hobble, hold, impede, inhibit, kill, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, neutralize, numb, pace, pacify, paralyze, placate, -prevent, -prohibit, protest, quiet, regulate, rein, restrain, sadden, settle, smother, soothe, still, straightjacket, subdue, tame, -thwart, tranquilize)
PROVOKE (/): abrade, affront, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, antagonize, appall, bait, beget, bother, bug, chafe, condemn, criticize, dare, defy, denounce, deride, destabilize, detonate, discompose, disconcert, disrupt, dominate, earbash, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, fan, fire, fret, gall, galvanize, generate, harangue, harass, harry, hassle, heckle, hector, hound, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, instigate, insult, irk, irritate, jeer, judge, knock, madden, miff, mock, motivate, nag, needle, nettle, niggle, nitpick, offend, perturb, pester, pique, promote, quicken, rattle, -refuse, -reject, ridicule, rile, roil, rouse, ruffle, sabotage, set, slam, slate, subvert, taunt, tease, threaten, topple, torment, traumatize, trigger, troll, undercut, undermine, upset, vex, wound (≠ alleviate, amuse, beguile, bore, cajole, calm, charm, coax, daunt, distract, divert, drain, entertain, exhaust, fascinate, flannel, gentle, glad-hand, gratify, help, humor, hush, jade, leech, lull, mellow, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, placate, schmooze, sedate, soft-soap, soothe, subdue, sweet-talk, tire, tranquilize, weary)
PRUNE (/): barber, bob, clip, crop, curtail, -cut, dock, eliminate, -exclude, groom, gut, lop, manicure, mow, neaten, nip, pare, pinch, poll, pollard, reduce, shape, shave, shear, shorten, skive, snip, stump, thin, tidy, trim, whittle (≠ accept, augment, cultivate, elongate, extend, fertilize, include, lengthen, -neglect, nurture, tangle, thicken, untidy, welcome)
PUBLICIZE (→): acclaim, advertise, advise, announce, apprise, bait, ballyhoo, bark, bellow, bill, billboard, blare, blaze, blazon, blurb, broadcast, bulletin, circulate, commercialize, commodify, communicate, confess, confirm, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, endorse, enunciate, feature, flash, hail, herald, hustle, hype, impart, inform, intimate, introduce, laud, limelight, lure, mainstream, manifest, market, merchandize, notify, overestimate, overstate, peddle, pimp, pitch, placard, plug, popularize, post, praise, presell, proclaim, promo, promote, promulgate, publish, puff, push, recommend, release, report, reveal, review, sell, shill, show, sound, spotlight, spread, telegraph, tout, trumpet (≠ axe, bury, conceal, contain, cover, criticize, disparage, ensconce, hide, hush, kill, niche, quash, recall, recant, repress, restrain, retract, revoke, -scorn, silence, slam, smother, spin, stifle, suppress, withhold)
PULL (←): attract, carry, cart, conduct, convey, convoy, dislocate, drag, draw, ferry, fetch, grab, haul, heave, hump, jerk, lug, move, relay, schlep, ship, tow, trail, transport, truck, tug, yank (≠ -abandon, boost, discard, drive, drop, force, forfeit, impel, jam, nudge, propel, punt, push, ram, -refuse, scrap, shove, thrust)
PULL (←): acquire, appropriate, choose, compile, confiscate, cull, debit, deduct, exact, extract, gather, glean, grab, gut, mine, obtain, pick, pluck, prize, pry, quarry, recover, remove, rip, seize, select, slurp, snag, source, suck, take, tear, uninstall, uproot, vacuum, weed, wheedle, withdraw, worm, wrench, wrest, wring, yank (≠ -avoid, cram, -decline, dismiss, drop, -ignore, implant, insert, install, instill, jam, jettison, leave, lose, -overlook, ram, -refuse, -reject, -spurn, stuff, wedge, withhold)
PULL (←): absorb, adduce, allure, amuse, attract, bear, bewitch, bring, captivate, carry, charm, convey, drag, draw, enchant, engage, engross, enthrall, entice, fascinate, fetch, galvanize, grip, hypnotize, induce, intrigue, invite, involve, lure, magnetize, mesmerize, obsess, obtain, pick, preoccupy, rally, secure, seduce, stimulate, tantalize, taunt, tease, tempt, transfer, transport, vamp, win (≠ annoy, block, bore, bug, chill, deaden, demoralize, desensitize, -deter, discourage, disgust, dissuade, drain, exhaust, fatigue, frustrate, irk, irritate, knacker, numb, -omit, oppose, paralyze, -prevent, protest, -reject, release, repel, repulse, -shun, stifle, warn) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!
PULL (/): bruise, cripple, damage, dislocate, harm, hurt, impair, injure, lame, rend, rip, sprain, strain, stress, stretch, tax, tear, turn, twist, weaken, wound, wrack, wrench (≠ adjust, align, alleviate, bandage, bind, brace, doctor, dress, heal, mend, nurse, push, remedy, repair, restore, soothe, splint, strap, treat)
PULP (/): beat, bruise, compress, contort, crush, demolish, distort, flatten, grind, liquidize, macerate, mash, pestle, pound, powder, press, pulverize, purée, shred, smash, squash, squeeze, squoosh, stamp, trample (≠ assemble, assist, build, craft, form, generate, heal, inflate, mold, nurture, preserve, protect, reconstruct, renovate, shape, support)
PULVERIZE (/): annihilate, atomize, beat, best, blast, break, bust, checkmate, clobber, comminute, conquer, crack, cream, cripple, crumb, crumble, crunch, crush, damage, dash, decimate, deface, defeat, demolish, desolate, despoil, destroy, deteriorate, devastate, dilapidate, disassemble, disfigure, disintegrate, dismantle, dissolve, doom, drub, dynamite, efface, eradicate, erode, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, flatten, fracture, fragment, grate, grind, gut, hammer, harm, impair, injure, kibble, lick, liquidate, loot, mangle, mar, master, mill, mince, mortar, mutilate, nuke, obliterate, overcome, pestle, pillage, plunder, pound, powder, pulp, ravage, raze, remove, root, rout, ruin, sack, savage, scotch, scour, shatter, skunk, smash, snuff, splinter, spoil, squash, stamp, subdue, surmount, tear, thrash, total, trample, trash, trim, trounce, unbuild, undo, unmake, vandalize, vanquish, vaporize, vitiate, wallop, waste, wax, wear, whip, wrack, wreck (≠ armor, assemble, build, conserve, constitute, construct, craft, create, doctor, erect, establish, fabricate, fashion, father, fix, forge, form, found, frame, institute, invent, machine, maintain, make, manufacture, mend, mold, organize, patch, preserve, produce, protect, raise, rear, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, remodel, renovate, repair, restore, revamp, revive, save, sculpt, shape, shield, survive, sustain, weather, withstand)
PUMMEL (→): assail, assault, attack, backhand, bang, bash, bat, batter, beat, belabor, belt, beset, birch, blackjack, bludgeon, box, break, buffet, bust, cane, chop, clobber, clout, club, concuss, conk, cowhide, crack, crumble, crunch, crush, cudgel, cuff, dash, drub, flagellate, flog, fracture, fragment, gore, grate, hammer, hide, hit, horsewhip, knock, lace, lacerate, lash, lick, maim, mangle, mash, maul, mutilate, organize, paddle, paste, patch, pelt, pistol-whip, pommel, pound, pulverize, punch, raid, ram, rawhide, rush, savage, scourge, shatter, slam, slap, slate, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, splinter, storm, strap, strike, swat, swipe, switch, tan, thrash, thresh, thump, thwack, trounce, wallop, whack, whale, wham, whip, whomp, whup, wound (≠ -avoid, bar, block, counterpunch, cover, defend, deflect, -deter, -dodge, -duck, -escape, guard, -halt, hamper, harbor, hinder, miss, parry, protect, repel, safeguard, save, screen, shelter, shield, stonewall, stop, -thwart, withstand)
PUMP (→): bob, dilate, distend, drive, elevate, force, gush, inflate, inject, jerk, jet, jiggle, jog, jounce, push, rock, screw, send, shake, spout, spurt, supply, sway, swell, swing, wiggle (≠ drain, draw, extract, leach, leech, remove, sap, settle, siphon, stabilize, steady, tap)
PUMP (←): bleed, cannibalize, clean, clear, consume, debilitate, decant, deplete, depredate, draft, drain, draw, effuse, empty, evacuate, exhaust, extract, flush, leach, leech, milk, pour, purge, remove, siphon, suck, tap, vacate, vacuum, void, withdraw (≠ add, bathe, deluge, douse, drench, drizzle, drown, fill, flood, furnish, inundate, marinate, overflow, replenish, restore, soak, souse, stock, submerge, supply, swamp, trickle, wash, water, wet)
PUMP (←): annoy, ask, canvas, catechize, challenge, check, coax, cross-examine, cross-question, debrief, disbelieve, dispute, doubt, examine, grill, hammer, harass, hound, interrogate, interview, investigate, nag, needle, niggle, nitpick, pester, poll, probe, query, question, quiz, research, roast, tes
t (≠ answer, conceal, confide, distort, -evade, fabricate, feign, hide, hoodwink, -ignore, mislead, -neglect, silence, staunch, stifle, stonewall)
PUNCH (→): backhand, bang, bash, bat, batter, bean, beat, belt, biff, black, blast, blitz, bludgeon, bob, boff, bonk, bop, box, brain, buffet, bump, bung, bunt, bust, butt, cane, chop, clap, clip, clobber, clock, clout, club, conk, counterpunch, crack, cream, cudgel, cuff, dab, deck, ding, drub, fell, flail, flick, flog, floor, hammer, hit, hook, jab, jog, jostle, kick, knee, knock, lace, lambaste, lash, level, lick, mangle, maul, nail, nudge, paste, pelt, pepper, plug, poke, pommel, pop, pound, prod, pummel, push, rabbit-punch, ram, rap, rough, sap, scuff, shove, skull, slam, slap, slash, sledge, sledgehammer, slug, smack, smash, smite, sock, spear, stab, stamp, stone, strike, stroke, sucker-punch, swat, swipe, switch, tap, thrash, thrust, thump, thwack, trash, uppercut, wallop, whack, whale, whip, wind, zap (≠ aid, assist, -avoid, block, brave, cajole, coddle, compliment, counter, defend, deflect, -dodge, -duck, endure, flatter, guard, help, -ignore, miss, parry, praise, preserve, protect, repel, secure, shield, soothe, steady, stroke, suffer, support, tap, weather)
PUNCTURE (→): bayonet, bore, burst, crack, cut, deflate, drill, gaff, gimlet, gore, harpoon, impale, inject, insert, invade, jab, kebab, knife, lance, mainline, nick, peck, penetrate, perforate, pick, pierce, pike, pin, pink, poke, prick, probe, prong, punch, riddle, rupture, shank, shiv, shoot, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, stake, stick, thrust, transfix (≠ absorb, armor, block, close, defend, deflect, eject, extract, fill, fuse, heal, inflate, mend, patch, plug, praise, protect, prove, rectify, repair, seal, sew, shield, smooth, stitch, withdraw, yank)