Activate

by Damon Suede

  TORTURE (/): ball, bend, buckle, bunch, coil, contort, crimp, crook, crumple, curl, damage, deface, deform, disfigure, distort, gnarl, loop, mangle, mar, metamorphose, misshape, mold, mutilate, reshape, ruin, scalp, screw, spiral, squinch, twine, twist, vandalize, warp, wind, wreathe, wreck, wrench, wrest, wring, wrinkle (≠ align, craft, fabricate, flatten, form, level, mold, shape, smooth, straighten, unbend, uncurl, weave)

  TOSS (→): bowl, buck, bung, cast, catapult, chuck, dart, dash, eject, fire, flick, fling, flip, gun, heave, hook, hurl, hurtle, impel, launch, lob, loft, pass, peg, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, propel, rifle, roll, shoot, skitter, sling, throw, thrust, twirl, wing (≠ accept, adopt, catch, clasp, clutch, drop, grasp, grip, hold, keep, receive, seize, stabilize, steady, take)

  TOSS (/): -abandon, abdicate, abolish, annihilate, boot, cashier, chuck, deep-six, -desert, discard, dismiss, -ditch, dump, eighty-six, eliminate, eradicate, exorcise, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fire, -forsake, jettison, junk, liquidate, lose, pitch, -reject, remove, scotch, scrap, shed, shuck, slough, terminate, unload, weed, wipe (≠ adopt, embrace, employ, hire, hold, include, invite, keep, maintain, retain, take, use, utilize)

  TOUCH (→): brush, caress, clap, clasp, clench, clutch, contact, dab, embrace, examine, feel, finger, flick, fondle, frisk, grasp, graze, grip, grope, handle, hit, hold, hug, inspect, jab, join, kiss, knock, lick, lip, manipulate, massage, meet, nose, nudge, nuzzle, palm, palpate, pat, paw, peck, pet, pound, probe, push, rap, reach, riffle, rub, scrutinize, shave, sip, skim, smooth, stir, strike, stroke, strum, suck, sweep, tag, tap, taste, tickle, whack (≠ aggravate, annoy, -avoid, -bypass, deflect, disbelieve, displease, -dodge, -eschew, -ignore, insult, miss, observe, offend, -ostracize, -overlook, provoke, release, -shun, -sidestep, tease, vex, watch, wound)

  TOUCH (←): affect, afflict, agitate, arouse, attract, bewitch, bother, captivate, charm, concern, dazzle, discomfort, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, embroil, enchant, engage, enrapture, entangle, enthrall, entrance, excite, fascinate, fluster, grab, harass, harry, impact, implicate, impress, influence, inspire, interest, involve, mark, melt, move, penetrate, perturb, pester, pierce, plague, quicken, ravish, reach, regard, sadden, soften, stimulate, stir, strain, stress, strike, stroke, sway, transport, trouble, try, upset, worry (≠ alienate, anger, annoy, bore, deaden, desensitize, disgust, drain, exasperate, exhaust, forget, harden, infuriate, inure, irk, irritate, isolate, numb, repel, repulse, revolt, sap, seclude, sicken, tax, test, tire, toughen, underwhelm, vex, weary) (¿) ABSTRACTION ALERT. Concrete goals essential!

  TOUGHEN (+): acclimate, acclimatize, accustom, adapt, adjust, anneal, bolster, boost, brace, brutalize, buttress, callous, case-harden, condition, deaden, dehumanize, desensitize, develop, discipline, embattle, energize, enforce, familiarize, firm, forearm, fortify, habituate, harden, immunize, indurate, inure, invigorate, numb, protect, reinforce, school, season, steel, stiffen, strengthen, substantiate, support, teach, temper, tone, train, vitalize (≠ castrate, consume, cripple, damage, debilitate, emasculate, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, harm, hurt, impair, incapacitate, injure, liquefy, melt, monkey-wrench, overextend, paralyze, sabotage, sap, scotch, scupper, sensitize, soften, stretch, subvert, tenderize, thaw, undercut, undermine, unman, victimize, weaken, wither)

  TOUT (→): accentuate, acclaim, advance, advertise, affirm, amplify, announce, applaud, assert, ballyhoo, blandish, blare, blaze, blazon, boost, broadcast, celebrate, claim, commend, communicate, compliment, congratulate, declare, emphasize, endorse, eulogize, extol, flatter, glorify, gratify, hail, hard-sell, herald, honor, hype, idealize, idolize, laud, limelight, magnify, market, offer, peddle, petition, pimp, pitch, plug, praise, presell, prioritize, proclaim, promote, pronounce, publicize, push, recommend, salute, seek, shill, solicit, support, telegraph, trumpet, volunteer (≠ belittle, blacken, blackguard, boo, bury, chide, conceal, criticize, critique, deride, disrespect, hide, insult, knock, minimize, mock, neg, pan, regret, repent, ridicule, rue, scold, -scorn, skewer, slam, underemphasize, vilify)

  TOW (←): attract, carry, convey, drag, draw, ferry, haul, heave, jerk, lug, move, propel, pull, push, schlep, shuttle, trail, transport, trawl, tug, yank (≠ alienate, bobble, drive, drop, fumble, lose, propel, punt, push, ram, -rebuff, -reject, repel, repulse, shove, thrust)

  TRACE (→): accompany, analyze, ascertain, backtrack, bird-dog, chaperone, chase, derive, detect, determine, discern, discover, dog, escort, eye, ferret, find, follow, hound, hunt, observe, perceive, pursue, run, search, seek, shadow, spoor, spot, stalk, tag, tail, target, track, trail, uncover, unearth, watch (≠ -avoid, blind, blindfold, -bypass, captain, confound, confuse, -discount, -disregard, -ditch, -duck, dump, -elude, -evade, guide, head, -ignore, lead, lose, mislead, -neglect, -omit, -overlook, perplex, pilot, -sidestep, skip, skirt, steer)

  TRACK (→): accompany, apprehend, bird-dog, capture, catch, chaperone, chase, cover, discover, dog, escort, expose, eye, eyeball, ferret, find, follow, harry, haunt, hound, hunt, monitor, observe, pursue, retrace, scout, search, seek, shadow, spoor, stalk, tag, tail, target, trace, trail, uncover, watch (≠ arrest, cage, catch, confine, confound, cripple, detain, -disregard, forget, guide, hamper, head, hobble, -ignore, impede, incarcerate, jail, lead, lose, mislay, misplace, miss, mistake, -neglect, -overlook, perplex, pilot, restrain, skip, trap)

  TRADE (→): auction, barter, bootleg, broker, buy, commercialize, commodify, corner, deal, distribute, exchange, export, fence, horse-trade, market, merchandize, monetize, monopolize, negotiate, peddle, presell, purchase, remainder, renegotiate, resell, retail, run, sell, smuggle, supply, swap, take, traffic, transact, transfer, vend, wholesale (≠ ban, bar, blackball, -boycott, budget, buy, close, -deny, deplete, embargo, hoard, impede, import, outbid, -prohibit, purchase, -refuse, restrict, suppress, swindle, withhold)

  TRADE (+): alternate, bandy, cede, change, commute, displace, divert, exchange, imitate, interchange, rearrange, rejigger, replace, represent, second, shift, substitute, supersede, supplant, surrender, swap, switch, transfer, transpose, turn, yield (≠ block, cement, conserve, hold, keep, leave, maintain, pin, preserve, -prevent, resist, retain, sustain)

  TRAIL (→): dangle, drag, draw, extend, flutter, hang, haul, pull, sweep, tow, track, unspool (≠ coil, contract, cut, drop, loop, pull, retract, retrieve, withdraw)

  TRAIL (→): accompany, bird-dog, chaperone, chase, dog, escort, eye, follow, hound, hunt, observe, pursue, retrace, run, seek, shadow, spoor, stalk, tag, tail, target, trace, track, watch (≠ -bypass, -circumvent, detour, direct, -elude, -escape, -evade, guide, head, -ignore, lead, pilot, -shun, steer)

  TRAIN (+): acclimate, accustom, acquaint, adapt, adjust, aim, apprentice, brainwash, brief, catechize, challenge, civilize, coach, condition, convince, cultivate, develop, direct, discipline, domesticate, drill, edify, educate, enlighten, equip, exercise, familiarize, focus, fortify, groom, ground, guide, habituate, harden, hone, housebreak, housetrain, impart, implant, improve, inculcate, indoctrinate, inform, initiate, instill, instruct, introduce, inure, lead, learn, lecture, mentor, mold, naturalize, nurture, orient, prepare, prime, qualify, question, ready, rear, rehearse, retrain, school, scold, season, shape, sharpen, show, steel, strain, strengthen, stretch, study, tame, tax, teach, test, tone, toughen, tutor, update (≠ -abandon, abuse, confound, consult, decondition, decrease, dement, derange, destroy, forget, gaslight, harm, hinder, -ignore, impede, injure, learn, madden, mislead, -neglect, obstruct, stall, stymie unhinge, unnerve, upset, worry)

  TRAMPLE (/): -abandon, abuse, attack, bash, batter, betray, boot, breach, break, bruise, brutalize, bulldoze, bully, crush, damage, dehumanize, destroy, devalue, discredit, -disregard, flatten, foil, gate-crash, grind, harm, hoof, hurt, -ignore, injure, invade, kick, maltreat, mash, menace, miss, mistreat, -neglect, objectify, offend, oppress, outrage, -overlook, override, overwhelm, penalize, persecute, poach, pound, pulp, ravage, -reject, sandbag, shortchange, smash, squash, squelch, stamp, steamroller, stomp, taunt, threaten, torment, trash, tr
aumatize, trespass, tyrannize, victimize, violate, wound, wrong (≠ advantage, aid, assist, -avoid, baby, benefit, cherish, coddle, cosset, cure, cushion, favor, fluff, follow, foster, gratify, guard, heal, heed, help, honor, humor, indulge, keep, mind, mollycoddle, note, nourish, nurture, obey, observe, overindulge, overprotect, pamper, pet, pity, placate, please, protect, recognize, respect, satisfy, shield, -sidestep, skip, skirt, soothe, spoil, treat, uncompress)

  TRANQUILIZE (←): allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, balance, calm, center, chloroform, compose, conciliate, console, daze, deaden, defuse, dope, dose, drug, ease, etherize, hush, hypnotize, intoxicate, lighten, lull, medicate, mellow, mesmerize, mitigate, moderate, mollify, narcotize, numb, pacify, placate, quell, quiet, quieten, relax, relieve, restrain, sedate, settle, silence, smooth, soften, soothe, stabilize, steady, still, stupefy, subdue, torpefy (≠ aggravate, agitate, anger, arouse, bait, bother, brace, brutalize, charge, convulse, discompose, disturb, energize, enrage, excite, fluster, foment, goad, incite, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, jolt, madden, needle, nettle, perturb, provoke, rattle, rile, roil, rouse, shake, spur, stimulate, stir, terrorize, trouble, unnerve, upset, vex, wake, worry)

  TRANSCEND (→): beat, best, better, clobber, conquer, crush, defeat, drub, eclipse, exceed, lick, master, outclass, outdistance, outdo, outgrow, outpace, outperform, outrank, outreach, outrun, outsell, outshine, outstrip, outthink, outweigh, overcome, overshadow, overtake, pass, rival, rout, shame, skunk, subdue, supersede, supplant, surmount, surpass, thrash, top, transform, trounce, trump, usurp, wallop, whip (≠ adopt, ape, approximate, copy, counterfeit, disappoint, duplicate, emulate, equal, equalize, follow, forfeit, ghostwrite, lose, maintain, match, mimic, obey, originate, preserve, reproduce, shrink, stall, sustain, trail, waste)

  TRANSFER (→): beam, bear, broadcast, carry, cede, communicate, conduct, contaminate, convey, deliver, diffuse, disburse, dispense, disseminate, give, hand, handle, impart, infect, pass, poison, pollute, propagate, reach, relay, release, relinquish, render, spread, supply, surrender, transfuse, transmit, yield (≠ accept, acquire, brave, brook, catch, claim, collect, conceal, contract, discern, discover, -dodge, drop, endure, experience, face, gather, -halt, hide, hold, isolate, keep, maintain, obtain, partition, quarantine, receive, -refuse, reserve, retain, seclude, source, stop, suffer, take, weather, withhold)

  TRANSFER (→): address, advance, beam, bestow, consign, contribute, convey, deliver, dispatch, donate, drop, export, forward, furnish, give, hand, import, launch, pack, pass, present, provide, render, resend, return, schlep, send, ship, shoot, shuttle, smuggle, spirit, supply, taxi, transmit, transport (≠ accept, acquire, choose, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, lose, obtain, order, procure, receive, -refuse, secure, select, source)

  TRANSFER (→): alter, bear, budge, carry, cart, change, convey, dislocate, displace, disturb, drive, exchange, haul, lug, modify, move, redo, refashion, relegate, relocate, remake, remodel, remove, replace, reposition, revamp, revise, rework, schlep, shift, shove, shunt, sideline, supersede, supplant, swap, switch, take, tote, transmit, transplant, transport, transpose, vary (≠ affix, anchor, detain, embed, entrench, fight, fix, freeze, glue, implant, ingrain, lodge, maintain, moor, oppose, preserve, retain, root, secure, set, stabilize, stay)

  TRANSFER (→): accord, advance, alienate, allow, assign, bequeath, bestow, cede, commend, commit, comp, confer, confide, consign, contribute, convey, deal, deed, delegate, deliver, dispense, disperse, distribute, divide, donate, endow, entrust, furnish, give, grant, hand, lease, leave, lend, loan, move, pass, present, recommend, release, relinquish, rent, submit, supply, surrender, tender, transmit, trust, vest, will, yield (≠ accept, assume, claim, collect, demand, deserve, detain, exact, hoard, hold, inherit, keep, occupy, own, possess, receive, remove, request, require, requisition, reserve, retain, take, withhold)

  TRANSFIX (→): bayonet, cut, fix, freeze, gaff, gimlet, gore, -halt, harpoon, hold, hypnotize, impale, jab, knife, lance, mesmerize, nail, paralyze, peck, penetrate, perforate, petrify, pick, pierce, pike, pin, pink, poke, poniard, prick, prong, punch, puncture, riddle, skewer, slice, spear, spellbind, spike, spindle, spit, stab, stick, stop, thrust, torpefy (≠ accelerate, charge, empower, energize, extract, extricate, invigorate, move, pull, push, reinvigorate, release, remove, restore, revive, shunt, spur, start, stir, yank)

  TRANSFIX (←): amaze, arouse, arrest, astonish, astound, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, capture, charm, dazzle, delight, enchant, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, entertain, enthrall, enthuse, entrance, excite, fascinate, fixate, floor, grab, grip, hold, hook, hypnotize, inspire, interest, intrigue, mesmerize, motivate, paralyze, petrify, ravish, razzle-dazzle, rivet, root, seize, spellbind, stagger, stimulate, stun, thrill, uplift, win, wow (≠ annoy, appall, bore, bother, bug, burden, caution, chill, disenchant, disgust, disillusion, dissuade, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nitpick, offend, repel, repulse, revolt, rouse, sicken, startle, tire, wake, weary)

  TRANSFORM (+): adapt, adjust, alter, automate, calibrate, change, commute, contort, convert, cook, coordinate, customize, deform, disfigure, displace, distort, doctor, gentrify, harshen, improve, mechanize, metamorphose, modify, mold, motorize, mutate, pervert, rebuild, recast, reconceive, reconceptualize, reconstruct, redefine, redesign, redo, reengineer, refashion, reform, regenerate, reimagine, reinvent, remake, remodel, renew, replace, resolve, rethink, retool, revamp, revise, revolutionize, rework, shift, substitute, supersede, supplant, switch, transfer, transfigure, translate, transmogrify, transmute, transpose, tune, turn, tweak, uncomplicate, vary, weaponize (≠ abide, -abort, annihilate, conserve, continue, destroy, endure, freeze, hold, immobilize, keep, maintain, obliterate, outlive, paralyze, perpetuate, preserve, prolong, protect, retain, ruin, stagnate, stale, stall, stomach, stop, sustain, terminate, transfix, uphold, weather, wreck)

  TRANSLATE (+): clarify, construe, contextualize, decipher, decode, deduce, detect, elucidate, encode, explain, generalize, illuminate, interpret, paraphrase, recapitulate, reduce, reiterate, render, rephrase, restate, reword, simplify, solve, summarize, transcribe, transform, turn (≠ confuse, copy, echo, encode, garble, jumble, miscommunicate, misconstrue, misrepresent, mistranslate, muddle, puzzle, quote, repeat, reproduce, transcribe)

  TRANSMIT (→): air, beam, bear, broadcast, buzz, carry, channel, communicate, conduct, contaminate, convey, deliver, diffuse, dispatch, disseminate, email, forward, funnel, give, hand, impart, infect, mediate, message, network, pipe, poison, propagate, publicize, radiate, relay, report, send, spread, surrender, telegraph, televise, text, transfer, transfuse, transport (≠ accept, block, catch, collect, conceal, contract, -dodge, drop, earn, gather, glean, -halt, hide, hold, isolate, keep, obscure, obtain, partition, procure, quarantine, receive, -refuse, retain, seclude, secure, source, stop, withhold)

  TRANSMIT (→): address, advance, bear, bestow, carry, cart, consign, contribute, convey, deliver, dispatch, donate, drop, export, express, forward, give, haul, import, launch, move, pack, pass, present, remove, render, resend, return, schlep, send, shift, ship, shoot, transfer, transport (≠ accept, acquire, draw, drop, earn, forget, gain, garner, get, lose, obtain, order, -overlook, procure, receive, request, secure)

  TRANSMUTE (+): adjust, alter, change, contort, convert, deform, disfigure, displace, distort, metamorphose, modify, mutate, recast, reconceive, redefine, redesign, redo, reengineer, refashion, regenerate, reimagine, reinvent, remake, remodel, replace, rethink, retool, revamp, revise, rework, shift, substitute, supersede, supplant, transfigure, transform, translate, transmogrify, transpose, vary (≠ abide, annihilate, continue, destroy, endure, hold, increase, keep, maintain, obliterate, perpetuate, preserve, protect, -refuse, retain, ruin, stagnate, stale, stay, sustain, terminate, uphold, wreck)

  TRANSPORT (→): address, advance, beam, bear, bestow, bring, carry, chauffeur, conduct, consign, contribute, convey, courier, deliver, deport, dispatch, donate, drive, drop, exile, export, ferry, fetch, fly, forward, give, hand, haul, hump, import, launch, lug, move,
pack, pass, piggyback, present, remove, render, resend, return, run, sail, schlep, send, shift, ship, shoot, shoulder, smuggle, spirit, take, taxi, tote, transfer, transmit, truck (≠ accept, acquire, block, draw, earn, freeze, gain, garner, get, grip, keep, obtain, procure, receive, retain, secure, source, stop, -thwart)

  TRANSPORT (←): agitate, bewitch, captivate, charm, content, delight, dizzy, elate, electrify, elevate, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, excite, exhilarate, fascinate, gladden, gratify, hypnotize, inflame, inspire, intoxicate, mesmerize, move, please, provoke, quicken, ravish, razzle-dazzle, rejoice, satisfy, send, slay, spellbind, stimulate, stir, thrill, uplift, warm, wow (≠ anguish, annoy, appall, bore, crucify, demoralize, demotivate, depress, discourage, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, distress, fatigue, hallucinate, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, oppress, repulse, sadden, tire, torment, torture, vex, weary)