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Main Entry:	execute
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	assassinate, behead, bump off, do in, electrocute, eliminate, finish, gas, guillotine, hang, knock off, liquidate, murder, purge, put away, shoot, put to death
Antonyms:	bear, create

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Main Entry:	execute
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carry out a task
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, act, administer, bring off, cause, come through, complete, consummate, discharge, do, effect, enact, enforce, finish, fulfill, govern, hack it, hit, implement, meet, percolate, perform, play, polish off, prosecute, pull off, realize, render, score, transact, administrate, bring to fruition, deal with, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, earn wings, get there, make it, put into effect, put over, put through, sail through, take care of, take care of business
Antonyms:	abandon, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, leave, miss, neglect, shirk

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Main Entry:	achieve
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
Synonyms:	accomplish, acquire, actualize, attain, bring about, bring off, bring to pass, cap, carry out, close, complete, conclude, consummate, deliver, discharge, dispatch, do, earn, effect, enact, end, execute, finish, follow through, fulfill, gain, get, manage, negotiate, obtain, perfect, perform, procure, produce, rack up, reach, realize, resolve, score, seal, settle, sign, solve, win, wind up, work out, carry through, earn wings, effectuate, get done, see through
Notes:	achieve means 'to bring to a successful conclusion' (literally French 'to bring to a head') and accomplish means 'to perform fully'; the completion of achievement is more comprehensive
Antonyms:	fail, lose, miss

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Main Entry:	assassinate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	murder prominent or important person
Synonyms:	bump off, do in, eliminate, execute, hit, kill, knock off*, liquidate, slaughter, slay, gun down

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Main Entry:	behead
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	decapitate
Synonyms:	execute, guillotine, head, kill, neck, bring to the block, decollate

Main Entry:	bring off
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	accomplish
Synonyms:	achieve, bring home the bacon*, bring to pass, carry out, discharge, effect, execute, perform, pull off, realize, succeed, carry off, effectuate
Antonyms:	fail, lose

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Main Entry:	carry out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	complete activity
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, consummate, discharge, effect, execute, finalize, fulfill, implement, meet, perform, realize, carry through, effectuate
Antonyms:	leave, stop, not finish

Main Entry:	complete
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carry out action
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, actualize, cap, close, conclude, consummate, crown, determine, develop, discharge, do, effect, elaborate, end, equip, execute, fill, finalize, finish, fulfill, furnish, halt, make up, perfect, perform, realize, refine, round off, settle, supplement, terminate, ultimate, wind up, wrap up, bring to fruition, bring to maturity, call it a day, carry off, do thoroughly, effectuate, get through, go the limit, go through with, go whole hog, make good, put to bed, round out, sew up
Antonyms:	forget, halt, ignore, neglect, stop, give up

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Main Entry:	decapitate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	behead
Synonyms:	ax, bring to the block, chop off one's head, decollate, execute, guillotine

Main Entry:	decimate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	destroy
Synonyms:	annihilate, butcher*, execute, exterminate, massacre, obliterate, slaughter, stamp out, wipe out, commit genocide, kill off

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Main Entry:	do in
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	destroy; exhaust
Synonyms:	assassinate, bankrupt, bump off, butcher, cool, dispatch, do away with, eliminate, execute, fatigue, finish, frazzle, kill, knock out, liquidate, murder, put away*, ruin, shatter, slaughter, slay, tire, wear out, weary, wreck, dilapidate
Antonyms:	bear, create, invent

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Main Entry:	dramatize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make a performance of
Synonyms:	act, amplify, burlesque, enact, exaggerate, execute, ham it up*, overdo, overstate, perform, play up, present, produce, show, splash, stage, farcialize, give color to, lay it on, make a production of, melodramatize, play on heartstrings, play to gallery, playact, tragedize

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Main Entry:	effect
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carry out, accomplish
Synonyms:	achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield
Antonyms:	fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook

Main Entry:	enforce
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	put a rule, plan in force
Synonyms:	accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, invoke, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest, administrate, crack down, dragoon, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to
Antonyms:	abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, neglect, overlook, give up

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Main Entry:	etch
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	carve
Synonyms:	compose, corrode, cut, define, delineate, depict, describe, engrave, erode, execute, furrow, grave, impress, imprint, incise, ingrain, inscribe, outline, picture, portray, reduce, represent, stamp, eat into, set forth

Main Entry:	exterminate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	abolish, annihilate, decimate, destroy, do away with, eliminate, eradicate, erase, execute, extinguish, extirpate, massacre, obliterate, rub out, slaughter, stamp out, wipe out, blot out*, finish off, put an end to, send to kingdom come
Antonyms:	bear, create

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Main Entry:	fulfill
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring to completion
Synonyms:	accomplish, achieve, answer, be just the ticket, carry out, comply with, conclude, conform, discharge, do, effect, effectuate, execute, fill, fill the bill, finish, hit the bull's-eye, implement, keep, make it, make the grade, meet, obey, observe, perfect, perform, please, realize, render, satisfy, score*, suffice, suit
Antonyms:	fail, miss, neglect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	go on
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	continue
Synonyms:	act, advance, bear, behave, carry on, come about, conduct, deport, endure, execute, go ahead, hang on, happen, last, occur, persevere, persist, proceed, ramble, stay, comport, hold on, keep on, take place
Antonyms:	cease, halt, stop

Main Entry:	implement
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	start, put into action
Synonyms:	achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, complete, effect, enable, enforce, execute, fulfill, invoke, materialize, perform, realize, resolve, make good, make possible, provide the means, put into effect
Antonyms:	cancel, cease, delay, halt, hinder, pause, stop

Main Entry:	murder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	kill
Synonyms:	abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, bump off, butcher, chill, cool, decapitate, defeat, destroy, dispatch, do in, drub, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate, extinguish, finish, guillotine, hang, hit, knife, knock off, liquidate, lynch, mangle, mar, massacre, misuse, off, put away, rub out, ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff, spoil, strangle, thrash, waste, blot out, dust off, garotte, take a life, take for a ride, take out*
Antonyms:	guard, preserve, protect, save