| Main Entry: | bring down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce or hurt |
Synonyms: |
KO, abase, cut down, damage, drop, fell, floor, injure, knock down, lay low, level, lower, mow down, murder*, overthrow, overturn, prostrate, pull down, shoot down, slay, throw down, tumble, undermine, upset, wound |
Antonyms: |
aid, encourage, help, raise |
| Main Entry: | dump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop, throw away |
Synonyms: |
cast, chuck, clear out, deep-six, deposit, discard, discharge, dispose of, ditch, drain, eject, empty, evacuate, expel, exude, fling, fling down, get rid of, jettison, junk, leave, let fall, scrap, throw down, throw out, throw overboard, tip, unload, unpack |
Antonyms: |
hold, keep, maintain, save |
| Main Entry: | fell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chop down |
Synonyms: |
blow down, bowl over, bring down, cause to fall, cleave, cut, cut down, dash, demolish, down, drop, flatten, floor*, gash, ground, hack, hew, knock down, knock over, lay low, level, mangle, mow down, prostrate, pull down, raze, rive, sever, shoot, shoot down, slash, split, strike down, sunder, throw down, tumble |
Antonyms: |
build, construct, erect, raise |
| Main Entry: | raze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatten, knock down; wipe out |
Synonyms: |
batter, blow down, bomb, break down, bulldoze, capsize, cast down, crash, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, dynamite, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, fell, level, mow down, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, remove, rub out, ruin, scatter, scratch out, smash, spill, strike out, subvert, tear down, tear up, throw down, topple, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, upset, wipe out, wrack, wreck, zap |
Antonyms: |
build, construct |
| Main Entry: | tackle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump on and grab |
Synonyms: |
attack, block, bring down, bring to the ground, catch, challenge, clutch, confront, down, grapple, grasp, halt, intercept, nail, put the freeze on, sack, seize, smear, stop, take, take hold of, throw, throw down, upset |
Antonyms: |
avoid, dodge |