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Verb
▲
To set free, especially from entanglement or difficulty
release
disentangle
extricate
free
liberate
detach
loosen
separate
disconnect
loose
remove
uncouple
unfasten
unloose
untie
decouple
unbind
unclasp
undo
clear
disembarrass
disentwine
disjoin
disunite
ease
unfix
unhitch
unhook
untangle
unyoke
disarticulate
unbridle
unlock
set free
cut loose
cut out
more ❯
“I cast myself upon the ground and sought to disengage the manacles of my soul.”
Verb
▲
To leave or withdraw from a commitment or responsibility
leave
withdraw
abstract
quit
disassociate
dissociate
retire
retreat
delink
pull out
move out
back off
back out
drop out
opt out
pull the plug
weasel out
“Individuals from both universities and communities who do not find their goals met tend to disengage from the partnership.”
Verb
▲
To put something out of its usual place
dislocate
disconnect
disjoint
displace
luxate
unhinge
disarticulate
disunite
slip
subluxate
unjoint
put out
put out of place
put out of joint
dislodge
Verb
▲
To retreat from an enemy or an attacking position
pull back
withdraw
flee
retire
retreat
back off
baulkUK
balkUS
draw back
fall back
give ground
give way
pull out
recoil
retract
shrink
shrink away
take flight
turn tail
beat a retreat
beat a hasty retreat
recede
decamp
go
leave
depart
take off
vacate
back away
drop back
more ❯
Verb
▲
To set free, especially from entanglement or difficulty
untangle
solve
fathom
understand
answer
clarify
decipher
disentangle
explain
resolve
unravel
clear up
elucidate
clear
disembarrass
expound
extricate
free
illuminate
liberate
release
simplify
straighten out
unfold
work out
crack
find an answer to
find a solution to
find the answer to
make plainer
make simpler
puzzle out
sort out
figure out
find the key to
find the solution to
make easier to understand
make more comprehensible
make more intelligible
piece together
remove the complexities from
make head or tail of
suss out
get to the bottom of
break
decode
unriddle
lick
overcome
surmount
deal with
decrypt
interpret
prevail over
circumvent
triumph over
master
translate
get over
make out
dope out
cope with
take care of
get the better of
construe
unscramble
get
twig
read
suss
get round
make sense of
make clear
riddle out
throw light on
get around
work
cryptanalyze
get the answer to
get answer
discover meaning
reveal
deduce
analyseUK
break down
analyzeUS
encipher
bring out
spell
find the key
cypherUK
render
cipherUS
comprehend
grasp
apprehend
settle
appreciate
catch
savvy
sense
recognizeUS
discern
grok
seize
see
intuit
assimilate
cognize
behold
register
dig
compass
know
perceive
conceive
make
rectify
fix
explicate
descramble
divine
brainstorm
unlock
remedy
recogniseUK
tumble to
catch on to
realiseUK
realizeUS
think out
crack the code
cotton on to
cotton to
find the solution
find out
smooth over
pan out
get right
set right
patch up
make a dent
get to the bottom
set to rights
put to rights
iron out
work on
determine a solution to
decide on
hit upon
put right
more ❯
Verb
▲
To turn or switch off (something)
kill
deactivate
stop
cut
disable
extinguish
halt
neutraliseUK
neutralizeUS
shut off
turn off
shut down
switch off
cut out
put out
turn out
pull the plug on
disconnect
shut
unplug
decommission
Verb
▲
To remove or clear a block or obstruction from
unblock
clear
free
open
ameliorate
brighten
clarify
cleanse
disencumber
disentangle
eliminate
empty
erase
extricate
lighten
loosen
lose
meliorate
purify
refine
rid
sweep
tidy
unburden
unclog
unload
unloose
unpack
untie
vacate
void
wipe
break up
burn off
clean out
clear out
free up
rule out
shake off
throw off
purge
strip
liberate
declutter
unclutter
tidy up
clean
unlade
unplug
unstop
unhamper
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove or take out, especially with effort or force
pry
prize
extract
pull
wrest
wring
corkscrew
jimmy
lever
uproot
yank
disjoin
divide
elevate
elicit
extort
force
heave
hoist
lift
move
press
push
raise
rear
separate
tear
tilt
turn
twist
uplift
upraise
uprear
wrench
root out
tear out
force open
lever open
pick up
take up
turn out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make something less tight
untighten
loosen
slacken
relax
release
slack
loose
lessen
relieve
abate
aid
allay
ameliorate
anaesthetizeUK
anesthetizeUS
appease
assist
assuage
calm
cheer
comfort
cure
disburden
doctor
expedite
facilitate
forward
free
further
improve
lift
lighten
meliorate
mitigate
moderate
mollify
nurse
pacify
palliate
promote
quiet
relent
simplify
smooth
soften
soothe
speed
still
tranquillizeUK
tranquilizeUS
let up
attend to
clear the way
let up on
make easier
open the door
run interference for
speed up
alleviate
sate
quench
satisfy
satiate
gratify
unbind
compose
cool
subdue
refresh
crumble
extinguish
decrease
relaxed
disintegrate
make slack
lax
become loose
become slack
slake
take the edge off
work free
work loose
more ❯
Verb
▲
To bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state
unhinge
distract
disturb
unsettle
upset
agitate
ail
alarm
alarum
bother
concern
derail
discomfort
discompose
dismay
disquiet
distemper
distress
exercise
flurry
frazzle
fuss
hagride
perturb
undo
worry
freak out
weird out
confuse
detach
disconnect
fluster
separate
uncouple
unfasten
unhitch
drive insane
send over the edge
crush
rile
devastate
sting
traumatizeUS
crucify
excruciate
traumatiseUK
affront
eat
overwhelm
cast down
cut to the quick
insult
haunt
shatter
grate
smite
get
bully
drive up the wall
blight
molest
lacerate
rankle
slight
spite
abuse
wrong
rankle with
put down
make unhappy
hang over
wring
make sad
rend
rub up the wrong way
be on your back
overcome
cause agony to
frost
infuriate
harm
gripe
incense
madden
sear
enrage
knock the stuffing out of
jar
make despondent
antagonizeUS
cause trouble to
press
give offence to
prey on
cut
pursue
weary
itch
rasp
overpower
stab
damage
antagoniseUK
gnaw
put a damper on
pierce
give a bad time
beat down
confront
mistreat
mither
breathe down someone's neck
maltreat
make gloomy
touch
disrespect
diss
scar
consternate
dis
gravel
subjugate
weigh heavily on
scandalizeUS
dampen
abrade
make someone see red
give someone the hump
cause offense
cause pain to
bait
beat
chivvy
break one's heart
hurt someone's feelings
inflict anguish on
hack you off
victimizeUS
get down
scandaliseUK
crab
ill-treat
turn one off
get on your nerves
get someone down
face
weigh
dump on
do in
victimiseUK
drive mad
keep on at
make your heart bleed
get in your hair
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
work on
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
dissatisfy
rub the wrong way
bite
strike
disoblige
drive bananas
humiliate
obsess
bring down
cause anguish
suppress
astonish
rark
dampen spirits
subdue
slap
mutilate
make blue
drag down
bring one down
drain
mangle
maim
be a burden to
be a burden on
be a pain in the neck
break the heart of
put into a funk
tyrannizeUS
plunder
depredate
despoil
fleece
devour
pressurizeUS
bleed
brutalizeUS
brutaliseUK
stir
henpeck
abase
stretch
take over
make angry
mix up
devil
be at
pick at
dull
wear
tyrranize
get your back up
defeat
make self-conscious
prostrate
lay waste
grate on
smother
dominate
force
put your back up
nudge
bruise
give someone the blues
tear to pieces
cause discomfort to
greatly upset
criticizeUS
put someone's nose out of joint
hang up
repress
be offensive
tyranniseUK
cast a gloom upon
grind down
take control of
get up your nose
get under your skin
T-off
tee off
hurt one's feelings
overthrow
heavy
criticiseUK
bring tears to your eyes
pressuriseUK
exploit
make someone fed up
go on at
cheese off
get on your wick
treat harshly
be cruel to
heckle
throw a curve
hit where one lives
burn
attack
hunt
be brutal to
rattle one's cage
walk all over
ride roughshod over
be on the back of
grip
tear apart
excoriate
tick someone off
buffet
visit
take
tangle
assail
corner
convulse
tear at
pall
unstring
be hurtful to
mourn
nag at
cause suffering
lambaste
cause sorrow
cause to panic
deplore
fester
constrain
interrupt
cause someone distress
prick
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
eat away at
lampoon
hurt deeply
ridicule
shame
cause concern to
beleague
thrill
be rude to
exhaust
get on nerves
lean on
hit hard
thumb nose at
deeply upset
knock props out
knock for a loop
press down on
stagger
rock
begrudge
grudge
put pressure on
tear to shreds
overcharge
overawe
cast a gloom on
mess with
mess
push someon's buttons
bore
disaccord
jangle
disharmonize
discord
stump
furbelow
bluster
inflict trauma
frill
throw into tizzy
break someone's heart
disorientate
be bothered
chivy
bring pressure to bear on
make downhearted
lower
stifle
make cross
demean
grill
whip
martyrize
impale
cause pain
muss
whelm
overmaster
swamp
straiten
dispraise
taunt
slander
stress out
get even
cramp style
droop
cause to lose heart
disparage
knock the stuffing out of someone
deprecate
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
dumfound
flabbergast
vanquish
worst
trump
outwit
dishevel
hash
tousle
rumple
tumble
disjoint
shuffle
scramble
upset the apple cart
dishonourUK
discredit
catch
devitalize
diminish
squelch
get the knife into
make things hot for someone
stick the knife into
dragoon
single out
expel
make it hot for someone
exile
jerk around
macerate
noodge
foray
bullyrag
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
wear out
drive to distraction
drive crazy
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
hurt the feelings of
have had enough
make fed up
become bored
make discontented
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
numb
thunderstrike
electrify
prey on one's mind
dishonorUS
snow under
humble
deaden
extinguish
curb
quell
make your blood boil
get your goat
put off his or her stride
take the wind out of someone's sails
chasten
rifle
havoc
gut
rob
destroy
ravage
spoliate
rape
desecrate
ransack
strip
waste
loot
maraud
pillage
demolish
hit a sour note
snub
push button
heat up
get your dander up
scare silly
make jump
slur
zing
bear down on
damp down
knock out
catch one short
make insane
misplace
give someone the pip
ask for it
raise someone's eyebrows
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
take the wind out of your sails
completely surprise
put in a spot
make a monkey of
put in a hole
put on the spot
cast a pall over
put out of countenance
live off
blackmail
take advantage of
consume
kill
raid
load
extort
feed on
seize
live on
make someone's hair stand on end
be disagreeable
be an affront to
give offence
put someone's back up
tread on someone's toes
enslave
drag
darken
damp
get someone's goat
hegemonize
master
run down
reduce to tears
disable
smash
impair
subject
scourge
mar
keep down
soften
melt
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
encumber
overload
saddle
bring under the yoke
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
handicap
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
tyrannize over
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
put the squeeze on
trample
despotize
rule
coerce
put upon
bring to heel
deform
make desolate
keep under
tug at the heart
arouse sympathy
arouse pity
tug at someone's heartstrings
disfigure
deface
blemish
endamage
bloody
cripple
vitiate
compromise
flaw
harsh someone's mellow
bear down
domineer
menace
knacker
crool
mangulate
scathe
overbear
threaten
manhandle
get in one's hair
get under one's skin
cross up
contort
wax
batter
distort
foul
prejudice
total
draw blood
do mischief to
hack up
crunch
overextend
misuse
mishandle
scold
cause to feel emotional strain
overdo
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
brood
trespass
make ill
muse
struggle
labourUK
strive
ruminate
contemplate
writhe
speculate
berate
upbraid
push around
kick around
play the heavy with
push about
ill-use
mess over
disagree
feel uneasy
upset oneself
dwell on
be anxious
yowl
yammer
wail
moan
grump
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
whinge
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
peck at
complain
squeal
caterwaul
whine
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
grizzle
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
make unwell
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
be in anguish
pore on
wrestle
vacillate
puzzle over
be indecisive
be in agony
stew over
chew over
mull over
go through the mill
carry on
torture yourself
eat heart out
exercise oneself
squirm
lament
torment yourself
sing the blues
laborUS
weigh up
take it badly
wrestle with oneself
wince
be distressed
carp at
keep after
do wrong to
cause harm to
egg
urge
find fault with
bend someone's ear
harp on at
find fault
prod
moan at
moan on at
take it out on
grumble at
keep complaining to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
divert
detract
distract
sidetrack
abstract
deflect
shift
draw
lead away
call off
circumlocute
detach
deter
disadvise
discourage
dissuade
disturb
offlead
stall
throw off
draw away
put off
attract attention
catch flies
get around
turn away
bend the rules
lead astray
be a distraction
send on a wild-goose chase
more ❯
Verb
▲
To resign from (a job)
quit
leave
resign
abdicate
retire
vacate
depart
renounce
pull out
bow out
stand down
step aside
step down
walk out
give notice
relinquish one's position
pack in
withdraw
abandon
drop out
call it a day
go
give up
give
demit
bail out
wriggle out
refuse
decline
get out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Cut, trim off
crop
cut
trim
clip
prune
shear
snip
pare
dock
shave
shorten
lop
detach
reduce
bob
fleece
nip
poll
remove
barber
cut short
mow
tonsure
top
chop
chop off
curtail
cut back
cut off
detruncate
hack off
hew
lop off
pollard
skive
slash
take off
truncate
cut shorter
make shorter
cut into a bob
shear off
part
cleave
sunder
hew off
divide
disunite
uncouple
disjoin
rend
eliminate
dismember
undo
dissect
decouple
disassociate
rive
tear off
break off
axeUK
carve out
axUS
abscise
remove surgically
cut away
free
loosen
unfasten
unhitch
isolate
segregate
loose
unzip
unbutton
unhook
untie
disentangle
unbridle
rip off
pull off
prune off
abstract
unfix
disassemble
dismount
take apart
withdraw
split
ramify
disjoint
dissociate
bisect
divorce
resolve
unyoke
unlink
break
cut in two
break up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To become less serious or severe
ease
abate
diminish
lessen
decrease
drop
dwindle
ebb
moderate
reduce
subside
wane
fall
relent
decline
downscale
recede
remit
shrink
taper
weaken
de-escalate
downsize
lower
slacken
deplete
release
dent
pall
quieten
drop off
die away
die down
die out
fall away
let up
peter out
slow down
tail off
taper off
come to an end
drain away
knock down
phase down
ratchet down
slacken off
become weaker
grow less
axeUK
axUS
qualify
amortizeUS
pitch
slide
tilt
go
tip
lean
bank
incline
lag
emaciate
slant
cant
list
heel
fall steeply
bend
fall sharply
die
angle
grow dim
wear off
disperse
be at an angle
tire
skew
topple
faint
set
stoop
drop rapidly
take a dive
perish
grow weaker
dematerialize
fly
flee
shelve
grade
worsen
careen
bow
grow feeble
dump
dilapidate
keel over
founder
bevel
fall headlong
flounder
run
submerse
be reduced
recline
roll
splay
veer
break up
slope downwards
let down
go to the bottom
touch bottom
angle off
fizzle
pine
weary
succumb
gutter
falter
spiral
verge
impoverish
cripple
debase
vitiate
tremble
limp
give out
precipitate
decrease rapidly
cascade
toss
compress
etiolate
throw
dip below the horizon
lean over
descend rapidly
lose spirit
ground
hush
fold
deliquesce
rarefy
evanish
clear
compact
decompose
dangle
shoot
plump
elapse
discontinue
squeeze
rise
heel over
become unimportant
get quieter
become softer
get softer
become quieter
lurch
blight
hunch
loll
sprawl
determine
expire
quit
conclude
hang
constringe
capsule
capsulize
diffuse
scatter
disassemble
lower in price
devalorize
lower in value
pass off
poop out
fag out
tucker out
become less loud
molderUS
moulderUK
hang down
sound
die on vine
vanish into thin air
take in
lose ground
slant downwards
dispel
be destroyed
unmake
cease to exist
break into pieces
jump down
drape
become shadowy
numb
become indistinct
become vague
become confused
make faint
become blurred
crash-dive
descent
ascend
go to ruin
reach new low
fling
belly-flop
lunge
propel
immerge
swoop
plunk
leap
sling
slouch
suspend
lop
rot
devolve
ramp
climb
dunk
grow weak
disimprove
break off
run out
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
become limp
become flaccid
spoil
rake
reach a new low
throw yourself
train
lie obliquely
aim
diverge
level
be askew
swerve
direct
beam
point
deviate
go lower
tire out
wear out
come downwards
deluge
overwhelm
submerge
engulf
drown
flood
swamp
gulf
inundate
overflow
go under the surface
dip beneath the horizon
become moribund
be slipping away
be approaching death
be in extremis
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
have one foot in the grave
wreck
ram
drive
force down
excavate
dig
shipwreck
put down
overturn
lay
drill
stick
capsize
stab
scuttle
bore
demit
thrust
sway
bias
turn
jut
bend forward
rest on
be off
overhang
hang on
repose
deflect
curve
twist
beetle
drift
put weight on
support
nod
bend over
put
prop
place
fasten on
divert
be slanted
bear on
sheer
more ❯
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