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What is another word for
interrupt
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▲
To intrude or interfere on a conversation or activity
To break the continuity of (a line or surface)
To temporarily suspend a process or action with an interruption or interference
To permanently end a process or action with an interruption or interference
To obstruct or impede the flow or progress of
To destroy or disrupt by means of sabotage
To insult, tease, make fun of or badger
To forcibly put an end to
Encroach or intrude on
To stop operating
To harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)
To briefly stop or interrupt an action
To provide assuagement or palliation to
To cut or divide into parts
To physical enter or arrive at a place without invitation
To put into a new position
To have an effect or influence on, especially a negative one
To capture or attack suddenly and unexpectedly
To stop oneself from doing something
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▲
Verb
▲
To intrude or interfere on a conversation or activity
intrude
interpose
interject
intervene
interfere
crash
heckle
bother
disturb
cut in
break in
butt in
inject oneself
insinuate oneself
chime in
chip in
barge in
muscle in
horn in
cut in on
intrude on
edge in
intervene in
work in
barge in on
put in
break in on
have one's say
put one's oar in
butt in on
chime in on
horn in on
bust in
chip in on
crowd in
muscle in on
break train of thought
obtrude
meddle
put your two cents in
cut off
have your say
pry
poke
snoop
nose
mess
interlope
intermeddle
chisel in
muck about
muck around
speak up
pipe up
put your oar in
voice your opinion
interfere with
interpolate
move in
cut short
intercede
infringe
join in
impose
join the conversation
add one's pennyworth
meddle with
interpose oneself
mix in
put in two cents
get involved
involve oneself
come between
step in
exclaim
remark
parenthesize
speak
comment
break into
collaborate
partake
participate
interrupt with
put one's pennyworth in
butt into
put in your two cents worth
take part
say what you think
pester
burst in
charge in
stick your oar in
stick your nose in
poke one's face in
get into the act
encroach
fool with
invade
impede
hinder
trespass
busybody
tamper
kibitz
encumber
push in
advance
inquire
US
sidewalk-superintend
abuse rights
dabble in
enquire
UK
mess with
molest
crash the gates
worm in
come uninvited
mess around
gossip
stir
thrust
impose oneself on
intermediate
be nosy about
be a busybody
nose into
pry into
intercede in
kibitz on
encroach on
gatecrash
entrench on
poke your nose in
barge into
meddle in
get involved in
impinge on
intrude into
tamper with
more ❯
“Please don't
interrupt
while I'm speaking about you in the third person.”
Verb
▲
To break the continuity of (a line or surface)
break
punctuate
disrupt
break up
discontinue
abandon
quit
end
cease
cancel
stop
terminate
relinquish
abort
scrap
halt
axe
UK
forgo
ditch
shun
scratch
scrub
shelve
forsake
can
repeal
rescind
kick
remit
revoke
ignore
forfeit
shake
sacrifice
jilt
ax
US
drop
divorce
eighty-six
break off
retire from
lay off
part from
desist from
turn your back on
wipe out
knock off
cut off
call off
write off
dispense with
have done with
shut off
cut out
finish with
give over
dust off
forget about
part with
pack up
pack in
leave off
resign from
give up
lay off of
cry off
break with
withdraw from
throw up
more ❯
“The architects even specified that plastered surfaces were to have no joint markings that would visually
interrupt
their continuity.”
Verb
▲
To temporarily suspend a process or action with an interruption or interference
postpone
delay
defer
suspend
shelve
adjourn
stay
put off
put back
hold up
put on ice
put in cold storage
lay aside
take a breather from
put on a back burner
table
mothball
prorogue
pigeonhole
hold over
hold in abeyance
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
reschedule
intermit
hold off
put aside
lay on the table
recess
hold
prorogate
remit
respite
break off
hold back
put in abeyance
put over
stall
continue
stand over
slow up
put off the evil hour
carry over
do later
set back
put off the evil day
slow down
pause
take a break
call it a day
take a recess
take a breather
suspend proceedings
take five
take a rain check
retard
protract
procrastinate
check
withhold
disband
file
waive
bar
inactivate
can
lay over
put on hold
push back
pink-slip
put on back burner
hang up
rule out
count out
put on the shelf
stave off
hang fire
call a halt to
keep in abeyance
hold off on
prolong
extend
set aside
sideline
detain
give rain check
put to one side
break up
slow
dismiss
knock off
give a rain check
park
reserve
retain
suppress
hang
cool
reprieve
contain
temporise
UK
temporize
US
take offline
forestay
hinder
block
impede
lengthen
obstruct
put on one side
discontinue
be suspended
end
be put on hold
leave to another time
take a raincheck
cool it
rise
stop
slow pedal
break
rearrange
reorganize
US
freeze
reorganise
UK
shut up
put out of commission
pack away
decommission
put into storage
take time out
call time
take ten
tie up
more ❯
“For example, your contact could
interrupt
the meeting for a minute so that they can arrange to have someone else greet you or ask you back another time.”
Verb
▲
To permanently end a process or action with an interruption or interference
stop
end
terminate
halt
cease
check
discontinue
cancel
cut
break
sever
break off
put a stop to
bring to an end
leave off
cut off
cut short
bring to a halt
bring to a close
bring to a standstill
suspend
finish
drop
quit
pack in
pull the plug on
put an end to
can
wind up
break up
pack up
lay off
abandon
call a halt to
desist from
cut out
axe
UK
shut off
knock off
give up
ax
US
give over
abolish
abort
withdraw
arrest
conclude
scrap
give the chop
nip in the bud
knock something on the head
close
scrub
block
disconnect
desist
stem
put the kibosh on
call it quits
get rid of
do away with
dispense with
kick
intermit
phase out
refrain from
kill
elapse
expire
obstruct
lapse
pass
curb
determine
withhold
intervene
call off
belay
finish off
bring to a stop
shut down
wrap up
dead-end
let up
wink out
call a halt
disturb
prevent
interfere with
cut into
say goodbye to
break into
renounce
close off
bring to end
adjourn
immobilize
US
turn back
deactivate
immobilise
UK
hold up
nullify
dissolve
complete
bring
recall
rescind
call
revoke
repeal
impede
stall
bar
resolve
staunch
annul
scratch
cry off
knock it off
stop midstream
pull up
relinquish
sunder
close out
consummate
wind down
call it a day
crown
round out
pull the plug
sew up
round off
settle
get shut of
get done
wrap
pack it in
end up
ultimate
get shot of
put the lid on
switch off
put paid to
top off
dispose of
close down
blow the whistle on
hold back
put a sock in
put a cork in
freeze
curtail
postpone
stop dead
leave unfinished
bring to a premature end
stop in full flow
stop short
stop cold
bring to an untimely end
break short
go
die
pause
surcease
disjoin
dissever
separate
interpose
part
disunite
blow off
lay off of
bag it
come to an end
disappear
vanish
bring to a conclusion
culminate
finalize
US
finalise
UK
run down
draw to a close
fade
eliminate
extinguish
evaporate
bite the dust
dwindle
stifle
evanish
put out of action
run out
be over
cease to exist
run its course
die out
put a period to
pass away
blow over
fade away
melt away
finish up
shelve
put a stop to something
shut
turn in
ebb
subside
cinch
evanesce
discharge
accomplish
wane
depart
suppress
quell
subdue
quash
shutter
clinch
climax
fold
liquidate
do
peter out
draw to close
put to bed
come to a close
come to a conclusion
round up
die away
do for
put a lid on
polish off
put the finishing touches to
tie up
carry out
bring down curtain
play out
carry through
bring to fruition
die down
go dead
hang up
build up to
lead up to
set the seal on
shutdown
transpire
put the stopper on
reach a finale
come to a head
crash
destroy
render powerless
shut up shop
go by
tie up loose ends
come to the end
clean up
be through with
become invalid
become obsolete
become void
cripple
trail off
tail off
be no more
slip away
fly by
end its journey
put out of business
bring to naught
wipe out
bring someone to their knees
more ❯
“The required accounting work at the close of the period does not
interrupt
the flow of goods and expenses.”
Verb
▲
To obstruct or impede the flow or progress of
impede
hinder
obstruct
block
prevent
restrict
limit
stay
interfere with
cut off
cut short
get in the way of
get in the way
inhibit
check
hamper
curb
restrain
stop
thwart
retard
hold back
frustrate
arrest
encumber
fetter
foil
forestall
slow down
delay
trammel
hamstring
bar
hold up
baulk
UK
balk
US
slow
shackle
stymie
halt
stand in the way of
handicap
prohibit
cramp
hobble
intercept
detain
derail
stall
cumber
handcuff
interdict
deter
head off
nip in the bud
preclude
clog
counteract
stonewall
interfere
choke
pick off
set back
put a brake on
hog-tie
debar
avert
bridle
manacle
hold
brake
crimp
bork
cripple
sabotage
circumvent
repress
obviate
slow up
hang up
keep back
short-circuit
stave off
tie up
shut off
shut out
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
forbid
exclude
suppress
stem
embarrass
postpone
retardate
baffle
pause
constrain
defer
neutralize
US
shelve
withhold
crab
disrupt
bottleneck
obscure
suspend
oppose
neutralise
UK
discontinue
forfend
put off
anticipate
bog down
rule out
shut down
close off
put back
take down
bring to screeching halt
fend off
ward off
put a stop to
back off
choke off
head off at pass
disallow
proscribe
ban
ruin
overturn
scupper
scotch
spoil
protract
sidetrack
strangulate
remit
prorogue
put the brakes on
take out of play
avoid
intermit
confine
prolong
curtail
make late
hold off on
hold over
counter
stand off
peter out
muzzle
burden
contravene
resist
disqualify
box in
queer someone's pitch
be a hindrance to
throw a spoke in the wheel of
louse up
estop
keep lid on
defend against
turn aside
stave
keep off
put an end to
keep at bay
hold off
make impossible
ward
make it impossible for
make impracticable
quit
make it impracticable for
cease
control
rein
stifle
divert
contain
reduce
terminate
muffle
squelch
smother
swallow
sandbag
throttle
screen
govern
moderate
staunch
fight back
complicate
repulse
discourage
bottle up
tame
regulate
rebuff
choke back
checkmate
rein in
keep in check
put a spoke in someone's wheel
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
bring to a standstill
keep a lid on
play for time
bite back
hold in
hold down
stem the flow of
weigh down
cut in
take away
monkey with
pre-empt
preempt
deflect
commandeer
be early
beat someone to the punch
get ahead of
be one step ahead of
beat someone to it
provide against
beat someone to the draw
second-guess
steal a march on
act in advance of
prepare for
get in before
decelerate
slacken
lessen
mire
bog
let up
keep
subdue
measure
rule
strangle
gag
silence
keep the lid on
quell
dam
quash
keep a tight rein on
cork
cork up
conceal
straiten
overcome
button up
cool
master
quench
sink
submerge
tie
pocket
constrict
conquer
overpower
deaden
kill
squash
cap
defeat
close
hide
jam
delimit
shush
freeze
stop up
clog up
keep down
extinguish
plug up
circumscribe
barricade
get the better of
peg
dampen
lick
diminish
decrease
occlude
discipline
stuff
blockade
damp down
quiet
block up
bind
put the brakes on
stamp out
calm
compose
simmer down
bung up
plug
quelch
entangle
beat
temper
repel
hold in check
keep within bounds
keep in
mute
stanch
collect
fix
outlaw
cramp one's style
stopper
fight off
gulp back
withstand
chain
congest
bottle
inconvenience
evade
close out
hem in
leash
sidestep
tone down
get a grip on
skirt
shut in
gain mastery over
tranquilize
US
mitigate
steer clear of
put a lid on
push back
beat off
crack down on
crush
destroy
damp
caulk
mellow
vanquish
tranquillise
UK
fill
intern
still
set
manage
set limits on
impose limits on
bung
enjoin
faze
best
modulate
close up
ostracize
US
surmount
block out
internalize
US
stunt
impair
incommode
dodge
disturb
internalise
UK
discommode
disadvantage
dispatch
keep in line
clot
tie down
choke up
block off
fill up
dominate
rebut
deny
jam up
fend
shun
weaken
defend
triumph over
cramp someone's style
escape
cool off
save
ostracise
UK
eschew
cut back
rein back
help
bypass
bring under control
box up
prevail over
shake
place a limit on
cover up
turn off
crack down
nullify
win against
gum up
gain control of
get around
bite one's lip
put half nelson on
keep inside
refuse
desist
throw cold water on
put a damper on
saddle with
drag your feet
brush off
force back
put to flight
drive away
see off
turn away
clamp down on
beat back
thrust back
pour cold water on
give a hard time
drive back
keep at arm's length
keep from happening
turn back
send packing
seal
straitjacket
pack
re-collect
settle
adjust
monitor
hang on
resist attack
hold the fort
fight
cross
act against
ease
cushion
rally
lull
corner
recover
inspect
soothe
tie someone's hands
relieve
drown
catch
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
entrammel
snag
demarcate
overload
tether
indispose
debilitate
put straitjacket on
circumnavigate
blacklist
boycott
gulp
discomfit
rattle
censor
mothball
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
throw monkey wrench in
bound
put a limit on
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
solve
disconcert
gain control over
charge
oppress
bother
keep control of
sideline
keep on a string
bring an end to
prevent from making progress
inc
tie one's hands
incarcerate
imprison
cool down
bring into line
keep a rein on
subjugate
affect
foul up
screw up
keep tight rein on
set a limit on
make difficult
lag
abate
specify
demark
prescribe
get bogged down
tamper
influence
soft-pedal
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
narrow down
confuse
put at a disadvantage
parry
gaol
UK
lock in
coop up
fence in
jail
US
close in
immure
concuss
deprive
shotgun
necessitate
trouble
conflict
place at a disadvantage
delimitate
define
girdle
put a ceiling on
loiter
qualify
procrastinate
embog
reef
give disadvantage
take out
overmatch
hegemonize
lay down the law to someone
put out of commission
suffocate
make illegal
embargo
lock up
keep under wraps
black out
overbear
upend
direct
get
command
hold the line
hush
tongue-tie
ice
quieten
erode
blackball
except
eliminate
obturate
reply
defend yourself
retaliate
put up a fight
riposte
get over
skunk
worst
find a solution to
find an answer to
keep within limits
reject
back-water
lose speed
lose steam
cut down
wind down
keep waiting
anchor it
undermine
knock down
force off
chase away
keep away
drive off
let
draw the line on
mark off
override
exile
hit the brakes
let down flaps
snuff
disadvise
chill
scare
count out
freeze out
shut out of
do down
dry up
dummy up
shut up
compromise
damage
clobber
dam up
guard
gunge up
silt up
protect
sit on
pull back
refrain from
shield
talk out of
hush up
safeguard
infringe
secure
bulwark
elude
act like a wet blanket
put the kibosh on
cover
encroach on
duck
soften
pacify
withhold from
desist from
stay away
stay away from
forbear
deny oneself
give up
make up for
get out of
abstain from
shake off
restrain from
counterbalance
skip
break the habit of
skip out on
do without
shy from
leave off
kick
negate
steer clear
forgo
shrink from
abstain
renounce
keep from
shirk
forbear from
mollify
gentle
humble
put on brakes
cow
fence
reclaim
bust
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
defend oneself against
guard against
protect against
clamp down
come down on
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
get tough on
tighten up on
come down on like a ton of bricks
get tough
come down heavily on
miss
water down
cheat
nix
force away
more ❯
“The Smithsonian Institution does not desire in any way to
interrupt
the progress of your investigations.”
Verb
▲
To destroy or disrupt by means of sabotage
sabotage
destroy
cripple
disrupt
wreck
damage
hamper
hinder
ruin
spoil
smash
terminate
thwart
undermine
attack
break
demolish
eradicate
nullify
subvert
dispatch
impair
stymie
dash
foil
incapacitate
quash
ravage
devastate
eliminate
end
frustrate
prevent
annul
disable
mar
obliterate
threaten
upset
abolish
block
quell
undo
bollix
crush
decimate
extinguish
harm
kill
abort
annihilate
obstruct
shatter
suppress
break down
break up
interfere with
mess up
intrude on
muck up
screw up
injure
blight
compromise
weaken
hurt
scotch
impede
trash
scupper
torpedo
louse up
vitiate
foul up
nix
put the kibosh on
wreak havoc on
destabilize
US
raze
deface
banjax
blow a hole in
bring to naught
cruel
total
desecrate
euchre
destabilise
UK
corrupt
queer
disfigure
blemish
make a mess of
sap
taint
defile
dish
blast
diminish
do for
debase
flaw
despoil
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
endamage
throw a spanner in the works
hamstring
desolate
tarnish
blow
crab
inhibit
put an end to
play havoc with
curb
restrain
cramp
poison
restrict
debilitate
encumber
fetter
bloody
dismantle
vandalize
US
botch
dent
overwhelm
pulverize
US
mangle
defeat
nuke
cross up
vandalise
UK
smash up
do in
pulverise
UK
afflict
disempower
infect
stand in the way of
bring down
trammel
impoverish
shake
slow
crool
enfeeble
sully
vaporize
US
waste
ravish
sandbag
wrack
limit
forestall
dilapidate
gut
cream
prejudice
corrode
blot
batter
detract from
sink
ruinate
baulk
UK
derail
stonewall
vaporise
UK
take out
put a stop to
wear away
influence
unsettle
put paid to
cause detriment to
rub out
balk
US
tear down
hold back
bring to ruin
jeopardize
US
neutralize
US
handicap
scar
attenuate
negate
erode
contaminate
retard
cancel out
render ineffective
reduce to nothing
cumber
check
shackle
undercut
emasculate
muller
shake up
neutralise
UK
reduce
wound
stain
halt
jeopardise
UK
disfeature
pollute
shock
overthrow
scorch
crack
bridle
stall
smirch
bust
take apart
do damage to
bork
bring to an end
be detrimental to
interfere
balls up
knock
overturn
pull down
put out of action
put out of commission
make a hash of
put the lid on
reduce to rubble
hold up
leave in ruins
slow down
rain on someone's parade
drive a nail into the coffin of
wipe out
lay in ruins
subdue
bruise
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
lead astray
deteriorate
bankrupt
make of no use or value
dislocate
depress
devitalize
enervate
stop
arrest
nick
besmirch
finish
inconvenience
wither
bring about the downfall of
avert
stifle
mess
cost
wrench
spray paint
topple
consume
shelve
lay waste to
rough up
handle roughly
be the ruination of
minimize
US
lessen
minimise
UK
suspend
whittle
decay
dump on
do mischief to
nip in the bud
knock off balance
do harm to
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in harm to
put off
stand off
peter out
flatten
unbuild
squelch
knock out
put the skids under
eat away
be the ruin of
whittle away
shoot down
seal the doom of
skin
crimp
craze
affect
be prejudicial to
be deleterious to
be disadvantageous to
pervert
debauch
deprave
manipulate
warp
degrade
bodge
level
scourge
invalidate
strike at the foundations
throw a monkey wrench into
result in damage to
lead to the end of
maim
mutilate
deplete
chip away
trouble
knock down
bring to nothing
wreak havoc upon
lay waste
clean out
leave desolate
put a damper on
glitch up
impact
touch
overcome
blunt
put at risk
strike
perturb
set a bad example
scratch
abuse
lacerate
maltreat
split
rot
burn
disintegrate
tear
dirty
discolour
UK
scathe
gnaw
wrong
rust
discolor
US
work against
tunnel
bleach
fade
stab
unstrengthen
kibosh
muzzle
hogtie
occur
prevail
play merry hell with
bang up
tamper with
make powerless
make unfit
make ineffective
render powerless
impinge
render incapable
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
crash
throw monkey wrench in
strike down
spread to
strike at
take hold of
exert influence on
have an effect on
have an impact on
shipwreck
efface
tear up
delay
demoralize
US
crack up
wrack up
hobble
write off
dash to pieces
run onto the rocks
damage beyond repair
pile up
bar
manacle
handcuff
embarrass
demoralise
UK
soften
challenge
pillage
plunder
prohibit
sack
drag through the mud
stay
clip one's wings
queer the pitch of
depredate
poke full of holes
spoliate
throttle
screen
obscure
complicate
hog-tie
cramp one's style
give a hard time
hang up
weigh down
monkey with
short-circuit
get in the way of
put a brake on
tie up
get in the way
squash
make useless
bungle
butcher
fluff
muff
flub
fumble
bobble
goof up
mishandle
murder
foozle
mismanage
beat
befoul
soil
foul
make a muck of
bumble
deform
exterminate
circumvent
boggle
blow up
dub
make a Horlicks of
distort
raze to the ground
boot
devour
bulldoze
blunder
bollix up
baffle
counter
liquidate
checkmate
ransack
erase
muddle
blacken
snooker
expunge
muddy
discomfit
extirpate
misdirect
spot
confuse
wipe off the map
raid
remove
disappoint
smear
take down
cancel
tar
loot
do something badly
bomb
maraud
zap
slaughter
prostrate
misconduct
massacre
grime
begrime
smudge
conquer
misgovern
stamp out
outwit
explode
err
blow away
fell
destruct
jumble
dynamite
overpower
rape
upset the applecart
bring someone to their knees
vanquish
confound
mix up
trample
clobber
blow to bits
blot out
blow to pieces
snuff out
rob
reduce to ruins
wipe off the face of the earth
contort
adulterate
counteract
finish off
rifle
mangulate
put the stopper on
make impure
denigrate
mark
maul
twist
uglify
gum up
make a nonsense of
burst
incinerate
fleece
scuttle
drain
torture
reave
misshape
rout
exhaust
take
cross
nobble
muck
distain
bemire
gaum
mire
daub
wreak havoc
lick
overrun
subjugate
slay
bilk
do away with
repress
fail
whack
hash
miscalculate
wipe from the face of the earth
floor
ball up
put down
put the mockers on
swamp
mow down
blow out
put a spoke in someone's wheel
strip
take wind out of
get the better of
stump
muddle up
make a pig's ear of
disorder
cut
buckle
traumatize
US
havoc
squinch
smite
screw
pauperize
devalue
malform
oppose
bust up
violate
worsen
darken
lower
pop
delete
cheapen
gnarl
tweak
ding
worst
tire
knacker
tear apart
rattle
execute
kill off
etiolate
maladminister
traumatise
UK
fudge
doctor
trounce
best
root out
stuff up
spike
misrule
disarm
knot
black out
skew
root
blow sky-high
bend
knock to pieces
snafu
sweep away
hit
stuff
tank
master
throw
manage badly
make unattractive
clean up
goof
thrash
whip
hammer
wince
oppress
obviate
overlook
crucify
paste
skunk
pound
wallop
steamroll
drub
flounder
make ugly
throw down
marmalize
overbear
overmatch
cane
trim
deck
pommel
upend
whitewash
get
surmount
lay low
flog
slam
shellac
edge
outplay
triumph over
drop
whomp
tan
make a dog's dinner of
deflect
get rid of
vilify
stumble
give the slip
entrap
outjump
outmaneuver
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
outflank
ambush
route
outrun
outhit
lambaste
flax
own
water down
play off
cook someone's goose
head off
win against
spike someone's guns
queer someone's pitch
give someone a drubbing
take to cleaners
take it all
make mincemeat of
edge out
make a mistake
KO
get around
give someone a hiding
pip at the post
run roughshod over
pwn
run rings round
plow under
turn inside out
bear down
walk all over
work over
run rings around
make a botch of
nose out
win a victory over
blow out of the water
do down
make unclean
wipe the floor with
roll back
take to the cleaners
pick apart
molest
avenge
torment
tumble
blitz
tag
harry
endanger
chasten
chastise
imperil
wipe
make destitute
bleed dry
prang
disassemble
wreak havoc with
excise
crumple
scramble
make unclear
wipe off
forage
mash
botch up
disfashion
cow
detonate
scrub out
detract
tear to pieces
be a blot on the landscape
burn away
squander
misuse
make desolate
maraud over
depopulate
bow
unmake
capsize
spill
scatter
annoy
rupture
cease
bring to nought
take away
miss
miscarry
lose
demote
rip down
burn out
beggar
divert
hash up
disrate
crud up
strike out
blow down
cast down
offset
buck
contravene
debar
score
scrape
radioactivate
cut down
commit genocide
cut a swath through
make misshapen
distort the shape of
confront
scratch out
take care of
tame
repel
deter
make a hash
play mischief with
create chaos
get out of
do clumsily
be the end of
put a spanner in the works
disconcert
repulse
parry
bend out of shape
prostitute
misemploy
disease
sweep aside
escape
bypass
evade
drop the ball
rob from
wear down
bury
blank
counterplot
implode
disturb
render null and void
give the run around
forbid
dash one's hope
preclude
trip
throw a curve
boob
crack down on
maculate
misjudge
fall down
misconjecture
pull a boner
misconstrue
miscompute
misapply
mend
patch
throw away
stave off
circumnavigate
splinter
shiver
color
US
colour
UK
sour
spread among
be incompetent
be inefficient
reduce to beggary
lame
fracture
fragment
defend against
steer clear of
ward off
sidestep
skirt
interdict
decrease
assassinate
disarrange
disorganize
trip up
slip up
deliver badly
cripple financially
run through
scuzz up
devaluate
overshadow
disqualify
unfit
make foul
silence
whelm
overmaster
shut out
juke
ditch
avoid
keep lid on
hold off
take wind out of sails
beat down
cause setback
put end to
fragmentize
scrunch
smash to smithereens
crunch
rive
rend
splinterize
fragmentalize
smatter
snap
quelch
strangle
ice
benothing
force down
snow under
grind down
bear down on
slap down
clamp down on
lose strength
jack up
lace
break into pieces
torch
dilute
cast gloom over
dispose of
knock off
torpefy
crush to smithereens
blow apart
bump off
put away
dislimb
thin
mistreat
manhandle
cast a gloom upon
bring a note of sadness to
take off
carry off
take someone's life
pain
wax
pique
give the coup de grâce
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
meddle
combust
scald
hack up
grimace
draw blood
extend
cremate
carbonise
UK
carbonize
US
make lame
mix
bully
sophisticate
tamper
dope
weary
destroy by fire
burn up
throw out
reduce to ashes
throw into chaos
burn to the ground
burn down
turn topsy-turvy
throw into disorder
burn to a crisp
throw into confusion
persecute
harass
brutalize
US
assault
victimize
US
fatigue
bastardize
US
immobilize
US
frazzle
overtire
roughhouse
alloy
tax
have a negative effect on
have a negative impact on
knock for six
depreciate
overtax
denature
knock about
kick around
knock around
treat roughly
cut up
be violent toward
brutalise
UK
treat badly
beat up
do over
victimise
UK
ill-treat
mess over
bung up
poop
blend
intermix
traverse
bastardise
UK
stultify
thin out
knock the stuffing out of
fool
mess around
mow
immobilise
UK
wear out
muck about
tire out
make weary
make helpless
wash out
tucker out
take it out of
make impotent
bring low
mess about
take the wind out of your sails
fool with
muck around
more ❯
Verb
▲
To insult, tease, make fun of or badger
heckle
taunt
bait
disrupt
jeer
barrack
boo
shout down
hassle
haze
hiss
needle
pester
ride
tease
badger
bother
bully
chivy
dis
discomfit
disconcert
disturb
embarrass
faze
gibe
harass
hound
plague
rattle
ridicule
torment
worry
jibe at
pick on
shout at
butt in
make game of
shout catcalls at
give a hard time
abuse
intrude on
intrude upon
shout
burst in on
come upon
bug
trouble
molest
chivvy
distract
horn in on
butt in on
interfere with
barge in on
deride
mock
hector
laugh at
jibe
knock
insult
catcall
scorn
scoff
sneer
scoff at
skewer
sneer at
banter
scout
flout
contemn
shout disapproval
dig
fleer
jab
whistle at
catcall at
hoot
shoot down
hiss at
shout disapproval at
comeback
boo at
hoot at
blow raspberries
snipe
jest
quip
blow raspberries at
flout at
put down
call names
put on
poke fun
cock a snook at
make a crack
laugh out of court
give the Bronx cheer to
poke fun at
make fun of
jeer at
twit
lampoon
disparage
rib
rag
kid
razz
take the mickey
disdain
take the piss out of
rally
josh
chaff
jive
pan
satirize
US
roast
make sport of
satirise
UK
belittle
slight
pillory
rag on
poke mullock at
pooh-pooh
gird
hold up to ridicule
denigrate
chiack
affront
wind up
whistle
jape
quiz
treat with contempt
dump on
decry
goof on
make a fool of
sling off at
revile
diss
joke
slam
send up
make jokes about
laugh to scorn
be sarcastic about
pull one's leg
make a monkey out of
detract
outrage
humiliate
mimic
dismiss
laugh
caricature
gibe at
guy
heap scorn on
fun
treat contemptuously
run down
show contempt for
shriek
show contempt
thumb nose at
make a monkey of
trash-talk
howl
provoke
disrespect
raz
criticize
US
offend
despise
underrate
lout
goad
burlesque
travesty
slur
slap
pour scorn on
howl down
criticise
UK
discredit
wisecrack
derogate
sledge
discount
fool
gag
jolly
poke borack
slag off
show up
smoke
rank out
sneeze at
sniff at
quip at
scout at
hold in contempt
give Bronx cheer
look down on
rail at
turn up one's nose
drown out
bad-mouth
parody
vilify
detract from
squib
censure
spurn
snicker
smile
holler
raspberry
susurrate
do a number on
carp
seethe
murmur
whisper
fligger
get at
scream
reproach
upbraid
twitter
crack
grin
swipe
leer
dump
give the bird to
flame
be scornful about
disbelieve
reject
yell
cry
amuse
flip
pull someone's chain
prank
mess around
pull someone's leg
divert
entertain
deprecate
utter catcalls
shuck
make light of
fleer at
yuck
yuk
sibilate
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
swipe at
snigger
dig at
pun
sally
depreciate
bite one's thumb at
roar
have on
poke borak at
minimize
US
diminish
whoop
guffaw
curl one's lip
vilipend
have a joke with
trash
have a go at
annoy
cry out
hurt
minimise
UK
aggravate
wound
cry down
play down
poor-mouth
talk down
upset
mortify
imitate
malign
slander
do
spoof
ape
copy
libel
defame
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
impugn
take off
irritate
calumniate
disoblige
abase
mime
distort
pervert
misrepresent
do a takeoff of
sheikh
UK
do an impression of
sheik
US
impersonate
exaggerate
twist
asperse
injure
miscall
slang
debase
blister
curse
degrade
be rude to
give offence to
step on one's toes
cut dead
cast aspersions on
cause offence to
treat disrespectfully
throw shade
hurt somebody's feelings
cut to the quick
be contemptuous of
have a crack at
take a swipe at
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
curl your lip at
turn your nose up at
cartoon
deflate
expose
unmask
hold up to shame
make a game of
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
make a laughing-stock
more ❯
Verb
▲
To forcibly put an end to
suppress
repress
check
subdue
quash
quell
stop
squash
crush
squelch
extinguish
end
silence
overcome
halt
kill
terminate
destroy
arrest
inhibit
abolish
defeat
annihilate
conquer
stem
quench
overpower
vanquish
overwhelm
overturn
bury
discontinue
overthrow
cow
bottle
clamp
dominate
shush
spike
trample
crack down on
put down
snuff out
put an end to
stamp out
clamp down on
put the lid on
slap down
cut off
block out
put out
beat down
trample on
triumph over
drive underground
hold in
hold down
keep in
keep inside
sit on
bring to naught
put kibosh on
put lid on
thwart
put a stop to
curb
stifle
frustrate
nip in the bud
scotch
put the kibosh on
demolish
wipe out
eliminate
ruin
rout
get rid of
eradicate
extirpate
foil
stymie
clobber
beat
finish
subjugate
wreck
smash
hinder
cripple
undermine
prevent
disrupt
devastate
scupper
spoil
obliterate
break
dash
obstruct
block
upset
undo
mess up
shut down
put paid to
blot out
withhold
hamper
impair
incapacitate
nullify
decimate
queer
shatter
enfeeble
sabotage
exterminate
disable
scuttle
reduce
expunge
keep down
snow under
remove
weed out
screw up
bring to an end
bring someone to their knees
scrunch
trash
squish
dismiss
reject
censure
crack down
dish
bear down
control
deaden
rein in
settle
censor
dumb
clam
abate
dull
weaken
bust
master
banish
demoralize
US
demote
nix
curtail
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
disrate
choke off
tame
impoverish
close up
cut short
demoralise
UK
damage
waste
raze
total
suspend
desolate
bring down
pulverize
US
wrack
attack
subvert
cream
oppress
swamp
whelm
prostrate
overmaster
floor
vaporize
US
dispatch
erase
bring to ruin
nuke
detain
hold back
ravage
quelch
ice
strangle
liquidate
mar
threaten
annul
deny
keep back
cease
constrain
grind down
harm
bollix
blow away
pulverise
UK
vaporise
UK
abort
force down
bear down on
rub out
do away with
pull down
wipe off the map
wipe off the face of the earth
finish off
tear down
take away
take out
do in
refuse
hold off on
lay off
interfere with
break down
break up
intrude on
muck up
neutralize
US
forestall
put on hold
put on ice
contravene
debar
circumvent
obviate
impede
baulk
UK
snooker
invalidate
derail
bar
confound
baffle
discomfit
repel
deter
repulse
rattle
parry
nobble
checkmate
outwit
balk
US
restrain
blank
counter
do for
neutralise
UK
counterplot
disappoint
cross
put the stopper on
put a spoke in someone's wheel
foul up
cause setback
hold up
get the better of
upset the applecart
put end to
stand in the way of
put the mockers on
louse up
take wind out of sails
more ❯
Verb
▲
Encroach or intrude on
invade
disturb
violate
disrupt
encroach on
intrude on
entrench on
infringe on
obtrude on
trespass on
horn in on
muscle in on
burst in on
intrude
impinge
trespass
infringe
infiltrate
creep
overstep
obtrude
worm
inch
gatecrash
interpose
entrench
trench
meddle
usurp
interfere
intervene
appropriate
crash
arrogate
encroach
impose oneself
cut in
barge in
interfere with
make inroads
butt in
eat into
elbow in
make inroads into
horn in
step on someone's toes
squeeze in
tread on someone's toes
stick one's nose into
invade someone's space
work in
worm in
muscle in
impinge on
interlope
penetrate
enter
crash the gates
chisel in
nose in
enter without permission
barge in on
cut through
obtrude into
more ❯
Verb
▲
To stop operating
fail
break
crash
malfunction
stop
collapse
die
stall
bomb
cease
terminate
bust
vitiate
idle
spoil
compromise
damage
pause
endamage
halt
weaken
attenuate
discontinue
degrade
yield
act up
be damaged
be defective
be faulty
break down
stop working
give out
give up
give way
go wrong
play up
shut off
be unusable
bite the dust
cease to function
cease to work
cut short
fall over
go down
develop a fault
go haywire
go kaput
go phut
pack up
seize up
conk out
cut off
cut out
give in
go to pieces
be on the blink
give up the ghost
go on the blink
jam
grind to a halt
flop
give
fold
founder
go
seize
have had it
flatline
buckle
crumple
fizzle
quit
pack in
fold up
stop functioning
cave in
shutdown
expire
come to a halt
go out of control
misbehave
flag
stop dead
snap
not work properly
give trouble
stop short
tumble
go under
go bump
implode
collapse inward
fall in
fall down
go out
be ruined
go belly up
go bust
come a cropper
go to the wall
abort
tank
flounder
fall
crater
flunk
fizzle out
fall flat
run down
come unstuck
fade out
lose power
go belly-up
fade away
peter out
run aground
flame out
end
drop
finish
suspend
can
desist
conclude
refrain
belay
surcease
intermit
stay
culminate
break off
close out
call it a day
desist from
knock off
bring to a halt
come to a close
bring to a stop
close down
leave off
cut it out
bring to an end
lay off
quit cold turkey
break up
give over
shut down
wind up
back off
call it quits
die down
refrain from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)
bother
annoy
vex
irritate
trouble
irk
bug
upset
disturb
exasperate
aggravate
harass
worry
gall
torment
rile
plague
provoke
nettle
peeve
pique
hassle
pester
ruffle
nark
persecute
needle
chafe
afflict
harry
get
displease
nag
grate
badger
bedevil
ride
hound
rasp
eat
beset
spite
frost
gripe
tease
pain
itch
grieve
goad
hurt
inconvenience
molest
disgust
chivvy
perplex
rark
dog
discommode
insult
devil
mither
taunt
heavy
chivy
pursue
scare
browbeat
nudge
tantalise
UK
tantalize
US
bore
cross
hinder
impede
put out
hack off
burn up
rub up the wrong way
drive up the wall
pick on
get on your nerves
give someone grief
grate on
intrude upon
give a hard time
impose on
get on your wick
bend someone's ear
breathe down someone's neck
carp at
make somebody's hackles rise
get on someone's case
distress
agitate
perturb
concern
fret
sadden
alarm
agonize
US
faze
fear
niggle
disconcert
burden
oppress
fuss
stress
stew
disquiet
sweat
spook
strain
try
weigh down
discompose
puzzle
agonise
UK
psych
grind
gnaw at
ail
get to
make waves
cause discomfort to
cause concern to
stir up
make anxious
make uncomfortable
flip out
make uneasy
give a bad time
hack you off
prey on your mind
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
anger
infuriate
miff
wind up
rankle
tick off
gravel
hump
get across
madden
antagonize
US
bait
exacerbate
give someone the hump
incense
enrage
antagonise
UK
drive mad
tee off
make angry
drive crazy
get at
make someone see red
make cross
give someone the pip
drive to distraction
bum out
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
offend
heckle
roil
affront
rattle
get on one's nerves
get your goat
bully
rub the wrong way
be on your back
burn
get under your skin
disgruntle
get in your hair
get your back up
put your back up
sting
hector
inflame
prod
importune
rankle with
rag
henpeck
outrage
keep after
keep on at
go on at
incommode
T-off
work on
egg on
get your dander up
cheese off
put someone's nose out of joint
be on the back of
distract
prick
distemper
torture
mock
beleaguer
ridicule
depress
guy
gnaw
rib
eat away at
chaff
be at
abrade
haze
gibe
peck at
eat at
harp on at
make your blood boil
rub you up the wrong way
take the piss out of
criticize
US
raise your hackles
upbraid
ruffle one's feathers
criticise
UK
grumble at
rattle someone's cage
get up someone's nose
make fun of
bum
hack
steam
affect
discountenance
sour
jangle
wound
mortify
frustrate
brown off
get on someone
curdle
mess
chide
try your patience
drive you up the wall
drive bananas
get your hackles up
break
chagrin
get a rise out of
push someon's buttons
mess with
work up
scratch around
rag on
yap at
tire
search high heaven
panic
be on one's case
pother
excite
unsettle
push button
turn off
fire up
heat up
press
ask for it
razz
ire
enflame
mad
bristle
sicken
weary
nauseate
dishearten
cause anxiety
hit where one lives
grill
empurple
fluster
cause to panic
tax
boil
arouse
make sore
lose one's temper
get someone
blow up
steam up
raise hell
embitter
acerbate
craze
take the mickey
dismay
flurry
make someone fed up
throw
besiege
frazzle
aggrieve
discomfort
despair
get on the nerves of
victimize
US
give the business
unhinge
frighten
insist on
huff
snit
pet
tiff
get in the hair of
make discontented
lose patience
hagride
test
discombobulate
derail
try the patience of
have had enough
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
become bored
tear
alarum
undo
exercise
dun
scold
berate
cause anxiety to
weird out
freak out
egg
urge
moan at
get on someone's back
find fault
bust someone's balls
pick at
moan on at
bust chops
find fault with
keep complaining to
take it out on
sweat out
lie heavy on
be a great weight on
get across someone
wear on
stick in one's craw
set one's teeth on edge
tyrannize
US
weigh heavily on one's mind
be down on
have it in for
discriminate against
single out
victimise
UK
tyrannise
UK
have a down on
do someone's head in
mess with someone's head
deride
jeer
revile
scoff at
sneer
jeer at
sneer at
put down
twit
gibe at
sledge
jab
make sport of
reproach
scorn
rally
dump on
quiz
swipe at
disdain
slam
scout
slap
dig
poke fun at
twitter
flout
lout
more ❯
Verb
▲
To briefly stop or interrupt an action
pause
hesitate
waver
rest
stop
halt
delay
falter
break
adjourn
discontinue
cease
wait
deliberate
suspend
desist
drop
reflect
shake
sideline
hang back
break off
hold back
take five
take a breather
think twice
take a break
stop briefly
call time
have a breather
take a breath
take ten
mark time
pull up
let up
break it up
catch one's breath
come to standstill
put on hold
stop what you're doing
relax
ease off
put your feet up
take time out
take a rest
have a break
recess
hold on
stall
sit tight
suspend proceedings
come up for air
hang on
hold your horses
hold your fire
procrastinate
vacillate
break up
end
be suspended
be put on hold
hang about
hang around
hang fire
knock off
rise
adopt Fabian tactics
unwind
repose
idle
chill
refresh
kick back
have a rest
ease up
have time out
take it easy
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide assuagement or palliation to
relieve
alleviate
ease
soothe
allay
mitigate
assuage
palliate
appease
diminish
dull
soften
brighten
calm
comfort
counteract
cure
dispel
mollify
relax
salve
abate
console
lessen
lighten
punctuate
reduce
solace
succor
US
succour
UK
vary
help
liss
stop
subdue
sweeten
temper
aid
assist
break up
moderate
prevent
quiet
bring respite to
bring an end to
let up on
take load off
make something bearable
take a load off
bring aid
bring aid to
quell
decrease
take the edge off
blunt
deaden
pacify
still
cool
tone down
attenuate
tranquilize
US
lull
tranquillise
UK
placate
compose
cushion
weaken
check
heal
ameliorate
dampen
quieten
damp
lower
settle
stifle
remedy
control
lenify
treat
suppress
curb
slake
make better
contain
dilute
smother
modify
reassure
restrain
calm down
assure
doctor
take the sting out
quench
improve
soft-pedal
smooth
satisfy
extenuate
gentle
slacken
ebb
sate
rehabilitate
damp down
take the bite out
benumb
cheer
de-escalate
conciliate
muffle
extinguish
ease off
propitiate
nurse
mend
mellow
restore
remit
medicate
silence
qualify
subside
disarm
mute
becalm
rehab
lullaby
slack
pour oil on
put a damper on
attend to
resolve
cool off
let up
numb
put the lid on
wane
cauterize
US
support
decline
dwindle
thin
recede
cauterise
UK
fade
stabilize
US
taper
encourage
shrink
fall
gladden
fix
relent
repress
hearten
stabilise
UK
defuse
lift
content
sink
pall
curtail
upraise
modulate
slow
collect
better
get rid of
condole with
sedate
minimize
US
give solace to
quieten down
loose
dulcify
quiet down
put an end to
minimise
UK
take the sting out of
tame
buck up
cheer up
make peace with
make well
fix up
smooth over
untrouble
drop off
taper off
balm
fall away
peter out
wind down
die down
phase down
re-collect
tail off
drain away
die away
drop away
die out
treat successfully
ratchet down
make less intense
make whole
minister to
restore to health
put damper on
make healthy
steady
overcome
address
buffer
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
satiate
mask
attend
cut
depress
depreciate
commute
deplete
downsize
drop
downscale
anaesthetize
UK
excuse
cut down
nourish
gratify
make less
rectify
anesthetize
US
kill
reduce the force of
desensitize
US
settle down
adjust
undermine
unburden
smooth down
keep in check
meliorate
take sting out
patch things up
set up
restore to normality
take the bite out of
make less painful
rachet down
grow less
make reasonable
refresh
crumble
relaxed
disintegrate
iron out
sort out
neutralize
US
patch up
obtund
hebetate
uplift
condole
neutralise
UK
pity
desensitise
UK
put to rights
water down
fortify
set right
bolster
elevate
smooth out
clear the air
commiserate with
sympathize with
crush
free
take the heat off
animate
give condolences to
express sympathy to
inspirit
show compassion to
chasten
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
butter up
put down
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
stroke
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
lay back
grease
con
clear the air with
make peace
square
pacificate
show fellow feeling to
amend
humour
UK
humor
US
bring comfort to
reconcile
banish
express sympathy
express sympathy for
dissipate
cleanse
dismiss
eliminate
destroy
dose
win over
buoy up
put at ease
give respite to
put to rest
drive away
drive off
chase away
cool out
constrain
loosen
inhibit
govern
bridle
hold
measure
restrict
limit
trammel
intern
confine
rule
keep
untighten
unknot
unclench
keep down
pull in
regulate
rein in
hold back
become less rigid
let go
become less tense
become less stiff
decelerate
unlax
become weaker
chill out
cool it
fade away
fall off
contract
slump
plummet
flag
deteriorate
wither
melt away
go down
drain
ease up
fail
disappear
evaporate
come to an end
plunge
degenerate
vanish
dent
nosedive
cut back
go downhill
slash
slack off
droop
devaluate
knock down
decay
slow down
fizzle out
dissolve
pare down
slacken off
trail off
erode
wear away
wear off
grow smaller
die off
decrement
shrivel
dip
crash
dry up
dim
run low
grow faint
become smaller
prune
impair
cease
devalue
take a nosedive
descend
die
get less
wear down
narrow
tumble
dive
deflate
trail
waste
mark down
waste away
run out
become less
roll back
get lower
scale down
quash
sag
collapse
downgrade
bate
close
regress
squelch
blur
discount
cheapen
minify
clip
fall short
become weak
give out
trail away
go away
grow dim
become lower
get smaller
fade out
rebate
write down
slim down
degrade
fizzle
languish
wilt
slip
atrophy
flop
truncate
lose edge
narrow down
melt
abridge
lapse
terminate
tail away
retrocede
finish
sap
fall through
trim
pare
grow weaker
constrict
slope
downturn
break
halt
come to nothing
crater
shave
break down
retrench
dial down
turn down
cut off
choke off
cut back on
throw cold water on
make smaller
come to a stop
level off
make cutbacks in
go through the floor
come to a halt
fall back
bring down
hit the floor
write off
step down
pour cold water on
flow back
dampen down
ease up on
release
disengage
hush
peter
disperse
gutter
abase
retrograde
ration
lose strength
lose intensity
revise
retire
go
rein
pipe down
faint
put a lid on
abbreviate
end
blanket
give way
evanesce
give in
dock
shorten
put at rest
disempower
run dry
go downwards
become less intense
clear
be on the way out
close out
pass
couch
be used up
make weaker
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
subjugate
die away or out
die away or down
play down
gruntle
blow over
rise above
round down
whittle down
take down
trim back
trim down
cut down on
make fewer
draw to a close
lose ground
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
worsen
lower in price
devalorize
lower in value
drop down
relapse
minimalize
rein back
axe
UK
enfeeble
totter
skid
lose
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
thin out
drag
backslide
buckle
scale back
ax
US
undervalue
demote
phase out
thin down
falter
retrogress
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
adulterate
rarefy
disable
cripple
vitiate
offset
debilitate
enervate
bow out
go into a tailspin
fold up
hit the dirt
tip over
be precipitated
take a header
lose value
decrease in value
cave in
decline in price
cause to fall
squash
miscarry
become softer
become quieter
founder
desist
sink lower
get quieter
get softer
bomb
bust
arrest
be deficient
dumb
censor
clam
go awry
go amiss
be wanting
come down
cut short
close up
clamp down on
crack down on
put a stop to
slap down
snuff out
slack up
be insufficient
retard
be ruined
strike out
delay
be lacking
detain
hinder
be inadequate
be found lacking
handicap
not come to ripeness
stunt
impede
hold up
stall
set back
obstruct
keep back
mire
hamper
lag
retardate
stay
loiter
postpone
procrastinate
embog
choke
reef
interfere with
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
lose steam
let down flaps
get in the way of
bog down
keep waiting
anchor it
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cut or divide into parts
cut
cross
intersect
bisect
decussate
meet
join
divide
crosscut
cut across
separate
split
traverse
cleave
halve
crisscross
transect
cut in two
cut in half
break in two
intercut
hack
shear
lace
rest across
lie athwart of
bifurcate
furcate
part
dimidiate
hemisect
sever
divide in two
divaricate
fork
dissect
dichotomize
split down the middle
split in two
branch off
separate into two
span
touch
interconnect
intercross
overlap
cut through
pass across
diverge
branch
ramify
divide into two equal parts
divide equally
sever in two
more ❯
Verb
▲
To physical enter or arrive at a place without invitation
barge in
enter
infiltrate
invade
ingress
encroach
intrude
gatecrash
move into
pass into
get in
go in
break in
burst in
bust in
come in
set foot in
blow in
breeze in
make way into
pass in
pile in
pop in
rush in
step in
worm in
burst into
gain admittance into
introduce onself into
make an entrance into
effect an entrance into
storm in
walk in
walk in on
blunder in
push in
march in
butt in
trespass
force one's way in
slip into
break into
access
crash
sneak in
gain access to
force an entry
get into
intrude on
penetrate
breach
intrude into
ramraid
ram-raid
break and enter
sneak into
worm one's way into
insinuate oneself into
sneak in to
make your way through
get in to
hack into
infringe on
creep into
make inroads into
overrun
make an entrance
force the lock
break down the door
burglarize
US
crack a crib
burgle
burglarise
UK
raid
commit burglary
flow into
crack
fall into
cross the threshold of
drive in
drop in
insert into
be admitted to
work in
jump in
arrive at
come into
gain entrée
go into
arrive in
crowd in
move in
irrupt into
probe
come uninvited to
butt in on
horn in on
show up uninvited
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put into a new position
dislocate
displace
disturb
move
remove
shift
transfer
budge
relocate
reposition
transpose
break
disarticulate
dislodge
disunite
divide
misplace
perturb
rummage
separate
unhinge
transplant
rearrange
shuffle
position
change
transport
push
take
disentangle
extricate
uproot
convey
carry
free
eject
dig out
get out
knock out of place
knock out of position
change the position of
unloose
disestablish
beam
squeeze out
put out of place
carry over
move out of place
get going
set going
send
alter
reshuffle
redistribute
reorganize
US
transmit
adjust
reorder
redeploy
pull
put somewhere else
rejig
readjust
redispose
dispatch
funnel
channel
shoot
replant
route
teleport
conduct
reorganise
UK
cart
bear
lug
bring
ship
reallocate
haul
replace
fetch
move around
move over
upset
knock over
knock loose
carry away
carry off
take away
cart off
take off
regroup
place in the center
return to the middle
put back in the middle
place back in the middle
jigger
revamp
realign
order
reset
rework
switch
reform
reorient
swap round
change round
arrange differently
move round
switch round
resituate
recenter
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have an effect or influence on, especially a negative one
impinge
affect
touch
influence
disturb
impose
meddle
bear upon
exert influence on
have a bearing on
have an effect on
leave a mark on
make an impact on
make an impression on
impinge upon
interfere with
upset
alter
impact
sway
transform
change
strike
modify
perturb
trouble
overwhelm
stir
act on
grieve
concern
shape
condition
sadden
hurt
distress
damage
attack
agitate
pain
devastate
involve
infect
shake
govern
reach
hit
hit hard
manipulate
impress
move
determine
control
form
faze
decide
bias
guide
impact on
work on
strike at
throw
get to
relate
have an impact on
take hold of
impress on
induce
shake up
prevail
overcome
bowl over
interest
go to your head
knock for six
tug at your heartstrings
tell on
emotionally move
turn someone's head
prevail over
inspire
regard
mark
knock back
stimulate
excite
crush
prostrate
floor
whelm
melt
soften
overmaster
swamp
overpower
oppress
animate
impassion
arouse
grab
disquiet
stun
daze
dazzle
spellbind
blow away
dispirit
dishearten
take aback
sweep over
leave speechless
sweep someone off their feet
snow under
knock sideways
grind down
hit for six
arouse sympathy
arouse pity
tug at the heart
make sad
shatter
demoralize
US
demoralise
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
To capture or attack suddenly and unexpectedly
surprise
ambush
ambuscade
waylay
bushwhack
capture
disrupt
disturb
take by surprise
catch napping
catch off guard
catch out
catch red-handed
catch unawares
spring upon
catch off-balance
catch off-guard
come upon
intrude on
lay for
spring on
burst in on
catch in flagrante delicto
come down on
drop in on
lie in wait
catch in the act
catch on the hop
catch someone with their pants down
catch someone with their trousers down
come down on like a bolt from the blue
creep up on
take unawares
startle
sneak up on
wrong-foot
catch in flagrante
find unprepared
catch in an unguarded moment
stalk
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
throw
steal up on
trip up
come up behind
come up on
approach unnoticed
pounce on
give a shock
more ❯
Verb
▲
To stop oneself from doing something
refrain
abstain
forgo
renounce
eschew
desist
stop
forbear
forswear
avoid
quit
abjure
forsake
drop
kick
cease
discontinue
withhold
shun
halt
keep
resist
finish
curb
reject
restrain
inhibit
check
pass
arrest
give up
hold back
do without
break off
steer clear of
leave off
swear off
stop oneself
dispense with
fight shy of
jack in
pass up
leave alone
not touch
give a wide berth to
resist the temptation to
have nothing to do with
sit out
not do
take the cure
avoid doing something
be temperate
take the pledge
go on the wagon
pack in
abandon
refrain from
keep from
relinquish
cut out
decline
repudiate
disavow
spurn
abstain from
lay off
desist from
give over
withhold from
end
refuse
belay
evade
surcease
go without
knock off
pack up
suspend
conclude
waive
forego
can
break
deny
abnegate
escape
sacrifice
skip
disclaim
gainsay
have done with
disaffirm
renege on
give something a miss
pass on
leave out
cut off
break up
shut off
steer clear
starve
fast
constrain
fence-sit
bridle
omit
restrain oneself from
hold back from
stop oneself from
stay neutral
not take sides
restrain yourself
decline to
go easy
sit on one's hands
give the go by
recant
retract
unsay
foreswear
disown
renege
repeal
withdraw
throw off
take back
do away with
wash your hands of
elude
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