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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
To stop operating
To harass, annoy, or cause trouble to (someone)
To intrude on someone else's territory, rights, business or personal affairs
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
invade
busybody
trespass
kibitz
encumber
push in
inquire
US
sidewalk-superintend
fool with
dabble in
enquire
UK
mess with
crash the gates
worm in
come uninvited
mess around
thrust oneself
gossip
stir the pot
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
impede
hinder
tamper
advance
abuse rights
molest
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
contain
take offline
reprieve
temporise
UK
temporize
US
forestay
put on one side
freeze
discontinue
be suspended
end
be put on hold
leave to another time
take a raincheck
cool it
rise
impede
stop
hinder
slow pedal
obstruct
break
lengthen
block
tie up
rearrange
reorganize
US
reorganise
UK
shut up
put out of commission
pack away
decommission
put into storage
take time out
call time
take ten
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
finalize
US
finalise
UK
bring to a conclusion
culminate
run down
finish up
draw to a close
fade
eliminate
extinguish
liquidate
evaporate
do
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
come to the end
clean up
be through with
shelve
put a stop to something
shut
turn in
ebb
subside
cinch
evanesce
wane
discharge
accomplish
depart
suppress
quell
subdue
quash
climax
shutter
clinch
peter out
fold
draw to close
put to bed
die away
do for
put a lid on
polish off
put the finishing touches to
tie up
come to a close
come to a conclusion
round up
bring down curtain
play out
carry out
die down
go dead
carry through
bring to fruition
build up to
lead up to
hang up
shutdown
transpire
set the seal on
put the stopper on
reach a finale
come to a head
cross the line
crash
destroy
render powerless
shut up shop
go by
tie up loose ends
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
strangle
gag
rule
keep the lid on
quell
silence
quash
cork
dam
cork up
conceal
keep a tight rein on
cool
button up
sink
quench
submerge
straiten
pocket
overcome
hide
kill
master
tie
conquer
close
overpower
extinguish
jam
deaden
squash
cap
defeat
delimit
shush
freeze
constrict
stop up
compose
barricade
keep down
simmer down
occlude
diminish
circumscribe
decrease
blockade
collect
get the better of
peg
dampen
lick
discipline
damp down
quiet
clog up
block up
entangle
put the brakes on
stamp out
calm
bung up
plug up
plug
quelch
beat
temper
hold in check
keep within bounds
keep in
stanch
mute
fix
cramp one's style
stuff
outlaw
stopper
inconvenience
gulp back
leash
bottle
bind
evade
withstand
help
close out
sidestep
repel
tone down
get a grip on
skirt
bite one's lip
gain mastery over
tranquilize
US
mitigate
steer clear of
put a lid on
crack down on
fight off
suffocate
crush
destroy
damp
caulk
mellow
vanquish
tranquillise
UK
fill
still
set
clot
manage
set limits on
impose limits on
snuff
bung
enjoin
congest
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
tie down
choke up
block off
fill up
dominate
deny
rebut
parry
chain
jam up
fend
shun
hem in
save
triumph over
cramp someone's style
escape
ostracise
UK
eschew
cut back
rein back
cool off
hush up
bypass
bring under control
box up
prevail over
shake
place a limit on
cover up
drag your feet
crack down
turn off
nullify
win against
gain control of
get around
put half nelson on
keep inside
refuse
desist
saddle with
brush off
force back
push back
beat off
put to flight
drive away
see off
turn away
clamp down on
beat back
thrust back
shut in
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
rally
lull
corner
recover
inspect
cushion
intern
ease
entrammel
tie someone's hands
drown
catch
relieve
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
discomfit
rattle
snag
put a limit on
demarcate
put straitjacket on
overload
tether
disconcert
throw monkey wrench in
circumnavigate
gulp
censor
mothball
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
dissuade from
debilitate
bound
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
sideline
cool down
solve
gain control over
charge
oppress
bother
keep control of
keep tight rein on
keep on a string
foul up
screw up
prevent from making progress
inc
blacklist
boycott
affect
indispose
bring into line
tamper
influence
keep a rein on
subjugate
act against
confuse
put at a disadvantage
set a limit on
make difficult
lag
abate
trouble
conflict
place at a disadvantage
specify
demark
prescribe
get bogged down
bring an end to
soft-pedal
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
narrow down
give disadvantage
take out
put out of commission
work against
delimitate
define
girdle
put a ceiling on
loiter
qualify
procrastinate
embog
reef
overmatch
hegemonize
lay down the law to someone
tie one's hands
obturate
keep under wraps
black out
overbear
upend
direct
get
command
hold the line
hush
tongue-tie
ice
quieten
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
put a damper on
knock down
force off
chase away
keep away
drive off
get over
skunk
worst
find a solution to
find an answer to
keep within limits
blackball
except
eliminate
make illegal
embargo
back-water
lose speed
lose steam
cut down
wind down
keep waiting
anchor it
draw the line on
mark off
let
reject
chill
hit the brakes
let down flaps
override
exile
clobber
do down
dam up
dry up
dummy up
shut up
erode
gum up
gunge up
silt up
count out
freeze out
shut out of
defend
sit on
pull back
undermine
guard
protect
refrain from
shield
weaken
compromise
damage
safeguard
secure
put the kibosh on
bulwark
elude
cover
duck
soften
infringe
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
encroach on
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
weaken
compromise
hurt
scotch
impede
trash
scupper
torpedo
louse up
vitiate
foul up
nix
put the kibosh on
wreak havoc on
raze
destabilize
US
deface
banjax
blow a hole in
bring to naught
cruel
total
desecrate
euchre
destabilise
UK
queer
disfigure
blemish
make a mess of
corrupt
sap
taint
dish
defile
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
disempower
nuke
cross up
vandalise
UK
smash up
do in
pulverise
UK
afflict
stand in the way of
bring down
trammel
impoverish
shake
slow
infect
crool
enfeeble
vaporize
US
waste
ravish
sandbag
wrack
limit
forestall
dilapidate
gut
cream
prejudice
corrode
blot
batter
sully
detract from
sink
ruinate
baulk
UK
derail
stonewall
vaporise
UK
take out
put a stop to
wear away
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
unsettle
influence
erode
contaminate
retard
cancel out
render ineffective
reduce to nothing
cumber
check
shackle
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
undercut
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
strike at the foundations
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
deteriorate
bankrupt
make of no use or value
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
pervert
deprave
do harm to
invalidate
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
debauch
bodge
level
scourge
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
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
warp
make powerless
make unfit
make ineffective
render powerless
impinge
render incapable
impact on
prevail over
impinge upon
crash
set a bad example
manipulate
lead astray
degrade
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
beat
mishandle
murder
foozle
mismanage
befoul
soil
exterminate
circumvent
foul
make a muck of
bumble
deform
boggle
blow up
dub
erase
make a Horlicks of
raze to the ground
devour
boot
baffle
counter
bulldoze
blunder
liquidate
bollix up
distort
expunge
snooker
extirpate
checkmate
prostrate
cancel
wipe off the map
stamp out
ransack
muddle
blacken
discomfit
muddy
misdirect
spot
raid
confuse
remove
disappoint
snuff out
smear
take down
tar
loot
do something badly
blow away
bomb
slaughter
overpower
trample
massacre
maraud
zap
vanquish
bring someone to their knees
misconduct
conquer
grime
begrime
smudge
misgovern
outwit
blot out
wipe off the face of the earth
err
fell
destruct
jumble
dynamite
rape
upset the applecart
confound
mix up
clobber
blow to bits
blow to pieces
rob
reduce to ruins
repress
contort
adulterate
wipe from the face of the earth
bilk
finish off
put down
floor
rifle
stump
mangulate
put the stopper on
make impure
denigrate
mark
swamp
explode
maul
twist
uglify
gum up
make a nonsense of
incinerate
fleece
scuttle
drain
torture
reave
misshape
rout
lick
take
cross
nobble
muck
distain
bemire
gaum
mire
daub
wreak havoc
overrun
subjugate
slay
counteract
do away with
fail
whack
hash
oppress
miscalculate
ball up
put the mockers on
mow down
put a spoke in someone's wheel
strip
take wind out of
get the better of
muddle up
make a pig's ear of
disorder
cut
buckle
traumatize
US
havoc
squinch
smite
screw
pauperize
execute
devalue
malform
oppose
bust up
kill off
exhaust
violate
worsen
darken
lower
burst
delete
cheapen
gnarl
tweak
ding
worst
rattle
pop
tire
knacker
tear apart
etiolate
maladminister
traumatise
UK
fudge
doctor
trounce
best
root out
stuff up
spike
misrule
crack down on
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
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
silence
whelm
overmaster
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
quelch
strangle
ice
head off
win against
spike someone's guns
queer someone's pitch
give someone a drubbing
force down
take to cleaners
take it all
snow under
blow out
grind down
make mincemeat of
edge out
make a mistake
KO
bear down on
get around
give someone a hiding
pip at the post
run roughshod over
pwn
run rings round
slap down
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
clamp down on
do down
make unclean
wipe the floor with
roll back
take to the cleaners
offset
pick apart
buck
molest
avenge
torment
tumble
blitz
overkill
tag
harry
endanger
chasten
chastise
disassemble
forage
imperil
wipe
make destitute
bleed dry
prang
excise
crumple
scramble
make unclear
wipe off
mash
botch up
disfashion
cow
detonate
scrub out
detract
tear to pieces
be a blot on the landscape
make desolate
burn away
squander
misuse
maraud over
cease
depopulate
bow
unmake
capsize
spill
scatter
annoy
rupture
wreak havoc with
radioactivate
rip down
take away
miss
miscarry
lose
demote
bring to nought
contravene
obviate
debar
burn out
beggar
cut down
commit genocide
divert
hash up
cut a swath through
disrate
repel
deter
disease
crud up
strike out
blow down
cast down
score
scrape
repulse
parry
make misshapen
distort the shape of
scratch out
be the end of
take care of
tame
make a hash
play mischief with
create chaos
bury
blank
counterplot
get out of
prostitute
misemploy
do clumsily
sweep aside
spread among
put a spanner in the works
disconcert
bend out of shape
preclude
escape
bypass
evade
drop the ball
rob from
wear down
disturb
trip
run through
throw a curve
boob
maculate
misjudge
fall down
misconjecture
pull a boner
misconstrue
miscompute
misapply
mend
patch
throw away
be incompetent
be inefficient
stave off
circumnavigate
color
US
colour
UK
sour
assassinate
reduce to beggary
forbid
lame
defend against
steer clear of
ward off
sidestep
skirt
interdict
decrease
take wind out of sails
beat down
cause setback
put end to
disarrange
disorganize
trip up
slip up
deliver badly
cripple financially
scuzz up
devaluate
overshadow
disqualify
unfit
make foul
shut out
juke
ditch
avoid
keep lid on
hold off
benothing
dispose of
knock off
give the run around
dash one's hope
lose strength
jack up
meddle
lace
torch
bump off
put away
dilute
cast gloom over
torpefy
take off
carry off
take someone's life
give the coup de grâce
administer the coup de grâce
drive to the wall
move in for the kill
tamper
dislimb
thin
mistreat
manhandle
cast a gloom upon
bring a note of sadness to
tread
subordinate
pain
wax
pique
bring under the yoke
tread on
put the squeeze on
bring to heel
combust
scald
hack up
grimace
draw blood
extend
cremate
carbonise
UK
carbonize
US
make lame
mix
bully
sophisticate
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
fool
mess around
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
muck about
bastardise
UK
stultify
thin out
mess about
fool with
muck around
knock the stuffing out of
mow
immobilise
UK
wear out
tire out
make weary
make helpless
wash out
tucker out
take it out of
make impotent
bring low
take the wind out of your sails
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
twit
jeer at
rib
rag
lampoon
disdain
kid
disparage
razz
chaff
take the mickey
josh
rally
take the piss out of
jive
pan
make sport of
slight
belittle
pillory
satirize
US
roast
poke mullock at
rag on
gird
satirise
UK
affront
pooh-pooh
quiz
hold up to ridicule
chiack
denigrate
wind up
jape
whistle
treat with contempt
dump on
decry
revile
goof on
make a fool of
sling off at
slam
diss
make jokes about
laugh to scorn
be sarcastic about
pull one's leg
outrage
make a monkey out of
detract
joke
humiliate
guy
dismiss
laugh
gibe at
fun
heap scorn on
send up
run down
show contempt for
treat contemptuously
shriek
thumb nose at
make a monkey of
trash-talk
show contempt
provoke
howl
offend
lout
goad
slap
disrespect
despise
underrate
raz
sledge
mimic
discredit
discount
wisecrack
slur
rank out
sneeze at
sniff at
quip at
gag
jolly
hold in contempt
caricature
howl down
give Bronx cheer
derogate
look down on
poke borack
fool
show up
smoke
pour scorn on
turn up one's nose
slag off
rail at
scout at
drown out
bad-mouth
squib
spurn
censure
holler
raspberry
susurrate
fligger
seethe
murmur
whisper
crack
snigger
burlesque
travesty
swipe
dump
shuck
poke the borax
utter catcalls
laugh in the face of
treat with disdain
scream
give the bird to
yell
cry
deprecate
yuck
yuk
have on
poke borak at
amuse
flip
pull someone's chain
prank
mess around
pull someone's leg
divert
parody
entertain
sibilate
reproach
upbraid
pun
depreciate
twitter
roar
sally
cartoon
minimize
US
diminish
deflate
expose
unmask
whoop
guffaw
vilipend
be scornful about
make light of
fleer at
dig at
bite one's thumb at
have a joke with
get at
trash
carp
criticize
US
swipe at
annoy
cry out
hurt
minimise
UK
aggravate
wound
cry down
play down
poor-mouth
talk down
upset
mortify
hold up to shame
make a game of
make someone a laughing stock
expose to ridicule
make a laughing-stock
flame
be contemptuous of
have a crack at
take a swipe at
malign
slander
make cutting remarks about
say contemptuously
libel
curl your lip at
turn your nose up at
defame
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
impugn
criticise
UK
irritate
calumniate
disoblige
abase
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
have a go at
vilify
detract from
do a number on
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
put a stop to
thwart
stifle
curb
frustrate
ruin
scotch
nip in the bud
subjugate
eliminate
put the kibosh on
demolish
eradicate
wipe out
wreck
foil
stymie
oppress
devastate
rout
obliterate
break
keep down
get rid of
smash
hinder
cripple
undermine
blot out
prevent
disrupt
extirpate
scupper
spoil
clobber
dash
obstruct
block
subordinate
upset
reduce
undo
mess up
shut down
put paid to
beat
bring someone to their knees
withhold
finish
control
hamper
impair
incapacitate
nullify
decimate
queer
shatter
enfeeble
sabotage
exterminate
swamp
whelm
prostrate
overmaster
floor
disable
scuttle
expunge
quelch
ice
strangle
remove
tread
grind down
weed out
screw up
snow under
bring to an end
blow away
bear down on
force down
tread on
dismiss
reject
censure
crack down
dish
bear down
keep under
deaden
rein in
settle
censor
dumb
clam
abate
dull
weaken
bust
master
bring under the yoke
put the squeeze on
bring to heel
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
suspend
cut short
demoralise
UK
damage
waste
raze
total
desolate
bring down
pulverize
US
detain
hold back
wrack
attack
subvert
cream
vaporize
US
dispatch
erase
bring to ruin
nuke
ravage
liquidate
deny
keep back
cease
mar
threaten
annul
refuse
hold off on
lay off
harm
bollix
pulverise
UK
vaporise
UK
abort
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
interfere with
break down
break up
intrude on
muck up
put on hold
put on ice
neutralize
US
forestall
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
▲
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
give
fold
founder
flop
go
seize
have had it
flatline
buckle
crumple
fizzle
fold up
stop functioning
cave in
shutdown
expire
quit
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
pack in
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
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
exacerbate
give someone the hump
incense
enrage
bait
antagonise
UK
drive mad
tee off
make angry
drive crazy
make someone see red
make cross
give someone the pip
drive to distraction
get at
bum out
drive round the twist
drive round the bend
roil
rattle
get on one's nerves
get your goat
bully
rub the wrong way
offend
be on your back
heckle
affront
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
henpeck
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
rag
prick
distemper
torture
outrage
beleaguer
depress
gnaw
eat away at
be at
abrade
peck at
eat at
harp on at
make your blood boil
rub you up the wrong way
raise your hackles
ruffle one's feathers
grumble at
rattle someone's cage
get up someone's nose
bum
hack
steam
affect
discountenance
sour
jangle
wound
mortify
frustrate
brown off
get on someone
curdle
mess
chide
guy
try your patience
drive you up the wall
drive bananas
get your hackles up
rib
mock
break
chagrin
get a rise out of
ridicule
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
gibe
haze
chaff
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
take the piss out of
give the business
unhinge
frighten
insist on
huff
snit
pet
tiff
get in the hair of
make discontented
lose patience
hagride
test
discombobulate
derail
criticize
US
try the patience of
have had enough
grate at
exhaust someone's patience
become bored
tear
alarum
undo
exercise
dun
scold
victimize
US
berate
cause anxiety to
weird out
freak out
upbraid
egg
urge
moan at
get on someone's back
find fault
criticise
UK
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
weigh heavily on one's mind
do someone's head in
tyrannize
US
mess with someone's head
be down on
have it in for
discriminate against
single out
victimise
UK
tyrannise
UK
have a down on
make fun of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To intrude on someone else's territory, rights, business or personal affairs
encroach
intrude
impinge
infringe
invade
trespass
creep
infiltrate
overstep
obtrude
disrupt
disturb
inch
worm
entrench
gatecrash
interfere
interpose
intervene
meddle
trench
usurp
violate
appropriate
arrogate
crash
cut in
impose oneself
barge in
interfere with
butt in
make inroads
eat into
elbow in
entrench on
horn in
horn in on
make inroads into
muscle in
muscle in on
squeeze in
stick one's nose into
work in
worm in
step on someone's toes
tread on someone's toes
invade someone's space
intrude on
encroach on
trespass on
infringe on
obtrude on
burst in
burst in on
impinge on
chisel in
sneak in
poach
cut through
obtrude into
enter
interlope
penetrate
encroach upon
intrude upon
break into
crash the gates
nose in
enter without permission
cross the line
barge in on
insinuate
interpolate
intercalate
come uninvited to
show up uninvited
butt in on
intrude into
sneak into
slip into
push in
thrust oneself in
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
pacify
blunt
deaden
tone down
attenuate
tranquilize
US
still
cool
tranquillise
UK
placate
lull
compose
cushion
weaken
check
heal
ameliorate
dampen
reassure
assure
damp
lower
settle
stifle
remedy
quieten
slake
control
make better
cheer
lenify
treat
suppress
curb
contain
doctor
hearten
quench
dilute
smother
improve
satisfy
modify
encourage
restrain
support
take the sting out
cheer up
smooth
nurse
inspirit
extenuate
calm down
slacken
uplift
bolster
ebb
sate
rehabilitate
damp down
take the bite out
soft-pedal
buoy up
benumb
attend to
de-escalate
put at ease
gentle
muffle
extinguish
ease off
mend
gladden
mellow
restore
condole
lift
medicate
remit
subside
fix
mute
becalm
rehab
buck up
lullaby
slack
pour oil on
balm
give solace to
condole with
put a damper on
bring comfort to
resolve
make well
cool off
let up
numb
conciliate
satiate
meliorate
propitiate
qualify
wane
cauterize
US
decline
dwindle
thin
recede
cauterise
UK
fade
stabilize
US
taper
disarm
shrink
fall
silence
relent
upraise
humour
UK
humor
US
stabilise
UK
defuse
gratify
boost
elevate
buoy
sink
commiserate
pall
curtail
modulate
set right
commiserate with
slow
collect
better
get rid of
besoothe
sedate
minimize
US
quieten down
loose
untrouble
quiet down
put an end to
minimise
UK
sympathize with
take the sting out of
give condolences to
drop off
taper off
put one's mind to rest
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
put the lid on
minister to
restore to health
put damper on
make healthy
steady
overcome
address
buffer
paralyze
US
paralyse
UK
attend
mask
cut
depress
depreciate
nourish
deplete
downsize
drop
downscale
anaesthetize
UK
rectify
dulcify
cut down
make less
commute
anesthetize
US
kill
free
excuse
desensitize
US
smooth over
settle down
adjust
fix up
undermine
unburden
smooth down
keep in check
reduce the force of
take sting out
patch things up
set up
restore to normality
iron out
sort out
reanimate
envigorate
UK
revitalise
UK
enliven
revitalize
US
invigorate
US
take the bite out of
make less painful
rachet down
grow less
make reasonable
refresh
crumble
relaxed
disintegrate
put out a fire
do damage control
patch up
give respite to
lighten burden
empathize with
give sympathy to
quiet fears
give a lift to
neutralize
US
put to rights
obtund
hebetate
neutralise
UK
desensitise
UK
make one feel at ease
water down
smooth out
clear the air
square
take the heat off
repress
amend
reconcile
banish
dissipate
cleanse
dismiss
content
eliminate
destroy
dose
win over
make peace with
put to rest
drive away
drive off
chase away
cool out
indulge
fulfil
UK
accommodate
constrain
loosen
animate
inhibit
feed
fortify
brace
govern
bridle
pity
hold
measure
tame
restrict
limit
untighten
unknot
unclench
oblige
fulfill
US
favour
UK
favor
US
perk up
become less rigid
let go
become less tense
become less stiff
cater to
trammel
intern
confine
rule
keep
gee up
restore someone's confidence
give confidence
snap one out of it
give a lift
dispel someone's fears
restore confidence to
pick up
bolster someone's confidence
set your mind at rest
comply with
provide for
pander to
give in to
fawn on
decelerate
unlax
keep down
pull in
regulate
rein in
hold back
express sympathy to
show compassion to
show fellow feeling to
express sympathy
express sympathy for
become weaker
chill out
cool it
fade away
fall off
contract
slump
plummet
flag
deteriorate
wither
melt away
go down
drain
ease up
disappear
fail
evaporate
come to an end
plunge
slack off
degenerate
vanish
dent
nosedive
cut back
go downhill
slash
devaluate
droop
knock down
trail off
decay
slow down
fizzle out
dissolve
pare down
slacken off
erode
wear away
wear off
grow smaller
quash
die off
decrement
shrivel
dip
trail
crash
dry up
run low
dim
become less
become smaller
grow faint
prune
impair
cease
devalue
squelch
take a nosedive
descend
deflate
die
get less
wear down
narrow
tumble
dive
waste
mark down
fade out
run out
roll back
degrade
waste away
get lower
scale down
sag
downgrade
bate
collapse
close
regress
blur
discount
cheapen
minify
clip
give out
trail away
fall short
go away
grow dim
become lower
cut off
choke off
become weak
rebate
write down
slim down
get smaller
fizzle
languish
sap
wilt
slip
flop
truncate
lose edge
narrow down
constrict
melt
abridge
lapse
terminate
tail away
atrophy
retrocede
finish
fall through
trim
pare
grow weaker
slope
subjugate
downturn
break
halt
come to nothing
put a lid on
crater
shave
rise above
break down
retrench
dial down
turn down
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
disperse
hush
peter
gutter
abase
retire
retrograde
clear
ration
lose strength
lose intensity
go
decimate
revise
faint
rein
pipe down
abbreviate
end
blanket
dock
shorten
disable
be used up
put at rest
disempower
run dry
enervate
go downwards
debilitate
become less intense
close out
lose ground
pass
enfeeble
gruntle
couch
make weaker
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
cripple
die away or out
die away or down
play down
blow over
vitiate
round down
whittle down
take down
trim back
trim down
cut down on
make fewer
thin out
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
worsen
lower in price
devalorize
lower in value
phase out
thin down
offset
drop down
relapse
minimalize
rein back
temperate
axe
UK
totter
skid
lose
make reductions in
retrench on
salami-slice
drag
backslide
buckle
scale back
ax
US
undervalue
demote
falter
retrogress
sink into oblivion
be forgotten
disappear slowly
pass away
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
miscarry
cause to fall
founder
evanesce
squash
crush
become softer
become quieter
desist
bomb
sink lower
bust
get quieter
get softer
be deficient
arrest
go awry
go amiss
be wanting
be insufficient
dumb
censor
give way
draw to a close
be on the way out
give in
clam
come down
be ruined
strike out
put down
cut short
close up
clamp down on
crack down on
put a stop to
slap down
snuff out
slack up
be lacking
retard
be inadequate
delay
be found lacking
not come to ripeness
detain
hinder
handicap
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
traverse
split
halve
crisscross
cleave
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
cut through
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
adjust
reorder
redeploy
pull
rejig
readjust
redispose
transmit
put somewhere else
reorganise
UK
dispatch
funnel
channel
shoot
replant
route
teleport
conduct
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
methodize
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
impassion
stimulate
grab
arouse
excite
get through to
melt
carry
get
quicken
touch a chord
strike a chord
make an impression
fill with emotion
leave an impression on
soften
disquiet
register with
carry weight with
get through
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
refrain from
abandon
keep from
relinquish
spurn
end
desist from
lay off
cut out
decline
give over
belay
repudiate
disavow
surcease
abstain from
knock off
withhold from
pack up
suspend
refuse
conclude
abnegate
can
evade
break
cut off
break up
terminate
waive
forego
deny
intermit
escape
sacrifice
stay
skip
disclaim
fail
culminate
gainsay
have done with
do not
disaffirm
renege on
give something a miss
pass on
leave out
go without
shut off
wind up
steer clear
bridle
omit
restrain oneself from
hold back from
stop oneself from
restrain yourself
decline to
go easy
recant
retract
pause
unsay
foreswear
disown
renege
repeal
withdraw
yield
give the go by
resign
throw off
withdraw from
elude
take back
do away with
wash your hands of
shirk
miss out on
dodge
disdain
duck
abdicate
finesse
scape
shake
shy
call a stop to
call a halt to
shuffle out of
stay clear of
keep clear of
turn your back on
let well enough alone
weasel out of
get around
have no truck with
shy away from
close out
call it a day
bring to a halt
come to a close
bring to a stop
close down
cut it out
bring to an end
not do anymore
quit cold turkey
cut short
shut down
back off
call it quits
die down
sidestep
circumvent
bypass
skirt
turn down
shrink from
cast aside
shy from
escape from
forbear from
bilk
cheat
balk
US
baulk
UK
ditch
keep off
deny oneself
get out of
balk at
discard
shake off
get away from
miss
tergiversate
surrender
parry
cut
disregard
lose
flee
shuck
cast off
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