All gunning antonyms
gun·ning
G g verb gunning
- take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- retain — to keep possession of.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- remain — to continue in the same state; continue to be as specified: to remain at peace.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- lessen — to become less.
- push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- lower — to cause to descend; let or put down: to lower a flag.
- depress — If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- lead — to cover, line, weight, treat, or impregnate with lead or one of its compounds.
- leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- dismantle — to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- unpack — to undo or remove the contents from (a box, trunk, etc.).
- allocate — If one item or share of something is allocated to a particular person or for a particular purpose, it is given to that person or used for that purpose.
- dispose — to give a tendency or inclination to; incline: His temperament disposed him to argue readily with people.
- stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
- untie — to loose or unfasten (anything tied); let or set loose by undoing a knot.
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- raze — to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- bear — If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- disallow — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- misconceive — Fail to understand correctly.
- misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- offer — to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- add — ADD is an abbreviation for attention deficit disorder.