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All mothball antonyms

moth·ball
M m

verb mothball

  • open up — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
  • endanger — Put (someone or something) at risk or in danger.
  • harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
  • injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
  • squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
  • release — to lease again.
  • use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • ruinruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
  • stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
  • hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
  • waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
  • give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
  • lose — to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
  • neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • spend — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
  • forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
  • carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
  • go ahead — permission or a signal to proceed: They got the go-ahead on the construction work.
  • continue — If someone or something continues to do something, they keep doing it and do not stop.
  • go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
  • do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
  • uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
  • disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
  • disburse — to pay out (money), especially for expenses; expend.
  • throw away — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
  • reveal — to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
  • dissipate — to scatter in various directions; disperse; dispel.
  • divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
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