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.
- ruin — ruins, 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.