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All placate antonyms

plaΒ·cate
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verb placate

  • fan the flames β€” (Idiomatic) To intensify something; to worsen an already difficult situation or unfavourable set of circumstances.
  • foil β€” to cover or back with foil.
  • forayed β€” a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
  • infatuating β€” to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
  • dement β€” to deteriorate mentally, esp because of old age
  • cleaned out β€” free from dirt; unsoiled; unstained: She bathed and put on a clean dress.
  • jump β€” to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
  • get around β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • damping β€” moistening or wetting
  • foraying β€” a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
  • jolt β€” Java Open Language Toolkit
  • arm-twist β€” to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
  • whacked β€” exhausted; tired out.
  • arm-twisting β€” persuasion
  • goosed β€” any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • madden β€” to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her.
  • nettle β€” any plant of the genus Urtica, covered with stinging hairs. Compare nettle family.
  • get on one's nerves β€” one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
  • anger β€” Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
  • get to β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • concuss β€” to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
  • offend β€” to irritate, annoy, or anger; cause resentful displeasure in: Even the hint of prejudice offends me.
  • craze β€” If there is a craze for something, it is very popular for a short time.
  • ask for it β€” to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
  • whacking β€” large.
  • call forth β€” to cause (something) to come into action or existence
  • boil over β€” When a liquid that is being heated boils over, it rises and flows over the edge of the container.
  • intoxicate β€” to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
  • hang up β€” the way in which a thing hangs.
  • get one's goat β€” any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
  • gall β€” (Pizi) 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
  • concussed β€” If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
  • anguished β€” Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
  • heat up β€” the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • buffalo β€” A buffalo is a wild animal like a large cow with horns that curve upwards. Buffalo are usually found in southern and eastern Africa.
  • inflame β€” to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
  • got to β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • bollix β€” to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
  • cut to the quick β€” done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
  • enrage β€” Make very angry.
  • distress β€” great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
  • give rise to β€” to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • joggle β€” to shake slightly; move to and fro, as by repeated jerks; jiggle: She joggled the key in the lock a couple of times before getting the door open.
  • buffaloed β€” any of several large wild oxen of the family Bovidae. Compare bison, Cape buffalo, water buffalo.
  • do a number on β€” a numeral or group of numerals.
  • elicit β€” Evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions or questions.
  • go all out β€” make a full effort
  • grate β€” a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
  • blow out β€” If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
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