All downs synonyms
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- devastate β If something devastates an area or a place, it damages it very badly or destroys it totally.
- flatten β to make flat.
- bulldoze β If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- raze β to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- slap β a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
- discourage β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dishearten β to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- grieve β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- dispirit β to deprive of spirit, hope, enthusiasm, etc.; depress; discourage; dishearten.
- murder β Law. the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder)
- massacre β the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
- shoot down β the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
- butcher β A butcher is a shopkeeper who cuts up and sells meat. Some butchers also kill animals for meat and make foods such as sausages and meat pies.
- soothe β to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- overcome β to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- confront β If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- improve β to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- slow β moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- tone down β any sound considered with reference to its quality, pitch, strength, source, etc.: shrill tones.
- alleviate β If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.
- plunge β to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
- dock β any of various weedy plants belonging to the genus Rumex, of the buckwheat family, as R. obtusifolius (bitter dock) or R. acetosa (sour dock) having long taproots.
noun downs
- closure β The closure of a place such as a business or factory is the permanent ending of the work or activity there.
- interruption β an act or instance of interrupting.
- layoff β the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
- blockage β A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- shutdown β a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- cutoff β A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
- walkout β a strike by workers.
- grudge β a feeling of ill will or resentment: to hold a grudge against a former opponent.
- lockout β the temporary closing of a business or the refusal by an employer to allow employees to come to work until they accept the employer's terms.
- hostility β a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
- bitterness β having a harsh, disagreeably acrid taste, like that of aspirin, quinine, wormwood, or aloes.
- resentment β the feeling of displeasure or indignation at some act, remark, person, etc., regarded as causing injury or insult.
- ill will β hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
- animus β If a person has an animus against someone, they have a strong feeling of dislike for them, even when there is no good reason for it.
- meanness β the state or quality of being mean.
- antipathy β Antipathy is a strong feeling of dislike or hostility towards someone or something.
- animosity β Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- rancor β bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice.
- hatred β the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- jacket β a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front.
- coat β A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- wool β the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- pelt β to attack or assail with repeated blows or with missiles.
- skin β the external covering or integument of an animal body, especially when soft and flexible.
- tribute β a gift, testimonial, compliment, or the like, given as due or in acknowledgment of gratitude or esteem.
- salute β Military. to pay respect to or honor by some formal act, as by raising the right hand to the side of the headgear, presenting arms, firing cannon, dipping colors, etc.