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Finish

To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

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Manner of action 26

Accomplish 76% connected

To complete, as time or distance.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Adjourn 76% connected

To put off or defer to another day, or indefinitely; to postpone; to close or suspend for the day; -- commonly said of the meeting, or the action, of…

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Broom 76% connected

A plant having twigs suitable for making brooms to sweep with when bound together; esp., the Cytisus scoparius of Western Europe, which is a low shru…

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Climax 76% connected

Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

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Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Conclude 76% connected

To shut up; to inclose.

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Consume 76% connected

To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.

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Culminate 76% connected

To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

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Demolish 76% connected

To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

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Devour 76% connected

To eat up with greediness; to consume ravenously; to feast upon like a wild beast or a glutton; to prey upon.

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Disappear 76% connected

To cease to appear or to be perceived; to pass from view, gradually or suddenly; to vanish; to be no longer seen; as, darkness disappears at the appr…

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Discontinue 76% connected

To interrupt the continuance of; to intermit, as a practice or habit; to put an end to; to cause to cease; to cease using, to stop; to leave off.

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Down 76% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Dress 76% connected

To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Execute 76% connected

To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

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Fail 76% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

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Fulfil 76% connected

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Fulfill 76% connected

To fill up; to make full or complete.

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

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Implement 76% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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Lapse 76% connected

A gliding, slipping, or gradual falling; an unobserved or imperceptible progress or passing away,; -- restricted usually to immaterial things, or to…

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Recess 76% connected

A withdrawing or retiring; a moving back; retreat; as, the recess of the tides.

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Top 76% connected

A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem,…

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Vanish 76% connected

To pass from a visible to an invisible state; to go out of sight; to disappear; to fade; as, vapor vanishes from the sight by being dissipated; a shi…

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Broader term 21

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Closing 76% connected

of Close

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Coat 76% connected

An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

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Completion 76% connected

The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

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Culmination 76% connected

The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

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Downfall 76% connected

A sudden fall; a body of things falling.

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Eat 76% connected

of Eat

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 76% connected

of End

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Happening 76% connected

of Happen

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Occurrence 76% connected

A coming or happening; as, the occurence of a railway collision.

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Occurrent 76% connected

Occurring or happening; hence, incidental; accidental.

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Perfection 76% connected

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral exce…

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Ruin 76% connected

The act of falling or tumbling down; fall.

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Ruination 76% connected

The act of ruining, or the state of being ruined.

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Taste 76% connected

To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

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Terminal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the end or extremity; forming the extremity; as, a terminal edge.

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Terminate 76% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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Narrower term 21

Close 76% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Defeat 76% connected

To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.

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Demolition 76% connected

The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, t…

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Destruction 76% connected

The act of destroying; a tearing down; a bringing to naught; subversion; demolition; ruin; slaying; devastation.

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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End 76% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Finale 76% connected

Close; termination

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Finis 76% connected

An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

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Glaze 76% connected

To become glazed of glassy.

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Halt 76% connected

3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.

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Last 76% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Licking 76% connected

of Lick

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Omega 76% connected

The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.

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Outcome 76% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Result 76% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Resultant 76% connected

Resulting or issuing from a combination; existing or following as a result or consequence.

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Termination 76% connected

The act of terminating, or of limiting or setting bounds; the act of ending or concluding; as, a voluntary termination of hostilities.

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Triumph 76% connected

A magnificent and imposing ceremonial performed in honor of a general who had gained a decisive victory over a foreign enemy.

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Victory 76% connected

The defeat of an enemy in battle, or of an antagonist in any contest; a gaining of the superiority in any struggle or competition; conquest; triumph;…

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Derivationally related 10

Down 74% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Down 74% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Fate 74% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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Fate 74% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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Finisher 74% connected

One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishin…

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Finisher 74% connected

One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishin…

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Last 74% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Last 74% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Synonym 19

Cease 92% connected

To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased.

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Close 92% connected

To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

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Coating 92% connected

of Coat

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Complete 92% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Conclusion 92% connected

The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

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Cultivation 92% connected

The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

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Culture 92% connected

The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

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Destination 92% connected

The act of destining or appointing.

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End 92% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

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Ending 92% connected

of End

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Finale 92% connected

Close; termination

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Finis 92% connected

An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

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Finishing 92% connected

of Finish

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Goal 92% connected

The mark set to bound a race, and to or around which the constestants run, or from which they start to return to it again; the place at which a race…

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Last 92% connected

of Last, to endure, contracted from lasteth.

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Polish 92% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Refinement 92% connected

The act of refining, or the state of being refined; as, the refinement or metals; refinement of ideas.

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Stop 92% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Terminate 92% connected

To set a term or limit to; to form the extreme point or side of; to bound; to limit; as, to terminate a surface by a line.

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Near synonym 1

End 92% connected

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; th…

general 78% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Commencement 94% connected

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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Commencement 94% connected

The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginning; start.

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