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- verb transitive, idiomatic To
separate andreserve something for a specificpurpose . - verb transitive, idiomatic To
disagree with something andreject oroverturn it. - verb transitive, idiomatic To declare something
invalid ornull and void .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
- verb make inoperative or stop
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synonyms (258)
Words with the same meaning
- abandon
- abolish
- abrogate
- abrupt
- abscind
- adjourn
- admit
- admit exceptions
- alienate
- allocate
- allot
- allow
- allow for
- amputate
- annihilate
- annul
- appoint
- appropriate to
- assign
- assign to
- ban
- bar
- bob
- bolt
- brush aside
- brush off
- cancel
- carry away
- carry off
- cart away
- cast off
- cast out
- clip
- concede
- conserve
- consider
- consider the circumstances
- consider the source
- continue
- cordon
- cordon off
- countermand
- counterorder
- crop
- cull
- cull out
- cut
- cut adrift
- cut away
- cut off
- cut out
- defer
- delay
- delete
- delocalize
- depart
- destine
- detail
- disannul
- disarticulate
- disconnect
- discount
- disengage
- disjoin
- disjoint
- dislodge
- dismiss
- displace
- disregard
- dissociate
- disunite
- divide
- divorce
- do away with
- dock
- drag out
- drop the subject
- earmark
- eject
- eliminate
- enucleate
- eradicate
- estrange
- except
- excise
- exclude
- expel
- extend
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fate
- forget
- forget about it
- forget it
- ghettoize
- gin
- grant
- hang fire
- hang up
- hold back
- hold off
- hold over
- hold up
- husband
- insulate
- invalidate
- isolate
- keep
- keep apart
- keep aside
- keep back
- keep by one
- keep in reserve
- keep in store
- keep on hand
- knock off
- lay aside
- lay away
- lay by
- lay over
- leave
- let it go
- let slip
- lift temporarily
- lop
- lot
- make allowance for
- make assignments
- make void
- manhandle
- mark off
- mark out for
- move
- mutilate
- nip
- nullify
- ordain
- override
- overrule
- pare
- part
- peel
- pick out
- pigeonhole
- portion off
- postpone
- preserve
- prolong
- prorogate
- prorogue
- protract
- provide for
- prune
- pull away
- pull back
- pull out
- push aside
- put apart
- put aside
- put away
- put by
- put in mothballs
- put off
- put on ice
- quarantine
- recall
- recant
- recess
- relax
- relax the condition
- relocate
- remove
- renege
- repeal
- rescind
- reserve
- restrict
- restrict to
- retain
- retract
- reverse
- revoke
- riddle
- root out
- rule out
- save
- save up
- schedule
- screen
- seclude
- segregate
- send
- separate
- sequester
- set
- set apart
- set by
- set off
- shave
- shear
- shelve
- shift
- shift off
- shrug off
- shunt
- shut off
- side
- sideline
- sieve
- sift
- sleep on
- sneeze at
- sort out
- split
- stamp out
- stand aloof
- stand apart
- stand aside
- stand over
- stave off
- stay
- step aside
- store
- stow
- stretch out
- strike off
- strip
- strip off
- subtract
- suspend
- table
- table the motion
- tag
- take a recess
- take account of
- take away
- take into account
- take into consideration
- take off
- take out
- think nothing of
- thrash
- thresh
- throw off
- throw out
- thrust aside
- truncate
- turn away from
- uncouple
- unyoke
- vacate
- void
- waive
- winnow
- wipe out
- withdraw
- withhold
- write off
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