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- demolition
collapse - the act of demolishing related words >
- answer,
- complete answer,
- confounding,
- confutation,
- contradiction,
- controversion,
- demolishment,
- denial,
- disassembly,
- discrediting,
- dismantlement,
- effective rejoinder,
- flattening,
- leveling,
- overthrow,
- overthrowal,
- razing,
- rebuttal,
- refutal,
- refutation,
- smashing,
- squelch,
- subversion,
- tearing down,
- undermining,
- unmaking,
- upset,
- upsetting,
- wreckage,
- wrecking
- abusive,
- back-biting,
- backbiting,
- belittling,
- bitchy,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- decrying,
- defamatory,
- deprecatory,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detracting,
- detractory,
- discrediting,
- disparaging,
- libelous,
- maligning,
- minimizing,
- muckraking,
- pejorative,
- ridiculing,
- scandalous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slighting,
- smear,
- vilifying
- sour grapes
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- disparagement of something that is unattainable related words >
- acid,
- acidulant,
- belittling,
- bread-and-butter pickle,
- chokecherry,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- crab apple,
- decrial,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- detraction,
- dill pickle,
- disapproval,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- disparagement,
- faint praise,
- green apple,
- indignity,
- knocking,
- lemon,
- lime,
- lukewarm support,
- minimizing,
- pickle,
- putting down,
- slighting,
- sour,
- sour balls,
- sour cream,
- sour pickle,
- sourdough,
- verjuice,
- vinegar,
- yogurt
- belittling
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- the act of belittling
- tending to diminish or disparage; "belittling comments"; "managed a deprecating smile at the compliment"; "deprecatory remarks about the book"; "a slighting remark" related words >
- abusive,
- back-biting,
- belittlement,
- bitchy,
- calumniatory,
- calumnious,
- catty,
- censorious,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- contemptuous,
- contumelious,
- decrial,
- defamatory,
- deprecatory,
- depreciation,
- depreciative,
- depreciatory,
- derisive,
- derisory,
- derogation,
- derogative,
- derogatory,
- detraction,
- detractory,
- disapproval,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- disparagement,
- disparaging,
- faint praise,
- indignity,
- knocking,
- libelous,
- lukewarm support,
- minification,
- minimization,
- minimizing,
- pejorative,
- putting down,
- qualification,
- ridiculing,
- scandalous,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- slanderous,
- slighting,
- sour grapes,
- vilifying
- indignity
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- an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem related words >
- abuse,
- affront,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- belittling,
- brickbat,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- contumely,
- cut,
- decrial,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- despite,
- detraction,
- disapproval,
- discourtesy,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- dishonor,
- disparagement,
- disrespect,
- dump,
- enormity,
- faint praise,
- flout,
- flouting,
- gibe,
- grievance,
- humiliation,
- injury,
- injustice,
- insult,
- jeer,
- jeering,
- knocking,
- lukewarm support,
- minimizing,
- mock,
- mockery,
- obloquy,
- offense,
- outrage,
- put-down,
- putting down,
- reproach,
- scoff,
- scorn,
- scurrility,
- slap,
- slight,
- slighting,
- snub,
- sour grapes,
- taunt,
- uncomplimentary remark,
- wrong
- rebuttal
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- the speech act of refuting by offering a contrary contention or argument related words >
- answer,
- argument,
- bucking,
- challenge,
- comeback,
- complete answer,
- confounding,
- confutation,
- contention,
- contradiction,
- contraposition,
- contraremonstrance,
- contravention,
- contraversion,
- controversion,
- counteraccusation,
- counteraction,
- counterblast,
- countercharge,
- counterclaim,
- counterreply,
- counterstatement,
- counterworking,
- crosscurrent,
- crossing,
- defense,
- demolition,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- discrediting,
- effective rejoinder,
- exception,
- head wind,
- impugnation,
- impugnment,
- negation,
- objection,
- opposing,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnation,
- overthrow,
- overthrowal,
- plea,
- pleading,
- pleadings,
- rebutment,
- rebutter,
- refusal,
- refutal,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- rejoinder,
- replication,
- reply,
- resistance,
- response,
- retaliation,
- retort,
- riposte,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- squelch,
- standing against,
- statement of defense,
- subversion,
- surrebuttal,
- surrebutter,
- surrejoinder,
- traversal,
- undercurrent,
- undermining,
- upset,
- upsetting
- derogation
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- (law) the partial taking away of the effectiveness of a law; a partial repeal or abolition of a law; "any derogation of the common law is to be strictly construed" related words >
- attrition,
- belittling,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutting,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decrease,
- decrement,
- decrial,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- depletion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- detraction,
- devolution,
- diminution,
- dip,
- disapproval,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- disparagement,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- dying,
- ebb,
- effeteness,
- extraction,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- faint praise,
- fall,
- falling-off,
- impairment,
- indignity,
- involution,
- knocking,
- lapse,
- lessening,
- loss of tone,
- lukewarm support,
- minimizing,
- putting down,
- reduction,
- regression,
- remission,
- retraction,
- retrenchment,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- shortening,
- shrinkage,
- slighting,
- slippage,
- slump,
- sour grapes,
- truncation,
- wane
- subversion
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- the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government related words >
- alienation,
- answer,
- bloodless revolution,
- bouleversement,
- brainwashing,
- breakdown,
- breakup,
- capsizal,
- capsize,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- clean slate,
- clean sweep,
- complete answer,
- computer revolution,
- confounding,
- confutation,
- contradiction,
- controversion,
- convulsion,
- corruption,
- counterindoctrination,
- counterrevolution,
- culbute,
- debacle,
- demolishing,
- demolition,
- denial,
- destroying,
- destruction,
- discrediting,
- displacement,
- downfall,
- effective rejoinder,
- fall,
- indoctrination,
- overset,
- overthrow,
- overthrowal,
- overturn,
- palace revolution,
- prostration,
- radical change,
- rebuttal,
- refutal,
- refutation,
- reindoctrination,
- revolt,
- revolution,
- revolutionary war,
- revulsion,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- somersault,
- somerset,
- spasm,
- spill,
- squelch,
- striking alteration,
- sweeping change,
- tabula rasa,
- technological revolution,
- total change,
- transilience,
- turnover,
- undermining,
- upheaval,
- upset,
- upsetting,
- upturn,
- violent change,
- wreckage,
- wrecking
- refutation
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- the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions; "his refutation of the charges was short and persuasive"; "in defense he said the other man started it" related words >
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- abrogation,
- absolute contradiction,
- annulment,
- answer,
- argument,
- argumentum,
- case,
- complete answer,
- confounding,
- confutation,
- cons,
- consideration,
- contradiction,
- contraremonstrance,
- contrary assertion,
- contravention,
- controversion,
- counteraccusation,
- counterblast,
- countercharge,
- counterclaim,
- countering,
- counterreply,
- counterstatement,
- crossing,
- defense,
- demolition,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- disaffirmation,
- disallowance,
- disavowal,
- disclaimer,
- disclamation,
- discrediting,
- disownment,
- disproof,
- effective rejoinder,
- elenchus,
- exception,
- forswearing,
- gainsaying,
- ignoratio elenchi,
- impugnment,
- nullification,
- objection,
- overthrow,
- overthrowal,
- plaidoyer,
- plea,
- pleading,
- pleadings,
- pros,
- pros and cons,
- reason,
- rebuttal,
- rebutter,
- recantation,
- refutal,
- rejoinder,
- renunciation,
- replication,
- reply,
- repudiation,
- response,
- retractation,
- retraction,
- revocation,
- riposte,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- squelch,
- statement of defense,
- subversion,
- surrebuttal,
- surrebutter,
- surrejoinder,
- talking point,
- undermining,
- upset,
- upsetting
- disapproval
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- the act of disapproving or condemning
- the expression of disapproval
- a feeling of disliking something or what someone is doing related words >
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- aggravation,
- agreement to disagree,
- alienation,
- annoyance,
- apostasy,
- belittling,
- censure,
- chucking,
- chucking out,
- comedown,
- condemnation,
- contempt,
- contradiction,
- counter-culture,
- criticism,
- declination,
- declining,
- decrial,
- denial,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- despisal,
- despising,
- detraction,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaffection,
- disaffinity,
- disagreement,
- disapprobation,
- discard,
- disclamation,
- discontent,
- discounting,
- discrediting,
- disfavor,
- disgrace,
- disinclination,
- dislike,
- dismissal,
- disownment,
- disparagement,
- disparity,
- displeasure,
- disregard,
- disrelish,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- dissidence,
- distaste,
- diversity,
- dropping out,
- exasperation,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- faint praise,
- ignoring,
- indignity,
- irritation,
- knocking,
- lukewarm support,
- minimizing,
- minority opinion,
- nonacceptance,
- nonagreement,
- nonapproval,
- nonassent,
- nonconcurrence,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsent,
- nonconsideration,
- objection,
- opposition,
- passing by,
- putting away,
- putting down,
- putting out,
- rebuff,
- recantation,
- recusance,
- recusancy,
- refusal,
- rejection,
- renouncement,
- reproach,
- reproof,
- repudiation,
- repulse,
- resentfulness,
- resentment,
- scouting,
- secession,
- slighting,
- sour grapes,
- spurning,
- throwing out,
- turning out,
- underground,
- variance,
- vexation,
- withdrawal
- abasement,
- abomination,
- asperse,
- aspersion,
- atrocity,
- bad,
- belittle,
- belittling,
- besmirch,
- black eye,
- black mark,
- blacken,
- blemish,
- blot,
- brand,
- bring down,
- bring into discredit,
- bring low,
- bring shame upon,
- burning shame,
- byword,
- byword of reproach,
- cast reproach upon,
- comedown,
- contempt,
- cry down,
- debase,
- debasement,
- debasing,
- decrial,
- decry,
- defame,
- deflate,
- deflation,
- defrock,
- degradation,
- degrade,
- deplume,
- depreciate,
- depreciation,
- derogate from,
- derogation,
- descent,
- desecration,
- detract from,
- detraction,
- dirty shame,
- disapproval,
- disapprove of,
- discredit,
- discrediting,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- dishonor,
- disparage,
- disparagement,
- displume,
- disrepute,
- dump,
- embarrass,
- embarrassment,
- error,
- evil,
- faint praise,
- hangdog look,
- harm,
- hold in contempt,
- humble,
- humbled pride,
- humbling,
- humiliate,
- humiliation,
- ignominy,
- impute shame to,
- indignity,
- infamy,
- iniquity,
- knavery,
- knock,
- knocking,
- let down,
- letdown,
- low-down dirty shame,
- lukewarm support,
- make little of,
- minimize,
- minimizing,
- mortification,
- mortify,
- obliquity,
- obloquy,
- odium,
- opprobrium,
- pity,
- profanation,
- put down,
- put out,
- put to shame,
- put-down,
- putting down,
- reflect discredit upon,
- reproach,
- reprobacy,
- run down,
- sacrilege,
- scandal,
- scandalize,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setdown,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- sin,
- slight,
- slighting,
- slur,
- smear,
- smirch,
- sour grapes,
- speak ill of,
- spot,
- stain,
- stigma,
- stigmatize,
- submit to indignity,
- sully,
- taint,
- tarnish,
- terrible thing,
- unfrock,
- vilification,
- vilify,
- villainy,
- violation,
- vitiate,
- vitiation,
- wrong
- contradiction
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- the speech act of contradicting someone; "he spoke as if he thought his claims were immune to contradiction"
- (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"
- opposition between two conflicting forces or ideas related words >
- abjuration,
- abjurement,
- abrogation,
- absolute contradiction,
- annulment,
- answer,
- antagonism,
- antipathy,
- antithesis,
- argumentation,
- backlash,
- bucking,
- challenge,
- chucking,
- chucking out,
- clashing,
- collision,
- complete answer,
- conflict,
- confounding,
- confrontation,
- confutation,
- contempt,
- contention,
- contradistinction,
- contraindication,
- contraposition,
- contrariety,
- contrary assertion,
- contrast,
- contravention,
- contraversion,
- controversion,
- controversy,
- counteraction,
- countering,
- counterposition,
- counterworking,
- crankiness,
- cross-purposes,
- crosscurrent,
- crossing,
- crotchetiness,
- declination,
- declining,
- demolition,
- denial,
- despisal,
- despising,
- difference,
- disaccord,
- disaccordance,
- disaffirmation,
- disagreement,
- disallowance,
- disapproval,
- disavowal,
- discard,
- disclaimer,
- disclamation,
- discord,
- discordance,
- discordancy,
- discounting,
- discrediting,
- discrepancy,
- disharmony,
- dismissal,
- disownment,
- disparity,
- disproof,
- disregard,
- dissension,
- dissent,
- dissidence,
- dissonance,
- disunion,
- disunity,
- divergence,
- diversity,
- effective rejoinder,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- faction,
- forswearing,
- friction,
- gainsaying,
- head wind,
- hostility,
- ignoring,
- impugnation,
- impugnment,
- inaccordance,
- inconsistency,
- inequality,
- inimicalness,
- interference,
- jarring,
- kick,
- negation,
- nonacceptance,
- nonapproval,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsideration,
- nullification,
- opposing,
- oppositeness,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- oppugnance,
- oppugnancy,
- oppugnation,
- overthrow,
- overthrowal,
- passing by,
- perverseness,
- perversity,
- polarity,
- putting away,
- putting out,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- rebutment,
- rebuttal,
- recalcitrance,
- recantation,
- recoil,
- refusal,
- refutal,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- renitency,
- renouncement,
- renunciation,
- repercussion,
- repudiation,
- repugnance,
- repulse,
- resistance,
- retractation,
- retraction,
- revocation,
- revolt,
- scouting,
- showdown,
- spurning,
- squelch,
- standing against,
- subversion,
- swimming upstream,
- throwing out,
- traversal,
- turning out,
- undercurrent,
- undermining,
- unharmoniousness,
- upset,
- upsetting,
- variance
- comedown
collapse
- decline to a lower status or level related words >
- abasement,
- anticlimax,
- backset,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- bathos,
- belittling,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- breakdown,
- buffet,
- cascade,
- cataract,
- check,
- chute,
- collapse,
- contempt,
- crash,
- cropper,
- cruel disappointment,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- debacle,
- debasement,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- decrial,
- defeat,
- deflation,
- defluxion,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- derogation,
- descending,
- descension,
- descent,
- deterioration,
- detraction,
- devolution,
- disappointment,
- disapproval,
- discomfiture,
- discrediting,
- disgrace,
- disillusionment,
- disparagement,
- dissatisfaction,
- down,
- downbend,
- downcome,
- downcurve,
- downfall,
- downflow,
- downgrade,
- downpour,
- downrush,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drop,
- dropping,
- dump,
- dying,
- ebb,
- effeteness,
- embarrassment,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure,
- failure of nerve,
- faint praise,
- fall,
- fallen countenance,
- falling,
- falling-off,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- foiling,
- forlorn hope,
- frustration,
- gravitation,
- hangdog look,
- hope deferred,
- humbled pride,
- humiliation,
- inclination,
- indignity,
- involution,
- knocking,
- lapse,
- letdown,
- loss of tone,
- lukewarm support,
- minimizing,
- mirage,
- mortification,
- nose dive,
- plummeting,
- pounce,
- pratfall,
- put-down,
- putting down,
- rapids,
- regression,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- reversal,
- reverse,
- reverse of fortune,
- ruin,
- self-abasement,
- self-abnegation,
- self-diminishment,
- setback,
- setdown,
- severe check,
- shame,
- shamefacedness,
- shamefastness,
- slighting,
- slippage,
- slump,
- smash,
- sore disappointment,
- sour grapes,
- stoop,
- stumble,
- swoop,
- tailspin,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- throwback,
- tumble,
- undoing,
- wane,
- waterfall,
- wreck
- squelch
collapse
- suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
- walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
- make a sucking sound related words >
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- argue down,
- asphyxiate,
- assibilate,
- assibilation,
- barb,
- black out,
- bottle up,
- buzz,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- comeback,
- complete answer,
- confound,
- confounding,
- confutation,
- confute,
- contradict,
- contradiction,
- controversion,
- controvert,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- defeat,
- demolish,
- demolition,
- denial,
- deny,
- discrediting,
- dismiss,
- dispose of,
- drown,
- dumbfound,
- effective rejoinder,
- effervesce,
- effervescence,
- effervescing,
- extinguish,
- finish,
- fizz,
- fizzle,
- fizzling,
- floor,
- frication,
- frictional rustling,
- gag,
- gibe,
- hiss,
- hissing,
- hold down,
- hugger-mugger,
- humiliate,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- hushing,
- jibe,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lisp,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- nonplus,
- outdo,
- overcome,
- overthrow,
- overthrowal,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- parry,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- put out,
- put to silence,
- put-down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- quip,
- rebut,
- rebuttal,
- reduce to silence,
- refutal,
- refutation,
- refute,
- repress,
- retort,
- rhonchus,
- riposte,
- sally,
- settle,
- shoot down,
- shush,
- shushing,
- shut down on,
- shut up,
- sibilance,
- sibilate,
- sibilation,
- siffle,
- sigmatism,
- silence,
- siss,
- sissing,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- sizz,
- sizzle,
- sizzling,
- smash,
- smash all opposition,
- smother,
- sneeze,
- sneezing,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snort,
- snuff,
- snuff out,
- snuffle,
- soft-pedal,
- spit,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squash,
- squish,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- stifle,
- still,
- strangle,
- strike dumb,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subversion,
- subvert,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- swish,
- throttle,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- undermine,
- undermining,
- upset,
- upsetting,
- wheeze,
- whish,
- whistle,
- whistling,
- white noise,
- whiz,
- whoosh,
- wisecrack,
- zip
- depreciation
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- a decrease in price or value; "depreciation of the dollar against the yen"
- decrease in value of an asset due to obsolescence or use related words >
- abatement,
- ablation,
- abridgment,
- agio,
- alleviation,
- allowance,
- attenuation,
- attrition,
- backbiting,
- backstabbing,
- bank discount,
- belittlement,
- belittling,
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