Build
Antonyms of BUILD
- reduce, lessen, separate, stop, complete, diminish, weaken, halt, ruin, raze, conclude, discourage, condense, overthrow, degrade, decrease, dismantle, hurt, die, take down, contract, end, decelerate, knock down, destroy, finish, lower, compress, wreck, mind, neglect, demolish, divide, scatter, abridge, shrink, disperse, shorten, curtail, overturn.
Examples of usage:
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My aim has been to gather the facts for them to build upon. "The Children of the Poor" by Jacob A. Riis
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I like your build. "The Eagle's Heart" by Hamlin Garland
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Pull down the works and build fresh, and buy some new machinery? "The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" by Robert Tressell
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What makes it build the house of life? "Philosophy of Osteopathy" by Andrew T. Still
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Someone must have the wish to build it. "A Preface to Politics" by Walter Lippmann
