KEEL Synonyms

• murder; especially of socially prominent persons

• destroy or damage seriously, as of someone's reputation

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• an unexpected piece of good luck

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• the act of breaking something

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• the occurrence of breaking

• an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

• the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

• (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a sudden dash

• any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

• an escape from jail

• terminate or end

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• render inoperable or ineffective

• ruin completely

• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• move away or escape suddenly

• scatter or part

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• prevent completion

• enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

• make submissive, obedient, or useful

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• surpass in excellence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• come into being

• stop operating or functioning

• interrupt a continued activity

• make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

• curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

• lessen in force or effect

• be broken in

• come to an end

• vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

• cause to give up a habit

• give up

• come forth or begin from a state of latency

• happen or take place

• cause the failure or ruin of

• invalidate by judicial action

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• reduce to bankruptcy

• change directions suddenly

• emerge from the surface of a body of water

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• do a break dance

• exchange for smaller units of money

• destroy the completeness of a set of related items

• make the opening shot that scatters the balls

• separate from a clinch, in boxing

• go to pieces

• break a piece from a whole

• become punctured or penetrated

• pierce or penetrate

• be released or become known; of news

• cease an action temporarily

• interrupt the flow of current in

• undergo breaking

• find a flaw in

• find the solution or key to

• change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

• happen

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• crack; of the male voice in puberty

• fall sharply

• fracture a bone of

• diminish or discontinue abruptly

• weaken or destroy in spirit or body

• pitching dangerously to one side

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• move sideways or in an unsteady way

• remove from active military status or reassign

• make inactive

• make unable to perform a certain action

• injure permanently

• an official report (usually sent in haste)

• the act of sending off something

• the property of being prompt and efficient

• killing a person or animal

• send away towards a designated goal

• complete or carry out

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

• kill without delay

• a heat engine in which combustion occurs inside the engine rather than in a separate furnace; heat expands a gas that either moves a piston or turns a gas turbine

• water frozen in the solid state

• the frozen part of a body of water

• diamonds

• a flavored sugar topping used to coat and decorate cakes

• a frozen dessert with fruit flavoring (especially one containing no milk)

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant

• a rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating

• decorate with frosting

• cause to become ice or icy

• put ice on or put on ice

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• eliminate by paying off (debts)

• convert into cash

• settle the affairs of by determining the debts and applying the assets to pay them off

• an unsteady uneven gait

• a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage)

• abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance)

• the act of moving forward suddenly

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• move abruptly

• move slowly and unsteadily

• loiter about, with no apparent aim

• defeat by a lurch

• a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

• music composed for dancing a reel

• winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod

• a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

• a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps

• an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• wind onto or off a reel

• the killing of animals (as for food)

• a sound defeat

• the savage and excessive killing of many people

• kill (animals) usually for food consumption

• kill a large number of people indiscriminately

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• to succeed greatly

• an unsteady uneven gait

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• walk with great difficulty

• to arrange in a systematic order

• astound or overwhelm, as with shock

• valuable goods

• goods or money obtained illegally

• a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman

• droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• sway heavily or unsteadily

• situated at the top or highest position

• the upper part of anything

• the highest or uppermost side of anything

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the greatest possible intensity

• platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

• a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

• covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)

• a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips

• a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance

• be superior or better than some standard

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point

• be ahead of others; be the first

• provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)

• reach or ascend the top of

• strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin

• cut the top off

• be the culminating event

• finish up or conclude

• the sound made by a sharp swift blow

• the act of hitting vigorously

• strike hard

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing

• cut the price of

• take by theft

• write quickly

• stop pursuing or acting