REKINDLES Antonyms

• suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

• make moist

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

• check; keep in check (a fire)

• lessen in force or effect

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

• cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

• make vapid or deprive of spirit

• lessen the momentum or velocity of

• become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

• convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

• put out, as of a candle or a light

• wet thoroughly

• dip into a liquid

• immerse briefly into a liquid so as to wet, coat, or saturate

• lower quickly

• slacken

• cover with liquid; pour liquid onto

• become ground down or deteriorate

• remove soil or rock

• extinguish by crushing

• put an end to; kill

• put out, as of fires, flames, or lights

• terminate, end, or take out

• kill in large numbers

• the act of terminating a life

• the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile

• the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal

• cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

• thwart the passage of

• end or extinguish by forceful means

• be fatal

• be the source of great pain for

• overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration

• hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games

• hit with great force

• deprive of life

• cause the death of, without intention

• drink down entirely

• mark for deletion, rub off, or erase

• tire out completely

• cause to cease operating

• destroy a vitally essential quality of or in

• characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity

• free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound

• (of the sun) characterized by a low level of surface phenomena, such as sunspots

• a period of calm weather

• an untroubled state; free from disturbances

• the absence of sound

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly')

• not showy or obtrusive

• in a softened tone

• (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves

• become quiet or quieter

• make calm or still

• a confused multitude of things

• a stifling cloud of smoke

• envelop completely

• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

• suppress in order to conceal or hide

• form an impenetrable cover over

• deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

• bring under control by force or authority

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• put out of one's consciousness

• lessen to the point of stopping