COMMANDEER (←): claim, enslave, invade, requisition, wrench (≠ pledge, sacrifice, withdraw) #DailyVerb #verbalize

MASTERMIND (→): captain, design, handle, negotiate, outthink (≠ bomb, jumble, ruin) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

CUSHION (+): diminish, gentle, lessen, modulate, suppress (≠ boost, maximize, shock) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

TERRORIZE (/): blindside, dismay, jeopardize, plague, shock (≠ comfort, help, sedate) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

STUN (/): amaze, disconcert, galvanize, perplex, stupefy (≠ compose, hush, stabilize) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

ACCOST (→): approach, confront, flag, inveigle, strike (≠ befriend, protect, support) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

TOAST (+): approve, esteem, glorify, idealize, salute (≠ blame, denounce, rebuke) #DailyVerb #verbalize #amwriting

THROTTLE (/): burke, dampen, garrote, quiet, suppress (≠ encourage, loose, restore) #DailyVerb #verbalize

WOW (→): astonish, confound, fascinate, kill, stagger (≠ dampen, explain, sedate) #DailyVerb #verbalize

BULLDOZE (/): annihilate, desolate, flatten, obliterate, vaporize (≠ build, maintain, sideswipe) #DailyVerb #verbalize

MOBILIZE (→): actuate, corral, group, motivate, ready (≠ detain, hold, short-circuit) #DailyVerb #verbalize

AMPUTATE (/): axe, decapitate, guillotine, maul, slash (≠ fuse, merge, stitch) #DailyVerb #verbalize

FINE-TUNE (+): align, edit, reconceptualize, remodel, square (≠ damage, hinder, scar) #DailyVerb #verbalize

VANDALIZE (/): annihilate, disfigure, ransack, slash, total (≠ conserve, rectify, wall) #DailyVerb #verbalize

SHEPHERD (+): advise, detect, herd, nanny, squire (≠ abuse, forgo, -neglect) #DailyVerb #verbalize

AMBUSH (→): accost, bushwhack, endanger, hunt, surprise (≠ confront, intimidate, warn) #DailyVerb #verbalize

COMMANDEER (←): bootleg, draft, liberate, repossess, trespass (≠ pass, return, yield) #DailyVerb #verbalize