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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