Becalm and Foment

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Becalm verb - To free from distress or disturbance.

Usage example: becalmed at last, she slept soundly for the first time in weeks

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Foment is an antonym for becalm.

Foment verb - To bring (something volatile or intense) into being.

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Becalm is an antonym for foment.

Nearby Words: fomentation, fomenting

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Foment and Becalm. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/becalm/foment

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