Direct and Yield

Opposite meaning words

Direct verb - To cause to move to a central point or along a restricted pathway.

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Yield is an antonym for direct in manage topic.

Yield verb - To give up and cease resistance (as to a liking, temptation, or habit).

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Direct is an antonym for yield.

Nearby Words: yielding, yielded

energy	direct energy	yield energy
power	direct power	yield power
someone	direct someone	yield someone
time	direct time	yield time
Other words: game, car, lines, powers, conversations.

Trafalgar Law, King Riku, Kyros, and Rebecca in the Dressrosa arc all have much more direct axes to grind with Doflamingo than Luffy does, but all ultimately yield to him the duty of actually taking him out.

Source: Supporting Protagonist
Stating you would prefer to sneak into a heavily guarded fortress will give you a character more oriented towards stealth related builds, while saying you would rush in with weapons drawn would yield a character better suited to direct combat.

Source: Player Personality Quiz
The nukes in the Command & Conquer: Red Alert Series always were relatively weak for nukes, but those in the first Red Alert game are the worst of the bunch, having barely enough yield to take out a pair of power plants and being unable to even completely destroy a Medium Tank with a direct hit.

Source: Slap-on-the-Wrist Nuke

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