Abandon and Reverse

Abandon

Abandon verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).

Usage example: the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch

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Reverse and abandon are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reverse" instead a verb "Abandon".

Reverse verb - To change (as an opinion) to the contrary.

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Abandon and reverse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abandon" instead a verb "Reverse".

complete	complete abandon	complete reverse
new	new abandon	new reverse

While the Space Pirates have been diligently reverse-engineering all of Samus' technology, enough test subjects with broken spines makes them abandon Morph Ball research, rather quickly.

Source: Video Game / Metroid Prime Trilogy
Reverse Escort Mission: After Riku takes your keyblade and Donald and Goofy abandon you in Hollow Bastion, you are left virtually unable to defend yourself.

Source: Video Game / Kingdom Hearts I
This convinces the Woody watching, who had just decided to abandon his old friends and his owner Andy to go to a museum in Japan with the rest of the roundup gang toys, to reverse his decision and take the roundup gang with them.

Source: And Knowing Is Half the Battle

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