Abandon and Scour

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Abandon verb - To give (oneself) over to something especially unrestrainedly.

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Scour is an antonym for abandon.

Scour verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

Usage example: the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic

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Abandon is an antonym for scour.

Nearby Words: scoured, scouring, scourer

life	abandon life	scour life
system	abandon system	scour system
house	abandon house	scour house
earth	abandon earth	scour earth
Other words: world, country, game, planet, city.

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