Abandon and Tended

Abandon

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

Tended is an antonym for abandon.

Nearby Words: abandoned, abandonment, abandoning

Tended

Definitions of Abandon not found.

Abandon is an antonym for tended in topics: care for, be apt.

Nearby Word: tending

Both words in one sentence

  • He's tended to by his shipmates and a sheleter is built for him in the lifeboat after the passengers and crew are forced to abandon the ship in a violent storm.
  • Film / Heaven's Gate Cimino tended to abandon generic verisimilitude in favour of being "accurate", in turn ignoring a lot of things that people expect (or want) to see in a western.
  • The Neidermeyer This tended to backfire in the Air services because the more experienced enlisted pilots would simply abandon officers that they didn't like; actual fragging was normally unnecessary since being alone in a dogfight usually meant you were dead meat.
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