Abandoned and Commenced

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Abandoned adjective - Left unoccupied or unused.

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Commenced and abandoned are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Commenced" instead a verb "Abandoned".

Nearby Words: abandon, abandonment, abandoning

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Abandoned and commenced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Abandoned" instead a verb "Commenced".

Nearby Words: commencement, commencing

The abandoned mall remained abandoned for over thirty more years until demolition commenced in 2012.

Source: Film / The Blues Brothers
In 1739, Walpole abandoned all efforts to stop the conflict, and commenced the War Of Jenkins Ear (so called because Robert Jenkins, an English mariner, claimed that a Spaniard inspecting his vessel had severed his ear).

Source: Useful Notes / Robert Walpole

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Commenced and Abandoned. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/abandoned/commenced

Abandoned & Commenced. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/abandoned/commenced>.

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