Accelerate and Stem

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Accelerate verb - To become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number.

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Stem is an antonym for accelerate.

Stem verb - Remove the stem from.

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Accelerate is an antonym for stem.

progress	accelerate progress	stem progress
people	accelerate people	stem people
matter	accelerate matter	stem matter
time	accelerate time	stem time
Other words: fact, flow, descent, research, damage, less, war.

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