Afflict and Help

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Afflict

Afflict verb - To cause persistent suffering to.
Usage example: he's been afflicted by nightmares ever since the accident
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Help is an antonym for afflict in cause or become hurt topic.
Nearby Words: affliction, afflictive, afflicting

Help

Help verb - To provide with something useful or desirable.
Usage example: being independently wealthy certainly helped him during his years as a struggling young artist
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Antonyms for Help
Afflict is an antonym for help.
Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping
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Common collocations

humanity afflict humanity help humanity
party afflict party help party
people afflict people help people
characters afflict characters help characters
Other words: world, country, side, anyone, town, everyone, victims.
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