Assist and Short-circuit

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Assist verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Short-circuit is an antonym for assist.

Short-circuit verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.

Usage example: for decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds

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Assist is an antonym for short-circuit.

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Short-circuit and Assist. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/assist/short-circuit

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