Becalm and Work up

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Becalm verb - To free from distress or disturbance.

Usage example: becalmed at last, she slept soundly for the first time in weeks

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Work up is an antonym for becalm.

Work up verb - To produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort.

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Becalm is an antonym for work up.

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Work up and Becalm. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/becalm/work_up

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