Begin and Exterminate

Begin

Begin verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: she began walking to work for exercise

Exterminate is an antonym for begin.

Nearby Word: beginning

Exterminate

Exterminate verb - To destroy all traces of.

Begin is an antonym for exterminate.

Common collocations

life begin life exterminate life
race begin race exterminate race
system begin system exterminate system
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