Break and Gentrify

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Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.

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Gentrify is an antonym for break.

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Gentrify verb - Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations.

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Break is an antonym for gentrify in topics: renew, refurbish.

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