Bring and Refuse

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Bring verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Refuse is an antonym for bring in topics: cause, transport or accompany, command a price, file charges in court.

Nearby Word: bringing

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

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Bring is an antonym for refuse.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

person	bring person	refuse person
girl	bring girl	refuse girl
life	bring life	refuse life
people	bring people	refuse people
Other words: order, time, money, food, head, mother, father, war, weapons.

Justified as it's implied that a large proportion of the population are illegal immigrants who refuse to bring attention on themselves, as well as being cowed into non-activity by the men running the Chinese gambling dens.

Source: Film / Premium Rush
They bring her back to the Moonlight Lounge and Vince orders them to shoot her - but they refuse, because "We can't waste a nun." Christianity Is Catholic: Justified; how many people know that the Anglicans and Orthodox, among others, have nuns?

Source: Film / Sister Act
The monsters who initially try to fight you are easily won over by kindness, and even the ones determined to kill you and use your soul to free themselves from their imprisonment underground can't bring themselves to harm you if you refuse to fight back.

Source: Humans Are The Real Monsters / Video Games

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