Build and Dropping

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Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

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Dropping is an antonym for build.

Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

Dropping noun - The act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to.

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Build is an antonym for dropping in fall topic.

Nearby Words: drop, dropped, dropper

If one neglects to build sizable air defenses, by the time a Kirov starts dropping bombs, it's already too late.

Source: Demonic Spiders / Real-Time Strategy
She can build a stun device capable of dropping an entire building of armed agents with ten minutes and office equipment.

Source: Series / Alphas
For example during the testing of a piano dropping through the roof of a house into a basement, The Build Team was looking through a house already slated for demolition and Kari closes the bathroom's medicine cabinet to reveal Tory holding an axe behind her, cue her releasing an over-the-top scream.

Source: Series / MythBusters

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