Cancel and Increase

Cancel

Cancel verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).

Increase and cancel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Increase" instead a verb "Cancel".

Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

Cancel and increase are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cancel" instead a verb "Increase".

Common collocations

power cancel power increase power
performance cancel performance increase performance
attack cancel attack increase attack
effect cancel effect increase effect
Other words: time, damage, powers.

Both words in one sentence

  • Yin-Yang Bomb Shallan briefly hopes that they'll just cancel each other out, but Pattern warns her that they will feed off each other and increase in power.
    Source: Yin-Yang Bomb
  • Bullet Hell This is especially prevalent in games that allow you to cancel bullets (without using a Smart Bomb), as canceling bullets gives you some form of points (combo increase in DoDonPachi DaiFukkatsu Black Label, bullets turning into gems in Mushihime Sama Futari).
    Source: Bullet Hell
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