Cancel and Start

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Cancel

Cancel verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).
Usage example: please call to cancel your appointment with the dentist if you can't make it
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Start is an antonym for cancel in erase topic.
Nearby Words: canceled, cancellation, canceling, cancelling, cancelled

Start

Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).
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Cancel is an antonym for start.
Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup
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Common collocations

project cancel project start project
attack cancel attack start attack
job cancel job start job
race cancel race start race
Other words: company, turn, series, show, time, game, fight, invasion, mission, war, wars.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Alien: Isolation Cutscene Incompetence: All the minigame-based actions (using auxiliary systems, cutting/hacking things, etc.) take several seconds to start and one second to cancel.
    Source: Video Game / Alien: Isolation
  • Literature / Full Tilt There's no exit, but the mirrors start to cancel out as you approach the end—you need to accept temporary mutilation to escape.
    Source: Literature / Full Tilt
  • His standing L is also another reason why people consider him to be cheap: it's a ridiculously quick sword poke with tons of range that can also cancel into itself and used to start his combos and thus any character without projectiles has great difficulty approaching him.
    Source: Game Breaker / Fighting Games
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