Check and Restart

Check

Check verb - To be in agreement on every point.

Restart is an antonym for check.

Restart

Restart verb - To begin again or return to after an interruption.
Usage example: after being shut down for three years, the power plant will restart operations this week

Check is an antonym for restart.

Nearby Words: restarting, restarted

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / The Matrix: Path of Neo Death Is a Slap on the Wrist: When you die, if you haven't found a check-point, you have to restart all over again.
  • Video Game / The 3rd Birthday Check Point: Used in two ways— in save stations mid-mission where you can also buy/customize weapons, change armor, and customize DNA; and in checkpoints mid-level where you can restart if you die.
  • Video Game / Fire Emblem Fates Check Point Starvation: There is no option to save between Revelation chapters 16 and 17, so if the player is defeated or a unit is killed in chapter 17 and the game is reset, the player will be forced to restart at the beginning of 16.
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