Continue and Downed

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Continue verb - To remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state.

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Downed is an antonym for continue.

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Continue is an antonym for downed in topics: calm, hinder, pause, jump on and grab.

Nearby Words: down, downing

Kick Them While They Are Down: Certain attacks known as Take Downs will floor opponents and flip them onto their backs, allowing the attacker to continue thumping the downed fighter.

Source: Video Game / Weaponlord
Dawn of War: Units will continue to shoot at knocked-down units in range, but will engage in melee if specifically ordered to attack a downed target.

Source: Kick Them While They Are Down
They even continue to blink while downed.

Source: Video Game / Spiral Knights

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