Create and Operate

Opposite meaning words

Create verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).

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Operate is an antonym for create.

Operate verb - To control the mechanical operation of.

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Create is an antonym for operate in perform topic.

device	create device	operate device
body	create body	operate body
system	create system	operate system
team	create team	operate team
Other words: way, technology, machine, weapon, version, objects, weapons, machines.

The villains in the Callahan's Crosstime Saloon video game create and operate entire universes as scientific experiments, including ours.

Source: Just For Fun / Abusing the Kardashev Scale for Fun and Profit
Amalgam has create the world's first personal AS, miniaturized enough so they operate as deadly anti-personal units.

Source: Light Novel / Full Metal Panic!
The Devil Gundam from Mobile Fighter G Gundam was created to operate at it's strongest if a being that has the power to create life is its core.

Source: Powered by a Forsaken Child

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