Encourage and Interrupt

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Encourage

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.
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Antonyms for Encourage
Interrupt is an antonym for encourage.
Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Interrupt

Interrupt verb - To cause a disruption in a conversation or discussion.
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Synonyms for Interrupt
Antonyms for Interrupt
Encourage is an antonym for interrupt in bother topic.
Nearby Words: interruption, interrupted, interrupting, interrupter
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Common collocations

work encourage work interrupt work
play encourage play interrupt play
people encourage people interrupt people
someone encourage someone interrupt someone
Other words: way, heroes.

Both words in one sentence

  • Talking Is a Free Action During the Hakuou Gakuin marathon, Nagi is getting cold feet, so Hayate gives her a Dare to Be Badass speech to encourage her — only for the starter to interrupt them to tell them that the race had started in the interim.
    Source: Talking Is a Free Action
  • Planetary Parasite: Moloch, who would much prefer to be rid of the pesky civilizations that might interrupt his feast (curiously, he's more a symbiote to most nonsentient life, his powers encourage growth).
    Source: Video Game / That Which Sleeps
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Antonyms for encourage


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