Encourage and Kill

Opposite meaning words

Encourage verb - To fill with courage or strength of purpose.

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Kill is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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Encourage is an antonym for kill in cancel topic.

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

person	encourage person	kill person
friend	encourage friend	kill friend
character	encourage character	kill character
people	encourage people	kill people
Other words: men, children, someone, way, characters, anyone, opponent, player, enemy, everyone, son, humans, friends, members.

The ultimate goal of the Dark in earlier editions of Nobilis was to encourage humanity to kill itself.

Source: Kill All Humans
They cannot do much directly against their enemies' worshipers, but can encourage their worshipers to kill them.

Source: Video Game / Fall from Heaven
You Bastard: It is currently ambiguous if this is an aversion or not, given that the developers encourage players to kill people in the game.

Source: Video Game / Hatred

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