Encourage and Strangle

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

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Strangle is an antonym for encourage.

Nearby Words: encouragement, encouraging

Strangle verb - To be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air.

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Encourage is an antonym for strangle.

Nearby Words: strangling, stranglehold

person	encourage person	strangle person
people	encourage people	strangle people
someone	encourage someone	strangle someone
way	encourage way	strangle way
Other words: thinking, anyone, opponent, daughter, friends, heroes.

Jerkass: Both Redferns turn out to be murdering, cold-hearted douchebags who will strangle people and encourage others to commit suicide.

Source: Literature / Evil Under the Sun

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