Facilitate and Increase

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Facilitate

Facilitate verb - To free from obstruction or difficulty.
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Increase is an antonym for facilitate in enhance topic.
Nearby Words: facilitator, facilitation, facilitating

Increase

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.
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Facilitate is an antonym for increase in decrease topic.
Nearby Words: increased, increasing, increment, increasingly, incremental
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Common collocations

number facilitate number increase number
production facilitate production increase production

Both words in one sentence

  • Hypothermia induced flat-lining is also a procedure performed by brain surgeons to increase the amount of time the patient's brain can go deprived of oxygen to facilitate the surgery.
    Source: Flatline Plotline
  • Fashionable Asymmetry The left, or shield, side is heavier (more armour plates, bigger pauldron) to facilitate defense, and the right is lighter to increase mobility and make attacking easier but has a heavier gauntlet since the forearm would be vulnerable while striking.
    Source: Fashionable Asymmetry
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