Help and Punish

Opposite meaning words

Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Punish is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Punish verb - To inflict a penalty on for a fault or crime.

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Help is an antonym for punish in penalize for wrongdoing topic.

friend	help friend	punish friend
humanity	help humanity	punish humanity
man	help man	punish man
people	help people	punish people
Other words: children, family, someone, world, mother, anyone, everyone, humans, players, heroes.

She's not even sure if she was trying to help or punish him — and that spell has never been cast a second time.

Source: Fan Fic / Triptych Continuum
When his superior Imperius tried to punish him for it, Tyrael finally had enough and tore off his own wings so he could help Sanctuary as a mortal.

Source: Screw The Rules Im Doing Whats Right / Video Games
With some help of Nube, they punish some bad guys who were blackmailing the old lady, and the bath house recovered its popularity even after the house baths were back to normal.

Source: Public Bathhouse Scene

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