Help and Slow down

Opposite meaning terms

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

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Slow down is an antonym for help.

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

Slow down verb - Lose velocity; move more slowly.

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Help is an antonym for slow down in topics: bother, hold, check, stick, obstruct.

The girl stops to help several animals and a mill, and they in turn gratefully slow down the witch for her.

Source: Dudley Do-Right Stops to Help
Also shown in a cutscene where he, with the help of Joule, manages to use his power to slow down a falling uncontrollable airship.

Source: Video Game / Azure Striker Gunvolt
It's Up to You: Don't count on your allies to do more than just slow down and distract the Roman Legionaries without your help.

Source: Video Game / Spartan: Total Warrior

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