Increase and Shipwreck

Opposite meaning words

Increase verb - To make greater in size, amount, or number.

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Shipwreck is an antonym for increase.

Shipwreck verb - To cause irreparable damage to (a ship) by running aground or sinking.

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Increase is an antonym for shipwreck in topics: sink, fall in, conquer in military manner.

Nearby Word: shipwrecked

After seeing Vimes throw the anchor and the ship's boats overboard to increase their speed and being told "to put on the brakes" to stop an imminent shipwreck on a lee shore, the captain is driven to use the word "landlubber" in legitimate anger for the first time in his life.

Source: Talk Like a Pirate

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