Increase and Take

Opposite meaning words

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

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Take is an antonym for increase.

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

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Increase is an antonym for take in subtract topic.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

direct	direct increase	direct take
actual	actual increase	actual take
massive	massive increase	massive take
large	large increase	large take
Other adjectives: big, huge, little, new, major, dramatic, strange.

power	increase power	take power
amount	increase amount	take amount
chance	increase chance	take chance
effect	increase effect	take effect
Other words: time, level, money, damage.

However, as they take more and more damage, their implants are forced to increase in power, until they can take no more, and the Collector's body is disintegrated.

Source: Deadly Upgrade
You can occasionally take in nomadic families, which will briefly increase your people's diversity in partner choices, but these events are rare and you aren't required to take them.

Source: Video Game / Banished
Xanatos Speed Chess: As Kumoko's precognition and concentration powers increase, battles increasingly take on this flavor because she usually can't afford to take even a single hit.

Source: Light Novel / Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka?

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