Keep and Launching

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Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.

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Launching is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Launching noun - The act of propelling with force.

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Keep is an antonym for launching in topics: begin, send off.

Nearby Words: launch, launched, launcher, launchable

Killing a zombie in Half-Life 2 by launching a sawblade at the torso with the gravity gun sometimes doesn't kill it: the zombie's upper torso will keep coming after the target.

Source: Who Needs Their Whole Body?
This results in the two girls launching themselves at each other across the conference table with our heroes desperately trying to keep them apart.

Source: Series / The Crazy Ones
An expert in martial arts, Cato spends nearly all his time launching sneak attacks on his master, in order to keep him prepared for a real attack.

Source: Battle Butler

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