Keep and Shoot

Opposite meaning words

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

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Shoot is an antonym for keep.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Shoot verb - To cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force.

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Keep is an antonym for shoot in discharge a projectile topic.

Nearby Words: shooting, shooter, shooed

old	old keep	old shoot
good	good keep	good shoot
full	full keep	full shoot
normal	normal keep	normal shoot
Other adjectives: typical, short, complete, single, small, actual, big, great, huge, few, worst, nearby, creepy.

man	keep man	shoot man
people	keep people	shoot people
children	keep children	shoot children
someone	keep someone	shoot someone
Other words: time, way, money, anyone, everyone, weapons, enemies.

Less justified than it sounds though in the fourth: if they catch up to you and you keep running instead of letting them arrest you, you'll get another star and they'll shoot you in the back.

Source: Stop, or I Will Shoot!
In Ayashi no Ceres, Aya Mikage's father is forced by her grandfather to shoot her to keep the family safe from the curse.

Source: Shoot Your Mate
The preferred way for many fire departments to deal with acetylene tanks (and some other compressed gas cylinders) in a fire is in fact to shoot them to keep them from exploding.

Source: Shoot the Fuel Tank

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