Negate and Stop

Negate

Negate verb - To declare not to be true.

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Stop and negate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stop" instead a verb "Negate".

Nearby Words: negative, negation, negating, negatory, negator

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Negate and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Negate" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

attack	negate attack	stop attack
attempt	negate attempt	stop attempt
death	negate death	stop death
destruction	negate destruction	stop destruction
Other words: bomb, time, curse, weapon, enemy, attempts.

It was extremely powerful in Infernity where the player could negate anything the opponent threw out to stop Trishula's effect combined with their perfectly placed engine to summon Trishula.

Source: Game Breaker / Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game
Or better still, re-wind time to stop it happening in the first place (perhaps that would be deemed interfering with free will however, since it would negate Grace's choices).

Source: Film / Bruce Almighty
Zig-zagged in Dragon's Dogma where you have some special falling attacks which will completely negate fall damage, but you also have moves that explicitly stop your momentum in the air... but do not change your fall damage at all.

Source: Hit the Ground Harder

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