Promote and Repress

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Promote

Promote verb - To help the growth or development of.
Usage example: a campaign promoting good dental hygiene
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Repress is an antonym for promote in help topic.
Nearby Words: promotion, promoter, promoting, promo, promotional

Repress

Repress verb - To put a stop to (something) by the use of force.
Usage example: quickly repressed the rebellion in the provincial city and restored order
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Antonyms for Repress
Promote is an antonym for repress.
Nearby Words: repression, repressive, repressing
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Common collocations

religion promote religion repress religion
people promote people repress people
idea promote idea repress idea
interest promote interest repress interest
Other words: way.
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