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Verbs (8)

v. come into existence; "What becomes has duration"

v. enhance the appearance of; "Mourning becomes Electra"; "This behavior doesn't suit you!"

v. undergo a change or development; "The water turned into ice"; "Her former friend became her worst enemy"; "He turned traitor"

become, go, get

v. enter or assume a certain state or condition; "He became annoyed when he heard the bad news"; "It must be getting more serious"; "her face went red with anger"; "She went into ecstasy"; "Get going!"

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Fuzzynyms (10)

enhance

v. make better or more attractive; "This sauce will enhance the flavor of the meat"

flatter, blandish

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

fit

v. make fit; "fit a dress"; "He fitted other pieces of paper to his cut-out"

augment

v. enlarge or increase; "The recent speech of the president augmented tensions in the Near East"

reinforce, reenforce

v. make stronger; "he reinforced the concrete"

strengthen, beef up, fortify

v. make strong or stronger; "This exercise will strengthen your upper body"; "strengthen the relations between the two countries"

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Antonyms (12)

fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recede

v. retreat

regress, retrograde, retrogress

v. get worse or fall back to a previous condition

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

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