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All establish antonyms

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verb establish

  • close down β€” to cease or cause to cease operations
  • disprove β€” to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
  • destroy β€” To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • end β€” Come or bring to a final point; finish.
  • prevent β€” to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
  • remove β€” to move from a place or position; take away or off: to remove the napkins from the table.
  • ruin β€” ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • stop β€” to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
  • take β€” to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • cease β€” If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
  • change β€” If there is a change in something, it becomes different.
  • disarrange β€” to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
  • dislodge β€” to remove or force out of a particular place: to dislodge a stone with one's foot.
  • disorder β€” lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
  • disorganize β€” to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
  • displace β€” to compel (a person or persons) to leave home, country, etc.
  • forget β€” to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
  • let go β€” to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • loose β€” free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
  • loosen β€” to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
  • lose β€” to come to be without (something in one's possession or care), through accident, theft, etc., so that there is little or no prospect of recovery: I'm sure I've merely misplaced my hat, not lost it.
  • neglect β€” to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • refuse β€” to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
  • unfasten β€” to release from or as from fastenings; detach.
  • unfix β€” to render no longer fixed; unfasten; detach; loosen; free.
  • unsettle β€” to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
  • confuse β€” If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
  • disestablish β€” to deprive of the character of being established; cancel; abolish.
  • invalidate β€” to render invalid; discredit.
  • deny β€” When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • disallow β€” to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
  • fail β€” to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
  • renounce β€” to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • veto β€” the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
  • contradict β€” If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
  • discredit β€” to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
  • miss β€” to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
  • reject β€” to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
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