All gunned antonyms

verb gunned

• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• decelerate — When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• dodge — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• disperse — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
• shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• back out — If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• lose — 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.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• leave — to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
• distribute — to divide and give out in shares; deal out; allot.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• quit — to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• pass up — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• praise — the act of expressing approval or admiration; commendation; laudation.
• forget — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
• approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• take — 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.