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Grammar : Verb

  • accelerate
  • advance
  • agitate
  • aid
  • allow
  • approve
  • assist
  • develop
  • do
  • enact
  • encourage
  • enforce
  • enlarge
  • establish
  • excite
  • expand
  • expedite
  • extend
  • facilitate
  • forward
  • further
  • grow
  • help
  • increase
  • institute
  • keep
  • legalize
  • lengthen
  • liberate
  • permit
  • prolong
  • push
  • raise
  • ratify
  • release
  • sanction
  • strengthen
  • support
  • uphold
  • validate

Definition of backwatered

  • As in rescind : verb declare null and void
  • As in slow : verb delay, restrict

Synonyms for backwatered

  • abate
  • abolish
  • abrogate
  • anchor it
  • annul
  • back out of
  • back-water
  • backpedal
  • backwater
  • bog down
  • brake
  • call off
  • cancel
  • check
  • choke
  • countermand
  • crawl out of
  • curb
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • decelerate
  • decrease
  • detain
  • diminish
  • dismantle
  • ease off
  • ease up
  • embog
  • forget
  • handicap
  • hinder
  • hit the brakes
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • impede
  • invalidate
  • keep waiting
  • lag
  • lessen
  • let down flaps
  • lift
  • loiter
  • lose speed
  • lose steam
  • mire
  • moderate
  • nix
  • overturn
  • postpone
  • procrastinate
  • pull the plug
  • qualify
  • quash
  • quiet
  • recall
  • reduce
  • reduce speed
  • reef
  • regulate
  • rein in
  • relax
  • remove
  • renege
  • repeal
  • retard
  • retardate
  • retract
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • scrub
  • set aside
  • set back
  • slacken
  • stall
  • stunt
  • temper
  • void
  • wangle out
  • weasel out
  • wind down
  • X-out
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