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Antonyms: defeat, destruction, disappointment, disaster, failure, frustration, miscarriage, overthrow, retreat, rout.
From Public Speaking by Stratton, Clarence
Author of "The Etiquette of To-day," and "Synonyms and Antonyms."
From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.
Crabbe's English Synonyms and Fernald's Synonyms and Antonyms are good books of reference for this purpose.
From Practical Grammar and Composition by Wood, Thomas
Antonyms are words opposite in meaning; but the opposition, for the same reasons as the likeness, is seldom or never absolute.
From The Century Vocabulary Builder by Bachelor, Joseph M. (Joseph Morris)
Fallows’ 100,000 Synonyms and Antonyms and Roget’s Thesaurus of Words and Phrases will prove invaluable to those who wish to improve themselves in this respect.
From Threads of Grey and Gold by Reed, Myrtle
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