KEY: Operate.

SYN: Act, work, produce, effect, produce an effect, have effect.

ANT: Cease, rest, fail, misoperate.

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KEY: Operation.

SYN: Agency, action, exercise, production, influence, performance.

ANT: Cessation, inaction, rest, inoperativeness, inefficacy, inefficiency, misoperation.

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KEY: Operative.

SYN: Active, efficacious, serviceable, binding.