SYN: Excessive, unwarrantable, unjustifiable, wanton, flagrant, nefarious, atrocious, violent.
ANT: Moderate, justifiable, reasonable.
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KEY: Outset.
SYN: Opening, start, commencement, exordium, beginning, inauguration, preface.
ANT: Close, termination, conclusion, peroration.
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KEY: Outshine.
SYN: Surpass, eclipse, overshadow.
ANT: Foil, relieve, back.