ANT: Squash, disparage, lash, chastise, blast.

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KEY: Pugnacious.

SYN: Quarrelsome, bellicose, contentious.

ANT: Peaceable, conciliatory, suavity.

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KEY: Pull.

SYN: Draw, drag, adduce, extract, tug, haul, pluck.

ANT: Push, eject, extrude, propel.

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