Antonyms for build upbuild up

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1. build up

   Antonyms:
   annihilate, banish, destroy, eradicate, expel, exterminate, extirpate, overthrow, remove, root out, uproot, wipe out

   Synonyms:
   augment, beget, breed, cherish, colonize, develop, foster, increase, plant, populate, propagate, replenish, settle

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1. • Develop
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1. build upverb

   enlarge, develop, or increase by degrees or in stages

   "build up your savings"

   Synonyms:
   progress, develop, fortify, build, ramp up, arm, work up, gird

2. build up, work up, build, progressverb

   form or accumulate steadily

   "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"

   Synonyms:
   work out, fortify, get up, progress, come on, construct, go on, arm, build, come along, develop, move on, shape up, pass on, march on, get along, advance, establish, gird, ramp up, get on, make, work up

3. arm, build up, fortify, girdverb

   prepare oneself for a military confrontation

   "The U.S. is girding for a conflict in the Middle East"; "troops are building up on the Iraqi border"

   Synonyms:
   progress, lace, develop, fortify, encircle, girdle, fort, build, ramp up, beef up, spike, arm, work up, strengthen, gird

4. build up, work up, build, ramp upverb

   bolster or strengthen

   "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"

   Synonyms:
   progress, develop, construct, make, fortify, get up, establish, build, ramp up, arm, work up, work out, gird

5. build up, developverb

   change the use of and make available or usable

   "develop land"; "The country developed its natural resources"; "The remote areas of the country were gradually built up"

   Synonyms:
   rise, fortify, grow, educate, produce, progress, modernize, spring up, modernise, explicate, make grow, arm, acquire, evolve, build, germinate, develop, break, train, uprise, get, originate, gird, ramp up, recrudesce, formulate, arise, work up, prepare

How to use build up in a sentence?

1. Jung Soon-kyun:

   Going through the MERS outbreak, the district government learned to build up an infectious disease response manual and store the necessary equipment, we are trying to respect infectious disease response manuals which prioritize early detection and testing.

2. Adriane Casalotti:

   You're not just starting from where you were 2 ½ years ago, there's actually a higher mountain to climb, but places that were able to build up some of their systems can adapt them to allow for more real-time understanding of public health challenges.

3. Harrison Maurus:

   I’ve heard of Wes Barnett, I think I may have met him, but I was not aware it had been that long, i adjusted my technique in the snatch in the build-up to these championships, which made a difference, and it was always in the back of my mind that I could win a medal here.

4. Dirk Engels:

   So for diseases like elephantiasis, Guinea worm disease, schistosomiasis, the intestinal worms and trachoma, you can regularly treat people with safe, single dose drugs and then they never actually build up a worm load that could cause them problems.

5. Frank Heinricht:

   Customers are ordering only to the extent that they actually build up their own production capacities, we seek reassurance that orders are not placed to build early reserves, so that all firms that really need (vials) for filling can be served.

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