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accelerate

[ak-sel-uh-reyt] / ækˈsɛl əˌreɪt /
VERB
increase speed, timing
Synonyms
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advance expedite further hasten open up quicken spur step up stimulate
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drive dust forward gun hurry impel precipitate railroad rev roll tool
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fire up hammer on lay a patch lay rubber make tracks nail it peel rubber put on afterburners put pedal to metal rev up speed up step on the gas
Antonyms
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block cease check delay discourage halt hinder slow stop
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dissuade repress wait
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decelerate defer impede postpone retard slow down

Example Sentences

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According to the World Health Organization, climate change -- through increased rainfall, temperatures and humidity -- can in some cases accelerate malaria transmission by enabling mosquitoes to breed faster.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

It also plans to modernize its technology strategy and accelerate profitable growth as a separate public company.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It evolves as athletes accelerate, reach top speed, and begin to fatigue.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2026

Locally, it is hoped this will help accelerate the innovation and commercialisation of cutting-edge space technologies across Norfolk and Suffolk.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

Thus, when you accelerate an object—when you subject it to any force, be it gravity or be it the push of a gigantic cosmic elephant—you change its motion through space and through time: through space-time.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife