freeze out

VERB

bar

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ban deny disallow discourage eliminate enjoin exclude forbid hinder limit outlaw preclude prevent refuse reject restrain rule out segregate stop suspend

STRONG

boycott circumvent condemn debar discountenance except exile frustrate interdict interfere obstruct ostracize override

WEAK

keep out shut out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept add admit advance aid allow approve assist choose continue encourage free go grant help include keep let go permit ratify release sanction welcome

STRONG

clear support

WEAK

advocate loosen open unfasten

VERB

depose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

demote dethrone dismiss impeach overthrow unseat

STRONG

bounce break can cashier chuck degrade displace downgrade eject subvert unfrock unmake upset

WEAK

boot out discrown drum out give heave-ho kick out remove from office ride out on rail run out of town send packing throw out throw out on ear uncrown

Antonyms

STRONG

allow obey promote upgrade

VERB

discharge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

expel let go let one go remove terminate

STRONG

ax bounce bump bust can eject excuse fire give one notice lay off nix oust relieve supersede supplant

WEAK

boot out disencumber displace exempt kick out let off let out lock out ride out on rail run out of town show the door unload

Antonyms

STRONGEST

employ hire

STRONG

engage keep retain

WEAK

assign delegate

Example Sentences

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A 2025 study in Foods developed a modified QuEChERS method with a freeze out step and applied it to 302 retail food samples.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Governments meddle in markets for all kinds of reasons — to prevent job losses, spur investments into a particular sector or freeze out a geopolitical rival.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2024

There are many ways to answer that, starting with Rhaenyra's choice to abruptly freeze out Alicent after her father announced he would marry her.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2022

As you lower the temperature, that same protein can freeze out and crystallize into a vast number of “ground states,” or configurations, each subtly different from the others.

From Scientific American • Oct. 7, 2021

“Come in before you freeze out there! I’ll buy you a drink!”

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

freeze out

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