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synonyms for watergate

  • annul
  • clamp down on
  • crack down on
  • invalidate
  • overrule
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • reverse
  • revoke
  • set aside
  • squelch
  • undo
  • vacate
  • veto
  • void
  • abrogate
  • discharge
  • dissolve
  • kill
  • negate
  • overthrow
  • vitiate
  • black out
  • bottle up
  • cork up
  • declare null and void
  • hush up
  • put damper on
  • put the lid on
  • shut down

antonyms for watergate

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  • allow
  • approve
  • do
  • enforce
  • keep
  • permit
  • sanction
  • validate
  • aid
  • assist
  • help
  • rebuild
  • start
  • support
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How to use watergate in a sentence

The mayor closing the watergate caused much vexation to the lawyers rowing by boat to Westminster, and the king had to interfere.
OLD AND NEW LONDONWALTER THORNBURY
The watergate was open, and a wild rush of men, women, and children took place down to the boats.
WITH CLIVE IN INDIAG. A. HENTY
On an outlying work commanding the watergate eight thirty-two pounders were mounted.
WITH CLIVE IN INDIAG. A. HENTY
Sandwich ends at the Barbican, the foreign-looking watergate that spans the road on the hither side of the Stour.
THE INGOLDSBY COUNTRYCHARLES G. (CHARLES GEORGE) HARPER
This was found in Watergate street about a century ago, together with a tessellated pavement.
ENGLAND, PICTURESQUE AND DESCRIPTIVEJOEL COOK
The watergate is the only part of his structure still existing.
THE STRAND DISTRICTSIR WALTER BESANT
Said Frederik slowly, When fathers up at the watergate, hes there because hes business there.
MOTHWISEKNUT HAMSUN
We were on an island and owned a watergate if we wanted to take a boat.
FROM SEA TO SEARUDYARD KIPLING
Arriving at the house, they entered it near the Watergate by a back door that led into the stableyard.
LYSBETHH. RIDER HAGGARD
Macleod demanded, as side by side their two canoes nosed in to shore through the channel where the watergate was blown to atoms.
THE LAW OF THE NORTH (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AS EMPERY)SAMUEL ALEXANDER WHITE
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