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croak
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of CROAK
1
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely <the cranky patient was always croaking to the nurses about something>
Synonyms beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, kvetch, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
2
slang to stop living <I wouldn't go around saying your great-grandmother “croaked”>
3
slang to deprive of life <“I croaked the old bugger,” he bragged>
Related Words bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [slang], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack [slang]; annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite; assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate; euthanize (also euthanatize), put down; suicide
Antonyms animate
4
slang to put to death deliberately <hooligans had croaked the street corner wino just for the hell of it>
Synonyms assassinate, bump off, croak [slang], dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice [slang], knock off, liquidate, neutralize, off [slang], put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack [slang]
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