Scotching [verb]

Definition of Scotching:

turn off; cancel

Synonyms of Scotching:

● Stop

● Prohibit

● Revoke

● Neutralize

● Forbid

● Smother

● Cease

● Counteract

● Still

● Ruin

● Negative

● Quash

● Halt

● Veto

● Suppress

● Nullify

● Nix

● Deaden

● Stifle

● Refuse

● Annul

● Quell

● Defeat

● Extinguish

● Recant

● Scotch

● Turn out

● Shut off


Opposite/Antonyms of Scotching:

● Turn on

● Initiate

● Begin

● Give birth

● Bear

● Encourage

● Build

● Irritate

● Disturb

● Agitate

● Support

● Help

● Continue

● Start

● Light

● Authorize

● Approve

● Push

● Allow

● Validate

● OK

● Create

● Assist

● Aid

● Sanction

● Permit


Sentence/Example of Scotching:

Another friend once said to me: "It is the rush and hurry and strenuousness of modern life which is scotching the drama."

Now, it appears that I shall figure very prominently in the work of scotching this snake.