BACKING UP Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

backing (up)

verb

Definition of backing (up)

present participle of back (up)

as in testifying (to)

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as in hardening

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Residents are encouraged to continue taking preparedness steps, including maintaining defensible space, considering home-hardening improvements, signing up for emergency alerts and reviewing evacuation plans.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
Candor, without the balance of Humility, Temperance, and Collaboration, risks hardening into rigidity, creating blind spots and stifling relationships.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of hardening

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The primary kind is vitamin K1, found mainly in vegetables, which plays a major role in the body’s blood-clotting process.

— Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
Subsequent laboratory tests confirmed extensive disruption of the clotting system, which reflects just how powerful the procoagulant toxins present within the venom are.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

Definition of clotting

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The Iranians also saw themselves as responsible for setting the conditions of transit through the strait, according to Iranian officials.

— Frederik Pleitgen, CNN Money, 11 July 2026
Their high stock values give them outsized influence over Wall Street and major indexes have been setting records mostly because of the tech sector.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026

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As most of the scientific books tell us, coagulating protein at lower temperatures produces more tender clumps; adding a little water or cream makes an omelet tenderer still.

— Jeffrey Steingarten, Vogue, 5 Apr. 2026
Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.

— Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026

Definition of coagulating

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