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past tense of effect
Synonyms & Antonyms of effected
to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)
- classroom presentations designed to effect greater interest in careers in scientific fields
Synonyms for effected
- begot
- (also begat),
- bred,
- brought,
- brought about,
- brought on,
- catalyzed,
- caused,
- created,
- did,
- drew on,
- effectuated,
- engendered,
- generated,
- induced,
- invoked,
- made,
- occasioned,
- produced,
- prompted,
- resulted (in),
- spawned,
- translated (into),
- worked
- (or wrought),
- yielded
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Phrases Synonymous with effected
Near Antonyms for effected
- clamped down (on),
- cracked down (on),
- crushed,
- dampened,
- put down,
- quashed,
- quelled,
- repressed,
- smothered,
- squashed,
- squelched,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- suppressed
- canned
- [slang],
- killed,
- snuffed (out),
- stilled
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