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lever

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lever

to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever
  • the workers used crowbars to lever the heavy stone block into its new position
Synonyms of lever

jimmy, prize, pry
Words Related to lever

elevate, hoist, lift, uplift

break, break up, detach, disengage, disjoin, divide, part, pull, separate

shift
Near Antonyms of lever

connect, join

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