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spawned

verb , past tense of spawn

Synonyms and Antonyms of spawned

to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)

these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting

Synonyms of spawned

begot (also begat), bred, brought, brought about, brought on, catalyzed, caused, created, did, drew on, effected, effectuated, engendered, generated, induced, invoked, made, occasioned, produced, prompted, resulted (in), translated (into), worked (or wrought), yielded

Words Related to spawned

conduced (to), contributed (to)

decided, determined

began, established, fathered, founded, inaugurated, initiated, innovated, instituted, introduced, launched, pioneered, set, set up, started

advanced, cultivated, developed, encouraged, forwarded, fostered, furthered, nourished, nurtured, promoted

enacted, rendered, turned out

Phrases Synonymous with spawned

brought forth, gave rise to

Near Antonyms of spawned

impeded, limited, restricted

clamped down (on), cracked down (on), crushed, dampened, put down, quashed, quelled, repressed, smothered, squashed, squelched, stifled, subdued, suppressed

arrested, checked, controlled, curbed, inhibited, reined (in), restrained, retarded

canned [slang], killed, snuffed (out), stilled

abolished, demolished, destroyed, extinguished, liquidated, quenched

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