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squeezing

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of squeezing

the act or process of reducing the size or volume of something by or as if by pressing

the tight squeezing of his hands on hers made her face turn red

Synonyms of squeezing

compacting, compaction, compression, condensation, condensing, constricting, constriction, contracting, contraction, squeeze, telescoping

Words Related to squeezing

abbreviation, abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, shortening

concentration, consolidation

simplification, streamlining

decreasing, diminishment, lessening

Near Antonyms of squeezing

dilation, dispersion, dissipation, scattering

distension (or distention), inflation, swelling

Antonyms of squeezing

decompression, expansion

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