Opposite of the top of a mountain or hill
Opposite of the highest or climactic point of something
Opposite of the top or highest point of an object, structure or land mass
“Pickering stood at the base of the structure, rubbing his aching shoulders as he gazed up at Finlay.”
Opposite of the climax, usually dramatic, of a gradual increase
“Internet hoaxers produced a four-day long buildup to the biggest software-based anticlimax ever.”
Opposite of a small wave or series of waves on the surface of water
Opposite of any of the flat appendages growing from a bird's skin and forming its plumage
Opposite of the highest or most extreme degree of something
“They were half a year into the investigation and they had barely scratched the base of it.”
(intransitive) Opposite of to become larger in size or degree
“As the number of autocracies in the world began to decline in the late 1980s, the number of anocracies began to increase.”
Opposite of to climb (a mountain) successfully
“The challenge was to abseil through a vertical fissure, with lights off, into a large underground cavern.”
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