Antonyms for sustaining

Grammar : Verb

Spell : suh-steyn

Phonetic Transcription : səˈsteɪn

Definition of sustaining

Origin : late 13c., from Old French sustenir "hold up, endure," from Latin sustinere "hold up, support, endure," from sub "up from below" (see sub-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Sustained; sustaining.

verb keep up, maintain
verb endure, experience

Example sentences :

This would be a sustaining capacity of 48 pounds per horsepower.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

Power of sustentation; the quality of sustaining a weight in the air.
Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell

They might have fancied they were sustaining a siege, so great were the noise and the discomfort.
Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola

It was like the exhaustion of a battery, the collapse of the sustaining power.
Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham

The great point is not to fail in ordering and sustaining the effort of our life.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

Sustaining her, he lost himself in the profound silence of the night.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

And I fear I wearied her with my reasons for not sustaining it.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

There were many nursing mothers, but all were sustaining more than their own.
Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various

Anything that has the quality of sustaining life, as a food.
Extract from : « The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen » by Roger Finlay

The heir has the advantage of sustaining his ancestor's and the right is acquired.
Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Synonyms for sustaining

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