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spawnnoun the descendants of a person, animal, or plantsometimes I think those little brats are the spawn of Satan himself fruit, get, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed brood, hatch, litter, youngchild, scionfamily, kinlineage, stock ancestor, antecedent, father, forebear(also forbear), forebearer, forefather, grandfather, parent, primogenitor, progenitor to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting beget, breed, bring, bring about, bring on, catalyze, cause, create, do, draw on, effect, effectuate, engender, generate, induce, invoke, make, occasion, produce, prompt, result (in), translate (into), work, yield conduce (to), contribute (to)decide, determinebegin, establish, father, found, inaugurate, initiate, innovate, institute, introduce, launch, pioneer, set, set up, startadvance, cultivate, develop, encourage, forward, foster, further, nourish, nurture, promoteenact, render, turn out bring forth, give rise to impede, limit, restrictclamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, dampen, put down, quash, quell, repress, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppressarrest, check, control, curb, inhibit, rein (in), restrain, retardcan(slang), kill, snuff (out), stillabolish, demolish, destroy, extinguish, liquidate, quench in the 15th century |