perpetuateverb [ T ]
uk/pəˈpetʃ.u.eɪt/us/pɚˈpetʃ.u.eɪt/formalto cause something to continue:
Increasing the supply of weapons will only perpetuate the violence and anarchy.
The aim of the association is to perpetuate the skills of traditional furniture design.
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Continue & last
- (it's) business as usual idiom
- bash on
- carry (sth) on
- cease
- cont
- contd
- drag
- keep at sth
- keep on doing sth
- keep on trucking idiom
- keep sb at it idiom
- nine
- push
- run over (sth)
- see sth out
- segue
- soldier on
- spill
- stick
- string
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perpetuation
noun [ U ] uk/pəˌpetʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌpɚ.petʃ.uˈeɪ.ʃən/
The lack of military action from other countries has contributed to the perpetuation of the civil war.