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deflect
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Verb, Verb
obviate
/xx
Verb, Verb
avoid
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Verb, Verb
debar
x/
Verb, Verb
fend off
//
Phrase, Verb
head off
//
Phrase, Verb
stave off
//
Phrase, Verb
turn away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
ward off
//
Phrase, Verb
forestalled
x/
Verb
mitigated
/xxx
Verb
prevented
x/x
Verb
befell
x/
Verb
spared
/
Verb
defused
x/
Verb
lessened
/x
Verb
halted
/x
Verb
occurred
x/
Verb
intervened
xx/
Verb
remedied
/xx
Verb
foreseen
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Verb
loomed
/
Verb
prevailed
x/
Verb
interceded
xx/x
Verb
resulted
x/x
Verb
ended
/x
Verb
calamity
x/xx
Noun
ameliorated
x/xxxx
Verb
caused
/
Verb
minimized
/xx
Verb
resolved
x/
Verb
thwarted
/x
Verb
faced
/
Verb
saved
/
Verb
counteracted
/xxx
Verb
backfired
/xx
Verb
effected
x/x
Verb
foreshadowed
x/x
Verb
inflicted
x/x
Verb
abated
x/x
Verb
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
evaded
x/x
Verb
nullified
/xx
Verb
subverted
x/x
Verb
scuttled
/x
Verb
eased
/
Verb
ensued
x/
Verb
alleviated
x/xxx
Verb
sidestepped
/x
Verb
blamed
/
Verb
postponed
x/
Verb
minimised
/xx
Verb
derailed
x/
Adjective
wrought
/
Adjective
exacerbated
x/xxx
Verb
interrupted
xx/x
Verb
unavoidable
xx/xx
Adjective
eliminated
x/xxx
Verb
diverted
x/x
Verb
negated
/xx
Verb
unfolded
x/x
Verb
vanquished
/x
Verb
offing
/x
Noun
rolled
/
Verb
presaged
/x
Verb
mercifully
/xxx
Adverb
arose
x/
Verb
engulfed
x/
Verb
reversed
x/
Verb
faltered
/x
Verb
induced
x/
Adjective
happened
/x
Verb
preceded
x/x
Verb
struck
/
Verb
triggered
/x
Verb
manifested
/xxx
Verb
precluded
x/x
Verb
countered
/x
Verb
escaped
x/
Verb
eclipsed
x/
Verb
worsened
/x
Verb
disaster
x/x
Noun
erupted
x/x
Verb
risked
/
Verb
beset
x/
Verb
reduced
x/
Verb
deduced
x/
Verb
incurred
x/
Verb
decreed
x/
Verb
eradicated
x/xxx
Verb
neutralized
/xx
Verb
factored
/x
Adjective
materialized
x/xxx
Verb
eluded
x/x
Verb
turned
/
Verb
handled
/x
Verb
equaled
/x
Verb
torpedoed
x/x
Verb
subsided
x/x
Verb
inevitable
x/xxx
Adjective
jeopardized
/xx
Verb
detected
x/x
Verb
reined
/
Verb
approximated
x/xxx
Verb
refrained
x/
Verb
snuffed
/
Verb
threatened
/x
Verb
menaced
/x
Verb
gauged
/
Verb
quelled
/
Verb
blinked
/
Verb
overtaken
/xxx
Verb
hastened
/x
Verb
approached
x/
Verb
intensified
x/xx
Verb
excused
x/
Verb
unwittingly
x/xx
Adverb
outwitted
/xx
Verb
decisively
x/xx
Adverb
wiped
/
Verb
magnified
/xx
Verb
dealt
/
Verb
accentuated
x/xxx
Verb
imminent
/xx
Adjective
caught
/
Verb
conceded
x/x
Verb
bypassed
/x
Verb
curtailed
x/
Verb
facilitated
x/xxx
Verb
overshadowed
xx/x
Verb
swept
/
Verb
foiled
/
Verb
affected
x/x
Verb
compounded
x/x
Verb
deterred
x/
Verb
calamitous
x/xx
Adjective
perpetrated
/xxx
Verb
necessitated
x/xxx
Verb
aided
/x
Verb
occasioned
x/x
Verb
lowered
/x
Verb
initiated
x/xxx
Verb
dramatized
/xx
Verb
stopped
/
Verb
delayed
x/
Adjective
ignored
x/
Verb
overruled
xx/
Verb
brought
/
Verb
trumped
/
Adjective
solved
/
Verb
obliterated
x/xxx
Verb
rectified
/xx
Verb
paralleled
/xx
Verb
counseled
/x
Verb
averse
x/
Adjective
perverse
x/
Adjective
put off
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
scorned
/
Verb
adverse
x/
Adjective
fazed
/
Verb
alienated
/xxxx
Verb
affronted
x/x
Verb
discouraged
x/x
Verb
uncomfortable
x/xxx
Adjective
untoward
xx/
Adjective
disaffected
xx/x
Adjective
backward
/x
Adjective
gazes
/x
Noun
glances
/x
Noun
looks
/
Noun
cheek
/
Noun
eyes
/
Noun
countenance
/xx
Noun
head
/
Noun
births
/
Noun
aquiline
xx/
Adjective
avoidance
x/x
Noun
bloodless
/x
Adjective
covetous
/xx
Adjective
dejected
x/x
Adjective
discarded
x/x
Adjective
disfigured
x/x
Adjective
dismissed
x/
Adjective
dodged
/
Verb
downcast
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
eschewed
x/
Verb
expressionless
xxxx
Adjective
ghastly
/x
Adjective, Adverb
haggard
/x
Noun, Adjective
impassive
x/x
Adjective
impeded
x/x
Adjective
inquisitive
x/xx
Adjective
languid
/x
Adjective, Noun
malevolent
x/xx
Adjective
pallid
/x
Adjective
pensive
/x
Adjective
removed
x/
Adjective
saddened
/x
Verb
shunned
/
Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
get
/
Verb, Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb