Related Words for brink

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threshold
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Noun, Noun
verge
/
Noun, Noun
precipice
/xx
Noun
teetering
/xx
Verb, Noun
cusp
/
Noun
extinction
x/x
Noun
tottering
/xx
Verb
abyss
x/
Noun
bringing
/x
Verb
pushing
/x
Verb
collapse
x/
Noun
reaching
/x
Verb
edge
/
Noun
oblivion
x/xx
Noun
plunging
/x
Verb
unraveling
x/xx
Noun
demise
x/
Noun
back
/
Adverb
slipping
/x
Verb
pulling
/x
Verb
plummeting
/xx
Verb
impending
x/x
Adjective
toppling
/xx
Noun
cliff
/
Noun
crumbling
/xx
Verb
disintegration
xxx/x
Noun
coming
/x
Verb
floundering
/xx
Noun
faltering
/xx
Adjective
throes
/
Noun
annihilation
xxx/x
Noun
stepping
/x
Verb
dying
/x
Verb
danger
/x
Noun
drowning
/x
Noun
falling
/x
Verb
clawing
/x
Noun
unravelling
x/xx
Noun
ruination
/x/x
Noun
proverbial
x/xx
Adjective
destruction
x/x
Noun
reliving
x/x
Verb
headlong
/x
Noun
peril
/x
Noun
sanity
/xx
Noun
looming
/x
Verb
disintegrating
x/xxx
Noun
lurching
/x
Verb
exploding
x/x
Verb
tipping
/x
Noun
crashing
/x
Verb
nearing
/x
Verb
averting
x/x
Verb
impasse
x/
Noun
sinking
/x
Noun
dragging
/x
Verb
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
encroaching
x/x
Noun
irrelevance
x/xx
Noun
imminent
/xx
Adjective
meltdown
/x
Noun
stagnating
/xx
Verb
fore
/
Noun
tiptoeing
/xx
Verb
hastening
/xx
Verb
ushering
/xx
Verb
facing
/x
Verb
ignominy
/xxx
Noun
destitution
/xxx
Noun
wobbling
/xx
Noun
catapulted
/xxx
Verb
leaping
/x
Verb
losing
/x
Verb
undoing
x/x
Noun
standing
/x
Noun
mire
/
Noun
slumping
/x
Verb
sliding
/x
Verb
perilously
/xxx
Adverb
standstill
/x
Noun
reawakening
xx/xx
Noun
risking
/x
Verb
down
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
careening
x/x
Verb
jeopardy
/xx
Noun
unleashing
x/x
Noun
shore
/
Noun
succumbing
x/x
Verb
tumbling
/xx
Verb
choking
/x
Verb
hurtling
/x
Verb
insanity
x/xx
Noun
inexorably
x/xxx
Adverb
becoming
x/x
Verb
turning
/x
Verb
downfall
/x
Noun
death
/
Noun
breaking
/x
Noun
achieving
x/x
Verb
fighting
/x
Noun
drifting
/x
Verb
accelerating
x/xxx
Verb
trudging
/x
Verb
implosion
x/x
Noun
stumbling
/xx
Adjective
world
/
Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun
irretrievably
xx/xx
Adverb
shove
/
Noun
kicking
/x
Verb
spiralling
/xx
Noun
rising
/x
Verb
snatching
/x
Verb
disappearing
xx/x
Verb
perishing
/xx
Noun
attaining
x/x
Verb
bankruptcy
/xx
Noun
putting
/x
Verb
regaining
x/x
Verb
escaping
x/x
Verb
turmoil
/x
Noun
rolling
/x
Noun
jumping
/x
Noun
seeming
/x
Verb
vanishing
/xx
Noun
hovering
/xx
Verb
bluff
/
Noun
escarpment
x/x
Noun
boundary
/xx
Noun
border
/x
Noun
steep
/
Adjective
berm
/
Noun
ridgeline
/x
Noun
crag
/
Noun
borderline
/xx
Noun
bank
/
Noun
scarp
/
Noun
rampart
/x
Noun
fringing
/x
Noun
horizon
x/x
Noun
barrier
/xx
Noun
confine
x/
Verb
drop
/
Noun
borderland
/xx
Noun
ridge
/
Noun
coetzee
x/x
Name
aircraft
/x
Noun
attendant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
board
/
Noun, Verb
boat
/
Noun, Verb
brant
/
Name, Adjective
brim
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
ceiling
/x
Noun
chasm
/x
Noun
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
crisis
/x
Noun
dawn
/
Noun, Verb
desolation
xx/x
Noun
divide
x/
Verb, Noun
doorstep
/x
Noun, Verb
dot
/
Noun, Verb
eve
/
Noun
extreme
x/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
flanks
/
Noun
flight
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
gulf
/
Noun, Verb
headland
/x
Noun
hills
/
Noun
hillside
/x
Noun
imminence
/xx
Noun
incline
x/
Noun, Verb
item
/x
Noun, Verb, Adverb
juncture
/x
Noun
ledge
/
Noun, Verb
limit
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
line
/
Noun, Verb
lip
/
Noun, Verb
log
/
Noun, Verb
margin
/x
Noun, Verb
marginalization
xxxx/x
Noun
onboard
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Verb
path
/
Noun, Verb
perimeter
x/xx
Noun
periphery
x/xx
Noun
point
/
Noun, Verb
precariousness
x/xxx
Noun
punto
/x
Noun
rand
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
rim
/
Noun, Verb
riverbank
/xx
Noun
rob
/
Name, Verb
scoreboard
/x
Noun
ship
/
Noun, Verb
shipboard
/x
Noun, Adjective
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
sinkhole
/x
Noun, Verb
vessel
/x
Noun, Verb
vigil
/x
Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
aisle
/
Noun
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
headlines
/x
Noun
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
get
/
Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun