Related Words for prevent

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keep
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Verb, Verb
forestall
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Verb, Verb
forbid
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Verb, Verb
foreclose
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Verb, Verb
preclude
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Verb, Verb
allow
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Verb, Verb
deter
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Verb
avoid
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Verb
inhibit
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Verb
thwart
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Verb
discourage
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Verb
dissuade
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Verb
eliminate
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Verb
mitigate
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Verb
hinder
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Verb
protect
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Verb
reduce
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Verb
prohibit
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Verb
causing
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Verb
impede
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Verb
minimize
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Verb
counteract
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Verb
restrict
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Verb
restrain
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Verb
facilitate
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Verb
safeguard
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Noun
stop
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Noun
circumvent
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Verb
alleviate
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Verb
minimise
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Verb
effecting
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Verb
avert
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Verb
preempt
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Verb
enabling
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Verb
induce
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Verb
curtail
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Verb
suppress
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Verb
obstruct
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Verb
delaying
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Verb
limit
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
disallow
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Verb
risking
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Verb
hampering
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Verb
eradicate
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Verb
detect
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Verb
involve
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Verb
let
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Verb, Noun
assist
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Verb
aiding
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Verb
combat
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Noun, Verb
dislodging
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Verb
blocking
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Verb
barring
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Verb
accelerate
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Verb
ameliorate
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Verb
harming
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Verb
interfere
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Verb
insulate
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Verb
deprive
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Verb
forcing
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Verb
remove
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Verb
obviate
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Verb
helping
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Verb
aggravate
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Verb
repel
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Verb
committing
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Verb
escaping
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Verb
curbing
/x
Verb
constrain
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Verb
prolonging
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Verb
justify
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Verb
punish
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Verb
halt
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Noun
mandating
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Verb
exacerbate
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Verb
incite
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Verb
attenuate
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Verb, Adjective
compensate
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Verb
distract
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Verb
potentially
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Adverb
relieve
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Verb
permit
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Verb, Noun
promote
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Verb
evade
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Verb
predispose
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Verb
simulate
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Verb
lessen
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Verb
neutralize
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Verb
guaranteeing
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Verb
attempting
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Verb
threaten
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Verb
encourage
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Verb
regulate
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Verb
initiate
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Verb
insure
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Verb
prone
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Adjective
impairing
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Verb
ensure
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Verb
requiring
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Verb
precipitating
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Verb
remedying
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Verb
expose
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Verb
incentivize
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Noun
bypassing
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Verb
mimic
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Noun
intending
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Verb
expel
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Verb
disqualify
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Verb
stifle
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Verb
isolate
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Verb
provoke
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Verb
triggering
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Verb
stemming
/x
Verb
resist
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Verb
affect
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Verb, Noun
treating
/x
Verb
disrupt
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Verb
subjecting
x/x
Verb
enhance
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Verb
keep from
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Phrase, Verb
guard against
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Phrase, Verb
defend
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Verb
intercept
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Noun
refrain
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Noun
cut out
//
Phrase, Verb, Adjective
precaution
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Noun
keep out
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Phrase, Verb
abstain
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Verb
forbear
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Verb
detain
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Verb
hold off
//
Phrase, Verb
head off
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Phrase, Verb
hold back
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Phrase, Verb
hold up
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Phrase, Verb
keep out of
///
Phrase, Verb
slow
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Adjective
choking
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Adjective
circuiting
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Adjective
scurvy
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Adjective
scorching
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Adjective
ability
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Noun
accidental
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
address
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Noun, Verb
advise
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Verb, Noun
against
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Noun
alert
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
anticipate
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Verb
avoidance
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Noun
baffle
/x
Noun, Verb
ban
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Noun, Verb
beware
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Verb
blank
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
blockade
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Noun, Verb
call
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Verb, Noun
catastrophic
xx/x
Adjective
caution
/x
Noun, Verb
chronic
/x
Adjective, Noun
concomitant
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Adjective, Noun
contain
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Verb
control
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Noun, Verb
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
cross
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
deal
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
debar
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Verb, Noun
debilitating
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Adjective
defeat
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Noun, Verb
deflect
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Verb
defuse
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Verb
denies
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Verb
divert
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Verb
dodge
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
dread
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
embarrass
x/x
Verb, Noun
eschew
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Verb
exclude
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Verb
fail
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
fend
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Verb, Noun
fend off
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Phrase, Verb
fight
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Verb, Noun
foil
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Noun, Verb
foresee
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Verb
frustrate
/x
Verb, Adjective
gastrointestinal
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Adjective
guard
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Noun, Verb
hindrance
/x
Noun
hold
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
hollander
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Name
iatrogenic
xxx/x
Adjective
impediment
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Noun
impossible
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Adjective, Noun
inadvertent
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Adjective
incapacitating
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Adjective
inflicted
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Verb, Adjective
inform
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Verb, Adjective
interdict
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Noun, Verb
jeopardize
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Verb
keep back
//
Phrase, Verb
make
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Verb, Noun
needless
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Adjective, Adverb
negate
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Verb
nonfatal
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Adjective, Noun
not
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Adverb, Noun
notify
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Verb
nullify
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Verb
obstacle
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Noun
oppose
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Verb
overcome
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Verb, Noun
precede
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Verb, Noun
preserve
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Verb, Noun
preventative
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Adjective, Noun
prevention
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Noun
preventive
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Noun, Adjective
prohibition
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Noun
queer
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
rain out
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Phrase, Verb
repress
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Verb, Noun
reverse
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Verb, Noun, Adjective, Adverb
save
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Verb, Noun
scotch
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
severe
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Adjective, Noun
shield
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Noun, Verb
shun
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Verb
shut
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
shut out
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Phrase, Verb, Noun
spare
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
spoil
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Verb, Noun
stand
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Verb, Noun
stave
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Verb, Noun
stave off
//
Phrase, Verb
steer
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Verb, Noun
tackle
/x
Verb, Noun
tell
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Verb, Noun
that
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Adverb, Noun
undermine
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Verb
undetected
xx/x
Adjective
unnecessary
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Adjective
ward
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Noun, Verb
ward off
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Phrase, Verb
warn
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Verb, Noun
wash out
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Phrase, Verb
widespread
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Adjective
get
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
die
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Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective