Related Words for protract

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prolong
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Verb, Verb
extend
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Verb, Verb
draw out
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Phrase, Verb
lengthen
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Verb
prolongation
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Noun
forestall
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Verb
obstruct
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Verb
shorten
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Verb
curtail
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Verb
complicate
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Verb
continuance
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Noun
instigate
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Verb
contrive
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Verb
aggravate
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Verb
confine
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Verb
wearisome
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Adjective
hinder
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Verb
assail
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Verb
interminably
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Adverb
endeavoring
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Verb
abridge
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Verb
impede
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Verb
expedite
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Verb
entangle
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Verb
postpone
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Verb
imperil
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Verb
mediate
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Verb
elongate
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Adjective
encumber
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Verb
entrench
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Verb
agitate
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Verb
engage
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Verb
sustain
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Verb
inflame
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Verb
endeavouring
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Verb
wearying
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Verb
intensify
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Verb
privation
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Noun
constrain
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Verb
engender
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Verb
attenuate
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Verb
enliven
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Verb
impel
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Verb
initiate
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Verb
delaying
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Verb
linger
/x
Noun
facilitate
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Verb
obviate
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Verb
debar
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Noun
hasten
/x
Verb
depress
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Verb
estrange
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Name
dilatory
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Adjective
endure
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Verb
foment
/x
Verb
deform
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Verb
abet
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Noun
slacken
/x
Verb
induce
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Verb
annul
/x
Verb
derail
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Verb
displace
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Verb
potentiate
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Verb
bespeak
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Verb
efface
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Verb
accelerate
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Verb
restrain
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Verb
injure
/x
Verb
scuttle
/x
Verb
wrangle
/x
Noun
necessitate
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Verb
vitiate
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Verb
draw
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Verb
drag out
//
Phrase, Verb
tract
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Noun
produce
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Verb
protrude
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Verb
pull out
//
Phrase, Verb
project
/x
Noun
draw in
/x
Phrase, Verb
spin out
//
Phrase, Verb
stick out
//
Phrase, Verb
put forth
//
Phrase, Verb
stretch out
/x
Phrase, Verb
retract
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Verb
draw on
//
Phrase, Verb
propagate
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Verb
scapula
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Noun
excite
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Verb
molars
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Noun
anchorage
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Noun
stay
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Noun
spin
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Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
anymore
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Adverb
tell
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Verb, Noun
literally
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Adverb
breakeven
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
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Verb, Noun
backwater
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Noun, Verb
die
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Verb, Noun
get
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Verb, Noun