Related Words for stave

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rung
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Noun, Adjective
lag
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adjective
round
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fend
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Verb
prevent
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Verb
alleviate
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Verb
reduce
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Verb
offset
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Verb
counteract
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Verb
thwart
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Verb
mitigate
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Verb
warding
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Verb
forestall
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Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
knock
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Noun
avert
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Verb
relieve
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Verb
lead
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Noun
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
curb
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Noun
stem
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Noun
induce
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Verb
sustain
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Verb
minimize
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Verb
starve
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Verb
impending
x/x
Adjective
avoid
x/
Verb
turn
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Noun
brace
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Noun
withstand
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Verb
rein
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Noun
cure
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Noun
gird
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Noun
minimise
/xx
Verb
kick
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Noun
fight
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Noun
cope
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Verb
hand
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Noun
transpose
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Noun
obviate
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Verb
pare
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Noun
attenuate
x/xx
Verb
strike
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Noun
hook
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Noun
incipient
x/xx
Adjective
spur
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Noun
stabilize
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Verb
blow
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Noun
mimic
/x
Noun
goad
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Noun
compensate
/xx
Verb
assuage
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Verb
fortify
/xx
Verb
down
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
looming
/x
Verb
succumbing
x/x
Verb
doom
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Noun
seal
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Noun
accompany
x/xx
Verb
survive
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Verb
hastening
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Verb
brink
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Noun
spruce
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Noun
escape
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Noun
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
chop
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Noun
inflict
x/
Verb
vanquish
/x
Verb
claw
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Noun
beat
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Noun
prepare
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Verb
circumvent
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Verb
trigger
/x
Noun
bring
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Verb
break
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Noun
pull
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Noun
save
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Verb
evade
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Verb
allay
x/
Verb
combating
x/x
Verb
readying
/xx
Verb
tack
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Noun
defeat
x/
Noun
conjure
/x
Verb
battling
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Verb
carve
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Verb
spiralling
/xx
Noun
bourdon
/x
Name
facing
/x
Verb
shake
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Noun
bulwark
/x
Noun
hang
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Verb
halt
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Noun
extend
x/
Verb
notch
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Noun
produce
x/
Verb
possibly
/xx
Adverb
whittle
/x
Noun
take
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Verb
gnaw
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Verb
cutting
/x
Noun
slash
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Noun
insulate
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Verb
presage
/x
Noun
tapping
/x
Noun
surmount
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Verb
topple
/x
Verb
crippling
/xx
Noun
carry
/x
Verb
slice
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Noun
chine
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Noun
stake
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Noun
slab
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Noun
beam
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Noun
stick
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Noun
grate
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Noun
shaving
/x
Noun
template
/x
Noun
bushel
/x
Noun
shank
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Noun
caul
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Noun
hake
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Noun
slug
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Noun
shape
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Noun
welt
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Noun
spline
x
Noun
pile
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Noun
stovepipe
/x
Noun
scaffold
/x
Noun
bankruptcy
/xx
Noun
starvation
x/x
Noun
insolvency
x/xx
Noun
boredom
/x
Noun
pangs
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Noun
foreclosure
x/x
Noun
destitution
/xxx
Noun
inevitable
x/xxx
Adjective
hunger
/x
Noun
disaster
x/x
Noun
eviction
x/x
Noun
famine
/x
Noun
collapse
x/
Noun
arrow
/x
Noun, Verb
arrowhead
/xx
Noun
bar
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
batten
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bolt
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Noun, Verb, Adverb
box
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Noun, Verb
branch
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Noun, Verb
chute
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Noun, Verb
clef
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Noun
cooling
/x
Noun, Adjective
flush
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Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
flute
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Noun, Verb
graph
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Noun, Verb
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
hinge
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Noun, Verb
hoop
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Noun, Verb
line
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Noun, Verb
lino
/x
Noun
octave
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
overhead
/x/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
part
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Noun, Verb, Adjective, Adverb
plank
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Noun, Verb
return
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Noun, Verb
scope
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Noun, Verb
seam
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Noun, Verb
section
/x
Noun, Verb
socket
/x
Noun, Verb
space
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Noun, Verb
spokes
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Verb
stair
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Noun
steel
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
strings
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Noun
strip
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Noun, Verb
underground
/xx
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
warp
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Noun, Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bog
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
aisle
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Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
butt
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Noun, Verb
gloss
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Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
dicky
/x
Name, Adjective