Related Words for staving

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staff
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Verb, Verb
rung
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
lag
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Adjective, Verb
round
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Verb, Verb
fending
/x
Verb
avoiding
x/x
Verb
preventing
x/x
Verb
warding
/x
Verb
alleviating
x/xxx
Verb
succumbing
x/x
Verb
starving
/x
Verb
averting
x/x
Verb
thwarting
/x
Noun
combating
x/x
Verb
shutting
/x
Verb
reducing
x/x
Verb
ameliorating
x/xxx
Verb
getting
/x
Verb
stopping
/x
Verb
eliminating
x/xxx
Verb
battling
/xx
Verb
kicking
/x
Verb
clawing
/x
Noun
knocking
/x
Verb
turning
/x
Verb
relieving
x/x
Verb
escaping
x/x
Verb
deterring
x/x
Verb
overcoming
/xxx
Verb
saving
/x
Noun
counteracting
xx/x
Verb
surviving
x/x
Verb
sinking
/x
Noun
brink
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Noun
eradicating
x/xxx
Verb
curing
/x
Noun
fighting
/x
Noun
forestalling
x/x
Verb
withstanding
x/x
Verb
evading
x/x
Verb
bringing
/x
Verb
reversing
x/x
Verb
catching
/x
Verb
countering
/xx
Verb
putting
/x
Verb
inducing
x/x
Adjective
perishing
/xx
Noun
verge
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Noun
rescuing
/xx
Verb
resisting
x/x
Verb
quelling
/x
Verb
curbing
/x
Verb
propping
/x
Verb
dying
/x
Verb
risking
/x
Verb
suffering
/xx
Noun
gnawing
/x
Noun
starvation
x/x
Noun
remedying
/xxx
Verb
crippling
/xx
Noun
contributing
x/xx
Verb
taking
/x
Verb
conning
/x
Noun
hastening
/xx
Verb
being
/x
Verb
coming
/x
Verb
sucking
/x
Noun
slipping
/x
Verb
defeating
x/x
Adjective
sticking
/x
Verb
inflicting
x/x
Verb
cutting
/x
Noun
aiding
/x
Verb
minimizing
/xxx
Verb
scaring
/x
Verb
beating
/x
Noun
delaying
x/x
Verb
treating
/x
Verb
reaching
/x
Verb
wiping
/x
Verb
repaying
x/x
Verb
plundering
/xx
Noun
confronting
x/x
Verb
facing
/x
Verb
annihilating
x/xxx
Verb
protecting
x/x
Verb
going
/x
Verb
encroaching
x/x
Noun
ridding
/x
Verb
sustaining
x/x
Adjective
snatching
/x
Verb
indulging
x/x
Verb
toppling
/xx
Noun
dragging
/x
Verb
lessening
/xx
Noun
retreating
x/x
Verb
powering
/xx
Verb
spoiling
/x
Verb
advancing
x/x
Verb
suppressing
x/x
Verb
smacking
/x
Noun
tacking
/x
Verb
having
/x
Verb
minimising
/xxx
Verb
choking
/x
Verb
gorging
/x
Verb
prolonging
x/x
Verb
profiting
/xx
Verb
scuttling
/xx
Noun
picking
/x
Verb
eluding
x/x
Verb
easing
/x
Noun
keeping
/x
Verb
gobbling
/xx
Verb
justifying
/xxx
Verb
snagging
/x
Verb
squandering
/xx
Noun
slowing
/x
Verb
nibbling
/xx
Verb
mantle
/x
Noun
chine
/
Noun
husk
/
Noun
bushel
/x
Noun
cant
/
Noun
barring
/x
Verb
wrest
/
Verb
stock
/
Noun
shoe
/
Noun
steeling
/x
Verb
stamp
/
Noun
ladle
/x
Noun
rind
/
Noun
casing
/x
Noun
grindstone
/x
Noun
strike
/
Noun
grating
/x
Noun
boredom
/x
Noun
bankruptcy
/xx
Noun
inevitable
x/xxx
Adjective
disaster
x/x
Noun
succeeded
x/x
Verb
hunger
/x
Noun
creditors
/xx
Noun
famine
/x
Noun
collapse
x/
Noun
catastrophe
x/xx
Noun
aimed
/
Verb
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
aisle
/
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
butt
/
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
fall
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Verb, Noun
off
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Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun