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199 entries under verb topic. ×
| nourish(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| protect(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| rebuke(reject, block, avoid, resist) | |
| rebut(check, reject, avoid, resist) | |
| refuse(reject, avoid, resist, rebuff) | |
| retain(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| safeguard(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| secure(hold, close, end, maintain) | |
| shelter(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| shield(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| spurn(reject, avoid, resist, rebuff) | |
| stay(stop, close, end, complete) | |
| sustain(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| terminate(stop, close, end, complete) | |
| watch(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| watch over(expression, phrasal verb, hold, maintain) | |
| anticipate(block, resist, dodge, circumvent) | |
| avoid(reject, block, resist, repel) | |
| baby sit(expression, fortify, blinded, bulwarked) | |
| babysit(fortify, blinded, bulwarked, safeguard) |
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