Thesaurus / stave
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- anticipate
- avert
- avoid
- counteract
- foil
- forestall
- halt
- hold off
- preclude
- put an end to
- rule out
- thwart
- ward off
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- block
- check
- chill
- cool
- cork
- counter
- dam
- debar
- forbid
- forfend
- frustrate
- hamper
- hinder
- impede
- inhibit
- intercept
- interdict
- interrupt
- limit
- obstruct
- obviate
- prohibit
- repress
- restrain
- restrict
- retard
- stop
- ward
- defend against
- head off
- hold back
- keep lid on
- nip in the bud
- put a stop to
- shut out
- stave off
- turn aside
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Groping around, I found a stout stick or stave, put my back to the wall, and beat about me blindly but with vigor.
Procure a good barrel with a bottom and cut off each alternate stave at both ends close up to the first hoop.
THE BOY MECHANIC, BOOK 2VARIOUS
Mupugung (mupapugung) sa pulsu ang kindi, Candies will stave off hunger.
A DICTIONARY OF CEBUANO VISAYANJOHN U. WOLFF
And sang a stave and drained a quart and called aloud for more.
The poor fellows were able to stave off starvation by visiting various free lunches during the day.
THE IRON PUDDLERJAMES J. DAVIS
The stave fell, pulled loose with a sucking explosion from the ruined mess of lung.
THE JEWELS OF APTORSAMUEL R. DELANY
The barrel burst asunder, the beer sumped and gurgled about my ankles as I stooped and picked up a stave.
TRAMPING ON LIFEHARRY KEMP
There's nae stave to it, but it's neist to the fa'en table-tomb o' Mistress Jean Grant.
GREYFRIARS BOBBYELEANOR ATKINSON
Stave in my bulwarks, if this 'ere dragon-fish ha'n't stuck one of his horns into my foot an inch deep!
THE PORTLAND SKETCH BOOKVARIOUS
The black notes on the stave show the scale which may be produced by using two harps, one tuned a fourth above the other.
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