Avail
Avail noun - The capacity for being useful for some purpose.
Start
Start noun - The point at which something begins.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Not... SON OF A... [Klingon guards start shooting wildly to no avail] Kirk: [rematerializing back on Enterprise] SON OF A BI... BI... BI... Dammit to hell!
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A blink and you miss it moment at the start of Batman: Arkham City while Bruce Wayne is being transferred into Arkham City, you can turn and see Black Mask defending himself with a chair against some TYGER guards to no avail.
Source: Chairman of the Brawl -
Goldberg protests to no avail (Karp, at least, was definitely looking forward to it) and when the pucks start firing he starts screaming bloody murder...until he realizes the shots don't really hurt and starts laughing and taunting them to shoot harder.
Source: The Worf Barrage
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Start and Avail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avail/start
Avail & Start. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/avail/start>.
Start or Avail. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avail/start.
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