Base and Justify

Base

Base verb - To find a basis.

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Justify and base are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Justify" instead a verb "Base".

Nearby Words: basic, basal, based, baseline, baseball

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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Base and justify are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Base" instead a verb "Justify".

life	base life	justify life
work	base work	justify work
name	base name	justify name
characters	base characters	justify characters
Other words: decision, rule, actions, existence, policies.

If they could, it signaled that they likely had a good enough tech-base to justify invading and stealing it to hybridize with their own.

Source: Imported Alien Phlebotinum
Well, at least wars are down; it's hard to justify attacking a potential customer base.

Source: Podcast / The Account
The backstory states that Mexico is part of the World Socialist League, and the USSR faked a civil war there to justify a troop intervention — which provided them a base to invade the USA.

Source: Mexico Called; They Want Texas Back

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