Help and Stave

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Help verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.

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Stave is an antonym for help.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Stave verb - Burst or force (a hole) into something.

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Help is an antonym for stave in prevent topic.

Nearby Words: staved, staving

He uses his cash and time to pretend to be a criminal profiler in two episodes to help the cops and stave off boredom.

Source: Crimefighting with Cash
At first he refuses to join our heroes to help them stave off the temporal disaster, but decides to do so when he learns Reyf's life might be at stake.

Source: Web Animation / Star Trek Redemption
Brother Bear 2: Rutt and Tuke pull off a BDH moment near the end when they help Kenai and Nita stave Edka off.

Source: Big Damn Heroes / Film

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