Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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foreclose | No | No | Yes | No |
ward off | No | No | Yes | No |
foreclose (verb) | ward off (verb) |
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subject to foreclosing procedures; take away the right of mortgagors to redeem their mortgage | avert, turn away, or repel |
keep from happening or arising; make impossible | prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; to protect from or to keep away anything undesirable; to ward off |