| A | B |
|---|
| avoid | to prevent from happening |
| prevent | to take precautionary action |
| steal | to take without permission or right, especially secretly or by force |
| preserve | to protect from decay or dissolution |
| contaminate | to make impure or unsuitable by contact or mixture with something unclean |
| break | to shatter, burst, or become broken; separate into parts or fragments, especially suddenly and violently |
| assure | to cause to feel sure or certain |
| maintain | to keep in an appropriate condition |
| increase | to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to |
| decrease | to diminish or lessen in extent, quantity, strength, power, etc. |
| fix | to put in order or in good condition |
| thieve | to take by theft; steal |
| overflow | to flow or run over, as rivers or water |
| drop out | to abandon or withdraw from a school, social group, job, etc |
| consume | to eat or drink up; devour |
