verb
ADVERB
▪ really , truly
▪
Can you really ~ the destruction of such a fine old building?
▪ easily
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The university could not easily ~ spending the money on this.
▪ hardly
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The result hardly justified the risks they took to get it.
VERB + JUSTIFY
▪ can
▪ serve to
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The events that followed served to ~ our earlier decision.
▪ appear to , seem to
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In 1865 a letter arrived that appeared to ~ her faith.
▪ help to
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The extra effort involved would go a long way in helping to ~ their high price tags.
▪ be easy to
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the many issues that make it easy to ~ the purchase
▪ attempt to , seek to , try to
▪ be necessary to , have to , need to
▪ be difficult to , be hard to , be tough to , struggle to
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He found it very difficult to ~ his decision.
▪ be impossible to
PREPOSITION
▪ on the grounds of sth , on the grounds that …
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The decision is justified on the grounds that there is no realistic alternative.
▪ to
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How will you ~ this pay cut to your employees?
Justify is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ argument
Justify is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ act , ↑ assertion , ↑ belief , ↑ choice , ↑ conclusion , ↑ decision , ↑ exercise , ↑ existence , ↑ expenditure , ↑ expense , ↑ failure , ↑ finding , ↑ imposition , ↑ inclusion , ↑ intervention , ↑ invasion , ↑ killing , ↑ murder , ↑ risk , ↑ slavery , ↑ suspicion , ↑ termination , ↑ use , ↑ violence