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Warrant Action Makes Circumstances Allegations Investigation Matter Small

query
If something w_______ a particular action, it makes the action seem necessary or appropriate for the circumstances .If something warrants a particular action, it makes the action seem necessary or appropriate for the circumstances .
The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation.
No matter was too small to warrant his attention.
Do you think this fear is warranted?
word warrant
full-definition
verb
If something warrants a particular action, it makes the action seem necessary or appropriate for the circumstances .
The allegations are serious enough to warrant an investigation.
No matter was too small to warrant his attention.
Do you think this fear is warranted?
If you warrant that something is true or will happen, you say officially that it is true, or guarantee that it will happen.
All entrants must warrant that their entry is entirely their own work.
The contract warrants that an experienced person is on board all the time.
noun
A warrant is a legal document that allows someone to do something, especially one that is signed by a judge or magistrate and gives the police permission to arrest someone or search their house.
Police confirmed that they had issued a warrant for his arrest.
...a search warrant.
Equipment is allocated by warrant.
If you say that there is no warrant for something, you mean that there is no good reason to justify it.
There is some warrant for holding back on full-scale aid.
inflections warrantswarrantingwarrantedwarranted
cefr-level C1

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