2
smear(verb, attack, slight, abuse, criticize)
2
smite(verb, attack, bother, pain, affect)
2
stand up to(expression, idiom, stop, attack, maintain)
2
stick(verb, force, push, sink, smack)
2
surprise(verb, attack, hide, contain, trap)
2
surround(verb, trouble, attack, annoy, harass)
2
take on(expression, take, meet, attack, fight)
2
tear into(expression, attack, disparage, denounce, malign)
2
thresh(verb, beat, attack, strike)
2
thwart(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
traduce(criticize, challenge, disparage, denounce, belittle)
2
transfix(verb, force, push, stick, sink)
2
traverse(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
urge(verb, force, push, stick, demand)
2
wallop(verb, charge, beat, attack, separate)
2
withstand(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
work over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, advance, attack)
1
abide(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
1
abound(adjective, pack, overrun, flood)
1
abstain from(verb, expression, stop, attack, maintain)
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