4
put off(verb, expression, agitate, avoid, hide)
3
Cross
3
Scotch
3
ball up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, confuse)
3
bother(verb, defeat, distress, confuse, muddle)
3
breakwater
3
cast down(expression, upset, fail, cross, deceive)
3
challenge(verb, disregard, resist, frustrate, confront)
3
cheat(verb, beat, top, have, deceive)
3
choke(verb, stop, control, check, reduce)
3
complicate(verb, upset, trouble, disturb, obscure)
3
constrain(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
3
cramp(verb, stop, check, ruin, halt)
3
crimp(verb, stop, check, ruin, halt)
3
cripple(verb, hinder, hindrance)
3
deflect
3
delay(verb, stop, control, check, reduce)
3
deter(verb, hinder, discourage, intimidate)
3
discountenance(upset, trouble, defeat, obscure, distress)
3
discourage(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
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