2
maintain(verb, take, keep, stay, have)
2
manacle(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
2
moderate(verb, control, check, reduce, restrain)
2
obstruct(verb, quiet, restrain, halt, block)
2
occlude(verb, hold, commit, confine, detain)
2
oppose(resist, repel, retaliate, repulse, riposte)
2
pen(verb, hold, commit, confine, detain)
2
prevent(verb, hold, control, quiet, restrain)
2
proscribe(verb, hold, control, restrain, halt)
2
put a lock on(expression, idiom, take, keep, cool)
2
put behind bars(expression, idiom, hold, commit, confine)
2
put down(verb, expression, check, restrain, halt)
2
put half nelson on(verb, expression, idiom, stop, control)
2
quell(verb, restrain, block, curb, suppress)
2
quench(verb, restrain, curb, contain, repress)
2
resist(repel, retaliate, repulse, riposte)
2
retain(verb, take, keep, stay, have)
2
retard(verb, control, restrain, suppress, limit)
2
send to prison(expression, idiom, hold, commit, confine)
2
send up(verb, expression, hold, control, check)
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