11
asked(verb, questioned)
10
defied(verb, opposed, disagreed, defied, counteracted)
10
disputed(noun, verb, adjective, opposed, disagreed)
6
contested(verb, adjective, opposed, disputed, contended)
5
contradicted(verb, adjective, opposed, confuted, counteracted)
5
dared(verb, defied, confronted)
5
confronted(verb, opposed, defied, confronted)
5
questioned(noun, verb, adjective, expected, ordered)
4
opposed(verb, opposed, disagreed, counteracted)
4
repudiated(verb, adjective, disagreed, confuted)
4
resisted(verb, opposed, defied)
3
antagonized(verb, opposed, disagreed)
3
argued(verb, adjective, opposed, disputed, disagreed)
3
conflicted(verb, opposed, disagreed, confuted)
3
counteracted(verb, opposed, defied, counteracted)
3
demurred(noun, verb, opposed, disputed, disagreed)
3
denied(verb, adjective, confuted)
3
dissented(noun, verb, disagreed, defied)
3
objected(verb, opposed, disagreed)
3
protested(verb, opposed)
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