14
check(noun, verb, stop, control, restrain)
12
defeat(noun, verb, stop, beat, check)
11
foil(verb, stop, hold, control, beat)
10
beat(noun, verb, stop, defeat, crush)
10
frustrate(verb, stop, hold, control, beat)
9
halt(noun, verb, stop, hold, control)
9
mate(noun, verb)
9
rout(noun, verb, beat, decline, ruin)
9
thwart(verb, stop, hold, control, beat)
8
counter(verb, stop, defeat, halt, curb)
8
stop(noun, verb, hold, control, end)
7
baffle(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
7
conquer(verb, stop, beat, defeat, overcome)
7
discomfit(verb, beat, defeat, crush, overcome)
7
frustration(noun, decline, ruin, defeat, back)
7
overthrow(noun, verb, beat, decline, ruin)
6
setback(noun, back, slow, backward, reverse direction)
6
balk(verb, stop, defeat, halt, allow)
6
trump(verb, defeat, distress, success, perplex)
6
vanquish(verb, stop, beat, defeat, crush)
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