6
discountenance(verb, upset, trouble, get, bother)
6
refute(verb, upset, break, reduce, ruin)
6
scramble(verb, disorder, confuse, muddle, jumble)
6
shake(verb, upset, bother, disturb, provoke)
6
unnerve(verb, upset, trouble, hurt, bother)
6
unsettle(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb)
5
beat(verb, phrasal verb, drop, disturb, defeat)
5
befog(verb, disturb, obscure, shock, confuse)
5
checkmate(verb, beat, defeat, distress, cross)
5
circumvent(verb, beat, defeat, cross, avoid)
5
controvert(verb, upset, break, reduce, ruin)
5
damn(adjective, attack, condemn, denounce, curse)
5
derange(verb, upset, trouble, disorder, bother)
5
devastate(verb, upset, beat, destroy, overcome)
5
elude(verb, confuse, avoid, escape, success)
5
impede(verb, upset, obscure, hinder, confuse)
5
mistake(verb, take, disorder, correct, spoil)
5
overcome(verb, upset, break, beat, destroy)
5
overthrow(verb, upset, break, beat, defeat)
5
pose(verb, disturb, confuse, uncertainty, mistake)
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