3
reject(verb, delay, avoid, disagree, defer)
3
repudiate(verb, oppose, crush, expose, contest)
3
repugn
3
riot(verb, conflict)
3
scrap(verb, meet, attack, disturb, oppose)
3
set to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, state, consider)
3
sustain(verb, support, hold, take, meet)
3
take(verb, meet, oppose, play, allow)
3
tangle(verb, phrasal verb, disturb, oppose, fight)
3
thrash out(verb, expression, consider, oppose, settle)
3
validate(verb, support, state, maintain, favor)
3
vie with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose, fight)
3
vouch(verb, support, state, give, maintain)
2
abide(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
2
address
2
apportion
2
assault(verb, stop, meet, attack, maintain)
2
attack(verb, work, meet, oppose, fight)
2
attempt(verb, work, meet, attack, play)
2
avert(support, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
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