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negative(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
5
disaffirm(verb, oppose, refuse, deny)
5
traverse(verb, phrasal verb, law, oppose, refuse)
4
bicker(verb, consider, oppose, dispute)
4
counteract(verb, oppose, deny, reverse)
4
cross(verb, attack, oppose, fight)
4
disclaim(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
4
wrangle(verb, consider, oppose, dispute)
3
altercate(verb, consider, oppose, dispute)
3
clash(verb, meet, oppose, fight)
2
agitate(verb, consider, maintain, oppose, dispute)
2
confront(verb, meet, attack, oppose, fight)
2
differ(verb, consider, oppose, dispute)
2
discept(verb, consider, oppose, dispute)
2
have at(expression, meet, oppose, fight, dispute)
2
impugn(verb, oppose, dispute, deny)
2
kick around(expression, consider, oppose, dispute)
2
lock horns(expression, meet, consider, oppose, fight)
2
pick a bone(expression, idiom, consider, oppose, dispute)
2
quarrel(verb, oppose, object, divide)
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