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balk(verb, stop, action, ruin, halt)
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check(noun, verb, stop, upset, break)
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collapse(noun, break, drop, check, decline)
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repulse(noun, verb, upset, break, beat)
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baffle(noun, verb, stop, action, upset)
15
frustration(noun, upset, feeling, decline, ruin)
15
kill(verb, stop, control, go, cut)
14
beating(noun, upset, break, act, check)
14
outdo(verb, upset, clear, beat, pass)
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thrash(verb, beat, hit, destroy, crush)
14
upset(noun, verb, break, trouble, beat)
13
conquest(noun, upset, break, check, hit)
13
disappoint(verb, stop, upset, ruin, halt)
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fall(noun, verb, break, drop, trouble)
13
reverse(noun, verb, break, trouble, check)
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suppress(verb, stop, upset, control, beat)
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destruction(noun, break, drop, check, ruin)
12
disconcert(verb, stop, action, halt, curb)
12
master(verb, action, force, beat, reduce)
12
overturn(noun, verb, upset, break, reduce)
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