5
insult(verb, break, disregard, ignore, challenge)
5
protest(verb, attack, oppose, criticize, fight)
5
ridicule(verb, break, reject, disregard, ignore)
4
mutiny(noun, verb, disturb, disregard, rise)
4
confound
4
contend(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
4
curb(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
4
decline(verb, stop, disregard, restrain, ignore)
4
defeat(verb, disregard, challenge, resist, deceive)
4
elude(verb, challenge, resist, deceive, frustrate)
4
foil(verb, oppose, dispute, challenge, resist)
4
gamble(verb, take, advance, challenge, try)
4
hinder(verb, stop, break, attack, maintain)
4
hold out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, bear, endure)
4
inhibit(verb, stop, oppose, restrain, prevent)
4
maintain(verb, support, stop, force, attack)
4
rebuff(verb, oppose)
4
reject(verb, break, disregard, delay, ignore)
4
risk(verb, take, set, advance, meet)
4
set at defiance(expression, idiom, disobedience, defiance)
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