3
impede(verb, oppose)
3
interfere(verb, break, disregard, oppose, hinder)
3
meddle(verb, disregard, oppose, agreement, counteract)
3
obstruct(verb, attack, oppose, fight, resist)
3
outface
3
refute(verb, break, reject, disregard, oppose)
3
repudiate(verb, break, reject, disregard, ignore)
3
scoff at(verb, expression, reject, disregard, ignore)
3
set at naught(expression, idiom, defiance)
3
snap
3
stand up(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
3
stem
3
suffer(verb, stop, take, meet, attack)
3
take(verb, meet, oppose, play, allow)
3
take on(verb, expression, support, take, force)
3
throw down the gauntlet(verb, expression, idiom, get, oppose)
3
trample on(expression, disregard, oppose, agreement, infringe)
3
weather(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
admit
2
complain(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
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