| set aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, discredit, compensate) |
| shoot(verb, discredit, confound, contradict, invalidate) |
| shoot down(expression, oppose, expose, contest, counter) |
| shoot full of holes(expression, idiom, oppose, expose, counter) |
| shoot holes in(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, discredit) |
| silence(oppose, expose, contest, counter, repudiate) |
| squelch(oppose, expose, contest, counter, repudiate) |
| take a stand against(expression, idiom, oppose, expose, counter) |
| take on |
| tame(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue) |
| tear down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose, expose) |
| throw out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, discredit, confound) |
| top(verb, oppose, deny, expose, contest) |
| traverse(verb, discredit, compensate, confound, contradict) |
| undercut |
| undermine(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue) |
| ward off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, top, deny) |
| weaken(verb, reduce, ruin, subdue, discredit) |
| abolish |
| abort |