| quench |
| reduce(verb, stop, upset, control, dull) |
| repulse(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| resist(verb, reject, disregard, oppose, dismiss) |
| retard(verb, stop, hold, control, keep) |
| shackle |
| sink |
| turn away(verb, expression, deter, distract, sidetrack) |
| undermine(verb, upset, disturb, weaken, agitate) |
| unsettle(verb, upset, disturb, weaken, agitate) |
| ward off(verb, expression, reject, disregard, oppose) |
| affright(verb, upset, bother, disturb, worry) |
| allay |
| annoy(verb, deter, disconcert, fluster) |
| anticipate |
| bewilder(verb, upset, bother, disturb, shock) |
| bilk(verb, frustrate, disappointment, confound, foil) |
| bit(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| break one's heart(verb, expression, idiom, dishearten, dejection) |
| bring down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, distress) |