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622 entries under verb topic. ×
| retard(stop, hold, control, keep) | |
| turn away(expression, deter, distract, sidetrack) | |
| undermine(upset, disturb, weaken, agitate) | |
| unsettle(upset, disturb, weaken, agitate) | |
| ward off(expression, reject, disregard, oppose) | |
| affright(upset, bother, disturb, worry) | |
| annoy(deter, disconcert, fluster) | |
| bewilder(upset, bother, disturb, shock) | |
| bilk(frustrate, disappointment, confound, foil) | |
| bit(stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| break one's heart(expression, idiom, dishearten, dejection) | |
| bring down(expression, phrasal verb, upset, distress) | |
| cancel(stop, prevent, hinder, depress) | |
| circumvent(stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| cloud(noun, dull, reduce, restrain) | |
| constrain(stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| counteract(stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| cut off | |
| darken(upset, dull, reduce, disturb) | |
| debar(stop, check, reject, restrain) |
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