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22
deflect(verb, move, stop, change)
18
turn aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, stop)
17
avert(verb, stop, change, check)
14
turn(verb, move, stop, go, change)
8
deter(verb, stop, take, check)
7
turn away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop)
3
fend(verb, stop, slip, prevent)
3
fend off(verb, expression, stop, halt)
3
prevent(verb, stop, check, oppose)
3
turn off(verb, expression, stop, check)
2
break up(expression, alienate, divorce, disaffect)
2
check(verb, stop, oppose, restrain)
2
decline(verb, blow, prevent, twist)
2
disaffect(withdraw, alienate, divorce)
2
hold off(verb, expression, stop, check)
2
obviate(verb, stop, check, restrain)
2
ward off(verb, expression, stop, halt)
2
wean(withdraw, alienate, divorce, disaffect)
2
withdraw(verb, take, remove, keep)
1
alien(withdraw, alienate, divorce, disaffect)
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