2
rail(verb, oppose, criticize, challenge, condemn)
2
recriminate(verb, oppose, criticize, censure, dislike)
2
reproach(verb, oppose, criticize, dislike, condemn)
2
resist(verb, maintain, oppose, declare, fight)
2
sound off(verb, expression, maintain, oppose, criticize)
2
spurn(verb, reject, oppose, criticize, censure)
2
take exception(verb, expression, idiom, support, maintain)
2
take exception to(verb, expression, idiom, reject, oppose)
2
talk out of(verb, expression, idiom, move, dispute)
1
accuse(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
1
advise
1
advise against(verb, expression, prevent, discourage, thwart)
1
affirm(maintain, oppose, declare, object, protest)
1
argue against(oppose, criticize, fight, cross, protest)
1
ascribe(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
1
asperse(criticize, reprimand, reproach, taunt, rebuke)
1
assert(maintain, oppose, declare, object, protest)
1
asseverate(maintain, oppose, declare, object, protest)
1
attack(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
1
attest(maintain, oppose, declare, object, protest)
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