| defer(verb, stop, control, keep, reduce) |
| defy(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| delay(verb, stop, control, reduce, release) |
| demur(verb, reject, dismiss, refuse, deny) |
| desert(verb, drop, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| die hard(verb, expression, stop, attack, maintain) |
| disapprove(verb, reject, dismiss, refuse, deny) |
| discharge(verb, free, leave, excuse, pardon) |
| dispense(verb, free, leave, excuse, pardon) |
| dispute(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| disuse |
| ditch(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| drop like hot potato(verb, expression, idiom, withdraw, abandon) |
| drop out(verb, expression, give, withdraw, abandon) |
| duel(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose) |
| dump(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| dwindle(reduce, release, moderate, decrease, abate) |
| ease up(expression, stop, reduce, release, moderate) |
| eat sparingly |
| eject |