| circumvent(verb, stop, upset, hold, control) |
| forestall(verb, stop, separate, halt, block) |
| nonplus(verb, upset, trouble, bother, disturb) |
| nullify(verb, stop, ruin, destroy, withdraw) |
| obviate(verb, stop, hold, control, separate) |
| prohibit(verb, stop, check, reduce, reject) |
| puzzle(verb, upset, trouble, bother, block) |
| restrain(verb, stop, control, check, reduce) |
| retard(verb, stop, control, dull, quiet) |
| spoil(verb, ruin, destroy, prevent, cross) |
| arrest(noun, verb, stop, hold, control) |
| counter(verb, stop, check, ruin, oppose) |
| counteract(verb, stop, hold, control, change) |
| curb(verb, stop, control, close, end) |
| halt(verb, stop, hold, control, close) |
| stump(verb, phrasal verb, stop, upset, trouble) |
| confound(verb, upset, trouble, beat, bother) |
| confuse(verb, stop, upset, dull, bother) |
| cross(verb, phrasal verb, ruin, oppose, correct) |
| delay(noun, verb, stop, control, reduce) |