| vie(verb, oppose, dispute, resist, impede) |
| vindicate(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| ward off(verb, expression, oppose, dispute, cross) |
| warrant(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| zap(verb, state, charge, maintain, declare) |
| back-talk(protest, nixing, constate) |
| be against(protest, nixing, constate) |
| be displeased by(protest, nixing, constate) |
| blacklist(protest, nixing, constate) |
| challenge(verb, oppose, deny, reverse, counter) |
| confront(verb, oppose, challenge, deny, reverse) |
| constate(protest, nixing) |
| cry out(expression, protest, nixing, constate) |
| crying out(expression, protest, nixing, constate) |
| dare(verb, oppose, challenge, deny, reverse) |
| declare(verb, state, maintain, assert, insist) |
| give thumbs down(expression, idiom, protest, nixing, constate) |
| inveigh against(expression, protest, nixing, constate) |
| make a stink(expression, idiom, protest, nixing, constate) |
| nixing(protest, constate) |