2
duck(verb, cover, keep, maintain, block)
2
duel(verb, stop, cut, separate, cool)
2
ease off(expression, stop, reduce, restrain, delay)
2
eclipse(verb, cover, block, obscure, suppress)
2
economize(reduce, restrain, curtail)
2
embargo
2
embog(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate)
2
endure(verb, stop, restrain, prevent)
2
enjoin(verb, stop, reduce, restrain, prevent)
2
eschew(verb, stop, decline, reject, oppose)
2
fend off(verb, expression, control, cut, check)
2
fetter(verb, control, check, restrain, delay)
2
fight(verb, cut, separate, cool, prevent)
2
fight back(verb, expression, stop, restrain, resist)
2
foil(verb, stop, control, separate, reduce)
2
force back(verb, expression, cut, separate, cool)
2
force off(verb, expression, cut, separate, cool)
2
forgo(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
2
gag(verb, stop, hold, control, end)
2
give cold shoulder to(expression, idiom, cut, separate, cool)
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