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brake(verb, stop, close, check, reduce)
6
curb(verb, stop, check, reduce, ruin)
6
frustrate(verb, stop, check, ruin, restrain)
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hang up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
6
put off(verb, expression, stop, hold, drop)
6
put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, hold, drop)
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arrest(verb, stop, hold, break, close)
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thwart(verb, stop, close, check, ruin)
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hang(reject, halt, delay, swing)
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hang fire(verb, expression, reject, halt, block)
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intermit(verb, stop, reduce, reject, release)
4
pigeonhole(verb, drop, reject, disregard, abandon)
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prevent(verb, stop, break, close, check)
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prohibit(verb, stop, check, block, delay)
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prorogue(verb, stop, drop, reduce, reject)
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restrict(verb, stop, hold, check, decline)
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withhold(verb, stop, hold, decline, keep)
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balk(verb, stop, check, ruin, block)
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clog(noun, verb, stop, close, check)
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discontinue(verb, stop, break, reject, bother)
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