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demote(verb, upset, break, reduce)
12
put to shame(expression, verb, idiom, embarrassment)
12
take down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset)
10
cast down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset)
10
confuse(verb, upset, crush, put)
10
sink(verb, upset, reduce, destroy)
10
snub(verb, upset, give, cut)
9
deny(verb, upset, crush, annoy)
9
pull down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset)
9
take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, upset)
9
upset(verb, defeat, crush, put)
8
confound(verb, upset, beat, defeat)
8
hide(verb, put, shame, humiliate)
8
squelch(verb, upset, control, beat)
7
bemean(verb, upset, reduce, destroy)
7
bring low(verb, expression, activity, crush)
7
silence(verb, put, shame, humiliate)
7
squash(verb, upset, crush, put)
7
strike dumb(verb, expression, idiom, put)
6
belittle(verb, activity, ridicule, behaviour)
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