| slacken(verb, hold, keep, reduce, restrain) |
| subjugate(verb, restrain, crush, block, curb) |
| terminate(verb, stop, control, end, check) |
| throttle(verb, control, check, restrain, block) |
| tie up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, control) |
| ward off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, halt) |
| abstain(verb, stop, control, keep, restrain) |
| admonish(verb, dissuade) |
| antagonize(verb, stop, oppose, restrain, prevent) |
| battle(verb, stop, restrain, prevent) |
| box in(expression, control, check, restrain, halt) |
| box up(verb, expression, hold, control, restrain) |
| bring to screeching halt(expression, idiom, control, check, restrain) |
| burden(verb, trouble, delay, curb, suppress) |
| burke(control, regulate) |
| call the signals(expression, idiom, order, set, charge) |
| cease(verb, stop, decline, keep, restrain) |
| censor(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| chain(verb, hold, control, make, force) |
| challenge(verb, oppose) |