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stymie(noun, verb, stop, close, check)
15
arrest(verb, stop, hold, break, take)
15
interrupt(verb, stop, upset, hold, break)
15
slow(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain)
15
stay(verb, stop, hold, break, control)
14
dam(noun, verb, stop, control, close)
14
halt(verb, stop, upset, hold, break)
14
oppose(verb, stop, check, decline, reject)
13
encumber(verb, hold, trouble, help, check)
13
occlude(verb, stop, close, check, halt)
12
close(verb, stop, control, end, cover)
12
foil(noun, verb, stop, upset, hold)
12
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, trouble)
12
hold up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break)
12
preclude(verb, stop, hold, control, check)
11
balk(verb, stop, close, quiet, end)
11
barricade(noun, verb, stop, control, close)
11
congest(verb, adjective, stop, close, force)
11
deter(verb, stop, close, end, check)
11
forbid(verb, stop, reduce, reject, restrain)
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