9
inhibit(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
9
question(verb, consider, criticize, fight, dispute)
9
rebuff(verb, cut, check, decline, separate)
9
stand(verb, take, meet, play, allow)
9
vie(verb, meet, consider, play, fight)
8
battle(verb, stop, hold, meet, attack)
8
confute(verb, consider, expose, deliberate, counter)
8
disprove(verb, decline, reject, consider, dispute)
8
encounter(verb, take, meet, play, allow)
8
impugn(verb, break, check, disregard, criticize)
8
kick(verb, cut, separate, cool, maintain)
8
rebut(verb, cut, check, decline, separate)
8
reject(verb, break, cut, check, decline)
8
remonstrate(verb, reject, maintain, disturb, rise)
8
rival(verb, study, meet, consider, play)
8
run counter to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, fight)
8
set against(verb, expression, phrasal verb, study, consider)
7
belie(verb, challenge, deny, undo, reverse)
7
bicker(verb, support, force, consider, maintain)
7
collide(verb, disturb, play, fight, dispute)
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