| counterattack(verb, attack, fight, struggle, resist) |
| dam(verb, stop, block, delay, curb) |
| grapple with(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, meet) |
| intercept(verb, prevent, hinder, impede, obstruct) |
| interrupt(verb, separate, block, delay, curb) |
| meet(verb, take, play, allow, fight) |
| negate(verb, break, check, decline, reject) |
| offset(verb, settle, correct, halt, block) |
| oppugn(verb, meet, fight, struggle, resist) |
| play off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, support, stop) |
| repress(verb, stop, control, check, restrain) |
| repudiate(verb, break, decline, reject, disregard) |
| secede(activity, rise, resist, overthrow, renounce) |
| stand up to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, support) |
| struggle(verb, support, force, meet, attack) |
| take exception(verb, expression, maintain, protest, complain) |
| take exception to(verb, expression, idiom, decline, reject) |
| assail(verb, stop, attack, maintain, restrain) |
| censure(noun, verb, reject, disturb, rise) |
| counterwork(verb, correct, halt, resist, answer) |