| forestall(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| forfend(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| freeze(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| halt(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| hang up(verb, expression, stop, reduce, restrain) |
| hold up(verb, expression, stop, decline, reject) |
| impede(verb, stop, decline, reduce, reject) |
| kill(verb, restrain, halt, block, prevent) |
| make illegal(expression, idiom, bar, forbid) |
| nix(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| snub(decline, reject, refuse, bar) |
| spike(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| stymie(verb, stop, decline, reduce, reject) |
| bottle up(expression, restrain, halt, block, bar) |
| box in(verb, expression, restrain, halt, block) |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, restrain, halt) |
| cancel(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| check(verb, stop, decline, reduce, reject) |
| cork(verb, restrain, halt, block, prevent) |
| declare illegal(verb, expression, idiom, stop, decline) |