6
rule(noun, verb, control, run, direct)
5
countermand(verb, change, disregard, alter, cancel)
5
govern(verb, control, order, run, direct)
5
repeal(verb, change, refuse, alter, cancel)
5
sway(noun, verb, control, order, run)
4
abolish(cancel, undo, impair, discredit, annul)
4
disannul(cancel, undo, impair, discredit, annul)
4
preponderate(verb, control, order, beat, run)
4
prevail(verb, control, order, run, direct)
4
repudiate(verb, cancel, succeed, prohibit, annul)
4
veto(verb, disregard, refuse, cancel, reverse)
3
disallow(verb, refuse, cancel, prohibit, veto)
3
negate(verb, change, refuse, alter, cancel)
3
recall
2
be in power(verb, control, order, run, direct)
2
boss(verb, control, run, direct, rule)
2
call the shots(expression, idiom, control, order, run)
2
carry(verb, control, beat, direct, overcome)
2
command(noun, verb, control, order, beat)
2
control(verb, order, beat, run, direct)
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