3
impede(verb, upset, beat, defeat, crush)
3
obviate(verb, stop, separate, prevent, resist)
3
oppose(verb, cut, cover, separate, cool)
3
palter(escape, lie, shuffle, vacillate, prevaricate)
3
preclude(verb, stop, separate, block, prevent)
3
pussyfoot(verb, move, cut, decline, slip)
3
put to flight(expression, idiom, cut, separate, cool)
3
recoil(noun, restraint, retreat, entertainment, diversion)
3
shift(verb, move, cut, decline, slip)
3
shut up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, break)
3
squelch(verb, oppose, crush, return, acknowledge)
3
ward
2
anticipate(verb, circumvent, ward)
2
avoidance(noun, entertainment, relaxation, diversion, evasion)
2
barricade
2
beat back(verb, expression, cut, separate, cool)
2
beleaguer
2
besiege
2
bilk
2
blench
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