| check(verb, stop, control, restrain, halt) |
| checkmate(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| choke(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain) |
| circumvent(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| constrain(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| control(verb, stop, reduce, restrain, halt) |
| cool(delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle, adjourn) |
| counteract(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| curb(verb, stop, control, check, reduce) |
| cut short(verb, expression, stop, hold, control) |
| dawdle(verb, cool, delay, hesitate, postpone) |
| defer(verb, cool, delay, hesitate, postpone) |
| delay tactic |
| discourage(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| dither |
| drag(cool, delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle) |
| drag one's feet |
| equivocate(verb, halt, hinder, slow) |
| filibuster |
| foil(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |