3
kill(verb, stop, hold, control, remove)
3
muzzle(verb, stop, hold, control, quiet)
3
nullify(verb, stop, beat, halt, curb)
3
put off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
3
reduce(verb, stop, control, restrain, halt)
3
repel(verb, stop, attack, separate, maintain)
3
reserve(verb, retain)
3
shut off(verb, expression, stop, close, check)
3
stall(verb, stop, hold, close, check)
3
stem(verb, stop, break, close, end)
3
terminate(verb, stop, hold, control, check)
3
ward(verb, stop, remove, reduce, restrain)
3
withstand(verb, stop, hold, attack, separate)
2
trammel(verb, stop, hold, quiet, check)
2
abstain(verb, stop, restrain, deter, prohibit)
2
admonish(verb, dissuade)
2
assail(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
assault(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
baulk
2
beat(verb, stop, upset, ruin, defeat)
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