2
cover(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
crab(verb, stop, check, ruin, halt)
2
crack down(verb, expression, stop, hold, control)
2
cramp(verb, stop, reduce, ruin, restrain)
2
crimp(verb, stop, ruin, halt, block)
2
cut short(expression, stop, hold, break, control)
2
dash(verb, stop, upset, ruin, halt)
2
defer(verb, stop, hold, break, bother)
2
defy(verb, stop, attack, maintain, oppose)
2
derail(verb, discourage, thwart, deter, dissuade)
2
disappoint(verb, stop, upset, ruin, halt)
2
discomfit(verb, defeat, distress, confuse, frustrate)
2
discontinue(verb, stop, hold, break, bother)
2
dispute(verb, stop, attack, separate, maintain)
2
disturb(verb, stop, break, bother, defeat)
2
drain
2
duck(verb, stop, beat, ruin, halt)
2
end(verb, stop, halt, block, finish)
2
entrench(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
escape(verb, stop, restrain, avoid, fool)
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