690 entries under verb topic. ×
| bilk(stop, ruin, halt, curb) | |
| blackball(stop, reject, halt, block) | |
| blacklist(stop, reject, block, ignore) | |
| bottle up(expression, hold, control, quiet) | |
| brake(stop, close, halt, block) | |
| bring to screeching halt(expression, idiom, stop, restrain) | |
| checkmate(stop, hold, control, reduce) | |
| cherish(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| choke back(expression, stop, hold, control) | |
| close(stop, hold, break, check) | |
| close out(expression, phrasal verb, stop, close) | |
| confine(hold, control, keep, restrain) | |
| confront(stop, attack, separate, maintain) | |
| congest(stop, close, check, halt) | |
| contend(stop, hold, attack, maintain) | |
| cork(stop, hold, control, quiet) | |
| counterattack(attack, fight, struggle, resist) | |
| countervail(stop, attack, maintain, oppose) | |
| cover(hold, maintain, oppose, secure) | |
| crab(stop, check, ruin, halt) |
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