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control(verb, stop, beat, cool)
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inhibit(verb, stop, control, dull)
5
quiet(verb, calm, drop, control, dull)
5
tame(verb, stop, control, beat)
4
bear down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, upset)
4
beat down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, control)
4
calm(verb, control, dull, release)
4
hamper(verb, stop, control, restrain)
4
hinder(verb, stop, upset, control, beat)
4
keep within bounds(verb, expression, idiom, control)
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roll back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, take)
4
step down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut)
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bar(verb, stop, upset, control, beat)
3
confine(verb, control, decline, restrain)
3
de-escalate(verb, decline, ease, diminish)
3
delay(verb, stop, control, restrain)
3
down(verb, upset, beat, defeat)
3
downsize(verb, decline, restrain, ease)
3
impede(verb, stop, upset, control, beat)
3
obstruct(verb, stop, upset, control, beat)
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