8
hold(verb, stop, break, drop, close)
8
inhibit(verb, stop, control, keep, restrain)
8
song(noun, expression, piece, track, harmony)
8
terminate(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
7
chorus(noun, strain, piece, track, round)
7
burden(noun, response, tune, theme, chorus)
7
check(verb, stop, control, attack, keep)
7
interrupt(verb, keep, renounce, cease, abstain)
7
melody(noun, expression, piece, track, harmony)
7
pause(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
7
renounce(verb, give, decline, keep, reject)
7
stay(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
6
resist(verb, attack, decline, keep, oppose)
6
strain(noun, expression, piece, track, harmony)
6
tune(noun, expression, strain, piece, track)
6
verse(air, tune, melody, chorus)
5
decline(verb, stop, keep, reject, restrain)
5
deny(verb, control, keep, reject, dismiss)
5
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, control)
5
pass up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, keep)
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