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inhibit(stop, control, keep, restrain)
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terminate(stop, hold, break, drop)
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check(stop, control, attack, keep)
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interrupt(keep, renounce, cease, abstain)
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pause(stop, hold, break, drop)
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renounce(give, decline, keep, reject)
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stay(stop, hold, break, drop)
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resist(attack, decline, keep, oppose)
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decline(stop, keep, reject, restrain)
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deny(control, keep, reject, dismiss)
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hold back(expression, phrasal verb, stop, control)
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pass up(expression, phrasal verb, decline, keep)
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relinquish(drop, decline, abandon, delay)
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arrest(keep, renounce, cease, abstain)
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close(stop, hold, break, drop)
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deny oneself(expression, idiom, withdraw, quit)
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fast(withdraw, quit, renounce, cease)
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finish(stop, hold, break, drop)
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hold off(expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
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keep from(expression, phrasal verb, stop, attack)
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