8
explode(verb, contest, discredit, confound, contradict)
8
nullify(verb, stop, decline, reject, oppose)
8
overturn(verb, upset, break, cross, deny)
7
answer(noun, verb, consider, oppose, dispute)
7
defeat(verb, upset, break, deny, expose)
7
demolish(verb, upset, break, expose, contest)
7
disaffirm(verb, break, reject, disregard, oppose)
7
disallow(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
7
reject(verb, break, decline, disregard, ignore)
6
break(verb, upset, reduce, cause, ruin)
6
cancel(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, deny)
6
confound(verb, upset, break, reduce, ruin)
6
contend(verb, consider, maintain, oppose, dispute)
6
contest(verb, consider, oppose, return, dispute)
6
negative(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
6
parry(verb, upset, break, oppose, return)
6
revoke(verb, stop, decline, reject, oppose)
6
silence(verb, upset, break, contest, discredit)
5
abnegate(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
5
annul(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, ignore)
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