4
respond(verb, oppose, return, dispute, acknowledge)
4
shut up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, upset, break)
4
squelch(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, claim)
4
undermine(verb, reduce, ruin, weaken, subdue)
3
abolish(verb, cancel, undo, impair, discredit)
3
argue(verb, consider, maintain, oppose, return)
3
assert(maintain, defend, uphold, prove, justify)
3
avoid(verb, reject, disregard, ignore, mock)
3
convict(verb, contest, discredit, contradict, disprove)
3
counteract(verb, stop, break, disregard, oppose)
3
defy(verb, break, reject, disregard, oppose)
3
denounce(verb, oppose, criticize, object, deny)
3
echo(noun, verb, return, acknowledge, deny)
3
evert(verb, deny, contest, counter, discredit)
3
forswear(verb, deny, renounce, disown)
3
neutralize(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, ignore)
3
object(verb, oppose, criticize, protest, fuss)
3
prove(verb, get, consider, maintain, oppose)
3
quash(verb, deny, cancel, undo, reverse)
3
rebuff(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
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