3
resist(verb, break, disregard, oppose, hinder)
3
retort(noun, verb, return, acknowledge, deny)
3
return(noun, verb, oppose, dispute, acknowledge)
3
ruin(verb, reduce, oppose, dispute, weaken)
3
support(maintain, defend, uphold, prove, justify)
3
undo(verb, cross, deny, cancel, frustrate)
3
veto(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
3
weaken(verb, reduce, ruin, subdue, cancel)
3
withdraw(verb, stop, abandon, scratch, annul)
2
abjure(verb, break, decline, reject, disregard)
2
absolve(verb, maintain, defend, justify, vindicate)
2
acknowledge(verb, return, deny, counter, reply)
2
acquit(verb, maintain, defend, justify, vindicate)
2
advocate(maintain, defend, uphold, prove, justify)
2
agitate(verb, consider, oppose, dispute, challenge)
2
annihilate(cancel, undo, impair, discredit, contradict)
2
attack(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
2
burn(verb, contest, discredit, contradict, disprove)
2
canvass(verb, consider, oppose, dispute, challenge)
2
censure(verb, criticize, blame, argue, stretch)
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