2
settle(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, claim)
2
shoot down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, criticize, blame)
2
squash(verb, cross, frustrate, blank, thwart)
2
suppress(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, ignore)
2
take exception to(verb, expression, idiom, decline, reject)
2
talk back(verb, expression, consider, oppose, return)
2
thrash out(expression, consider, oppose, dispute, challenge)
2
throw out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, discredit, confound)
2
top(verb, return, informal, acknowledge, deny)
2
toss around(expression, consider, oppose, dispute, challenge)
2
turn down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, reject)
2
uphold(maintain, defend, prove, justify)
2
upset(break, oppose, fuss, complain)
2
void(verb, adjective, stop, withdraw, abandon)
2
withstand
1
X-out(cancel, undo, impair, discredit, overturn)
1
abate(cancel, undo, impair, discredit, contradict)
1
abhor(verb, reject, disregard, ignore, mock)
1
abort(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, ignore)
1
accuse(verb, oppose, criticize, object, protest)
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