| bottle(verb, stop, break, close, end) |
| bottle up(expression, control, restrain, limit, restrict) |
| bottleneck(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| box in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, control, check) |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, control, check) |
| checkmate(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| choke off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break) |
| circumvent(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| close(verb, stop, break, end, halt) |
| congest(verb, stop, break, close, end) |
| cook(verb, control, restrain, suppress, limit) |
| cool down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, control, check) |
| counteract(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| cut off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break) |
| cut short(verb, expression, stop, hold, control) |
| decelerate(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| decrease(reduce, restrain, delay, moderate, limit) |
| deny(control, restrain, limit, restrict, repress) |
| diminish(end, reduce, restrain, halt, delay) |
| discourage(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |