| setback(noun, break, check, ruin, defeat) |
| block(verb, upset, beat, separate, defeat) |
| challenge(verb, disregard, oppose, resist, frustrate) |
| chase(verb, beat, defeat, destroy, crush) |
| checkmate(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| contradict(verb, oppose, deny, refute, disprove) |
| counter(verb, oppose) |
| cross(verb, reject, disregard, oppose, dismiss) |
| declination(noun, negative, rebuff, snub, ban) |
| disapprove(verb, reject, disregard, dismiss, slight) |
| discomfiture(noun, break, check, ruin, defeat) |
| dismissal(noun, disapproval, rejection, veto, refutation) |
| fight(verb, oppose) |
| foil(noun, verb, stop, hold, control) |
| ignore(verb, reject, disregard, oppose, dismiss) |
| keep at bay(verb, expression, idiom, control, check) |
| kick |
| nix(noun, verb, check, decline, reject) |
| put down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, check, decline) |
| rebuke(noun, verb, reject, disregard, oppose) |