3
check(verb, stop, order, set, charge)
3
clear(verb, clear, release, free, clean)
3
degrade(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, lower)
3
dismiss(verb, decline, separate, remove, reject)
3
efface(verb, remove, destroy, obliterate, erase)
3
eject(verb, stop, remove, reject, disregard)
3
enjoin(verb, stop, order, set, charge)
3
eradicate(verb, remove, defeat, ignore, abolish)
3
expunge(verb, remove, destroy, obliterate, erase)
3
foreclose(verb, exclude)
3
frustrate(verb, stop, separate, reject, restrain)
3
hinder(verb, stop, check, decline, remove)
3
impede(verb, stop, check, decline, reject)
3
keep out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, keep)
3
obliterate(verb, remove, destroy, erase)
3
obstruct(verb, stop, check, decline, reject)
3
omit(verb, stop, remove, reject, disregard)
3
recant(verb, stop, reject, discharge, dismiss)
3
rub out(verb, expression, remove, defeat, destroy)
3
say no to(expression, idiom)
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