3
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3
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3
taboo(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
3
turn down(verb, expression, cut, decline, refuse)
3
wipe out(verb, expression, remove, defeat, destroy)
2
abolish(verb, remove, reject, dismiss, exclude)
2
annihilate(remove, defeat, ignore, cancel, eradicate)
2
blot out(verb, expression, remove, reject, disregard)
2
break up(expression, open, free, halt, clean)
2
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2
call the signals(expression, idiom, order, set, charge)
2
cool(verb, stop, check, separate, restrain)
2
countermand(verb, stop, discharge, withdraw, abandon)
2
cross out(expression, remove, destroy, exclude, erase)
2
cut(remove, reject, destroy, refuse, bar)
2
cut out(verb, expression, remove, reject, disregard)
2
decline(cut, reject, refuse, bar, deny)
2
deflect(verb, stop, separate, halt, prevent)
2
dele
2
discard(verb, stop, remove, reject, disregard)
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