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shoot at(verb, expression, bombard)
2
shoot full of holes(verb, expression, idiom, oppose, crush)
2
silence(oppose, crush, expose, contest, counter)
2
smear(verb, crush, criticize, scorn, confuse)
2
squash(verb, remove, destroy, crush, criticize)
2
strike(verb, advance, attack, abuse, violate)
2
take down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, beat, reduce)
2
take down a peg(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, destroy)
2
take out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hurt)
2
tear down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reduce, oppose)
2
throw monkey wrench in(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, stop)
2
top(verb, beat, defeat, oppose, overcome)
2
torpedo(verb, remove, destroy, obscure, kill)
2
total(verb, stop, beat, hurt, remove)
2
trash(verb, beat, attack, remove, defeat)
2
undermine(verb, stop, upset, drop, hurt)
2
vote down
2
wash out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, remove, destroy)
2
waste(verb, beat, remove, defeat, destroy)
2
weaken(verb, stop, hurt, reduce, ruin)
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