7
stop(noun, verb, calm, break, quiet)
6
confute(verb, break, oppose, expose, counter)
6
crush(verb, upset, oppose, restrain, overcome)
6
dampen(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress)
6
demolish(verb, upset, break, oppose, crush)
6
humble(verb, put, shame, humiliate, chasten)
6
kill(verb, stop, restrain, crush, block)
6
overthrow(noun, verb, upset, break, oppose)
6
repose(noun, stop, calm, break, quiet)
6
sit on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, calm)
6
sleep(noun, stop, calm, break, quiet)
6
solitude(noun, adjective, waste, dark, confidence)
6
soothe(verb, calm, quiet, smooth, subdue)
6
squelch(verb, stop, upset, calm, dull)
6
uncommunicativeness(noun, calm, control, quiet, speech)
5
choke(verb, stop, calm, control, close)
5
clam up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, calm)
5
confound(verb, upset, break, crush, confuse)
5
controvert(verb, upset, break, expose, refute)
5
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