| rebuff(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| reduce(verb, stop, control, restrain, halt) |
| rein in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| repress(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| repulse(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| restrain(verb, stop, control, reduce, curb) |
| retard(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain) |
| snub(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| squelch(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| stay(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| stop(verb, hold, control, reduce, restrain) |
| suppress(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| tame(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| terminate(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| thwart(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| withhold(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| box in(verb, expression, check, hinder, sandbag) |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, check, sandbag) |
| confine |
| cool down(verb, expression, check, sandbag, manacled) |