2
discourage(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
2
disprove(verb, oppose, return, acknowledge, deny)
2
dispute(verb, oppose, return, acknowledge, deny)
2
drown(silence, dampen, deaden)
2
dry up(verb, expression, stop, calm, dull)
2
dummy up(verb, expression, calm, dull, quiet)
2
eradicate(verb, stop, end, remove, destroy)
2
erase(verb, stop, end, remove, destroy)
2
expunge(verb, stop, end, remove, destroy)
2
exterminate(verb, remove, destroy, eradicate)
2
extirpate(verb, stop, end, suppress, eliminate)
2
finish(verb, stop, end, suppress, eliminate)
2
flirt
2
floor(verb, beat, defeat, overcome, blank)
2
force
2
gibe
2
hinder(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain)
2
hold in(verb, expression, stop, hold, control)
2
hold it down(verb, expression, idiom, stop, calm)
2
hush-hush(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress)
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