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quash(verb, stop, calm, break, control)
22
crush(verb, upset, break, control, beat)
7
demolish(verb, beat, ruin, oppose, crush)
7
silence(verb, stop, upset, calm, dull)
6
overthrow(verb, stop, end, oppose, suppress)
6
settle(verb, calm, restrain, return, suppress)
5
answer(noun, verb, response, reply)
5
retort(noun, verb, return, acknowledge, deny)
4
refute(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, claim)
4
shoot down(verb, expression, beat, defeat, oppose)
3
comeback(noun, verb, return, acknowledge, deny)
3
dispose of(verb, expression, oppose, crush, suppress)
3
parry(verb, oppose, crush, return, acknowledge)
3
rebut(verb, oppose, return, acknowledge, deny)
3
riposte(noun, verb, answer, argue)
2
break(verb, upset, control, beat, check)
2
cancel(verb, stop, end, remove, oppose)
2
confute(oppose, expose, contest, repudiate)
2
contradict(oppose, expose, contest, argue)
2
deny(verb, upset, crush, overcome, return)
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