3
suspend(verb, hold, keep, reject, dismiss)
3
turn aside(verb, expression, stop, check, separate)
2
adjourn(verb, hold, keep, reject, halt)
2
arrest(verb, stop, hold, keep, reject)
2
battle(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
brush off(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
2
cherish(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
conserve(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
contend(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
cool(verb, stop, cut, check, separate)
2
counter(verb, stop, remove, restrain, halt)
2
cover(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
cut(verb, separate, reject, disregard, dismiss)
2
decline(verb, cut, separate, reject, cool)
2
defer(verb, hold, keep, reject, halt)
2
dismiss(verb, separate, reject, cool, disregard)
2
drive away(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
2
drive off(verb, expression, cut, separate, cool)
2
entrench(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
2
espouse(verb, hold, maintain, oppose, secure)
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