4
snuff out(verb, expression, restrain, crush, curb)
4
stamp(verb, press, crush, repress, trample)
4
stamp down(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
4
subordinate
4
surpass(verb, upset, clear, defeat, pass)
4
trample(verb, upset, control, beat, check)
3
abash(verb, upset, crush, annoy, suppress)
3
abbreviate
3
appropriate(verb, take, force, catch, arrest)
3
bind(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
3
blight
3
capture(verb, force, remove, defeat, appropriate)
3
chastise(verb, correct, discipline, reprimand, humiliate)
3
console(verb, calm, quiet, help, reduce)
3
contract
3
correct(discipline, reprimand, humiliate, punish, penalize)
3
cover(verb, hold, restrain, suppress, trap)
3
crack down on(verb, expression, idiom, restrain, crush)
3
cultivate(verb, work, grow, discipline, operate)
3
curtail(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
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