| withdraw(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, renounce) |
| alleviate(verb, calm, dull, quiet, diminish) |
| annul(verb, stop, end, ruin, crush) |
| blunt(verb, dull, quiet, diminish, abate) |
| break(verb, control, beat, check, defeat) |
| break down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, end, ruin) |
| bring down(verb, expression, kill, overthrow, shoot) |
| burke(verb, stop, hold, control, quiet) |
| cancel(verb, stop, end, withdraw, abandon) |
| cease(verb, stop, halt, negative) |
| coerce(verb, make, force, press, defeat) |
| counteract(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| crack down on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, stop) |
| curtail(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb) |
| detain(verb, hold, control, keep, restrain) |
| devastate(verb, end, ruin, destroy, crush) |
| embargo(prohibit, ban, forbid) |
| eradicate(verb, stop, end, remove, ruin) |
| exterminate(verb, end, remove, ruin, destroy) |
| govern(verb, hold, control, check, restrain) |