3
downplay(verb, crush, criticize, scorn, confuse)
3
lower(verb, reduce, dismiss, destroy, crush)
3
roast(verb, attack, mark, dismiss, push)
3
run down(verb, expression, attack, reduce, ruin)
3
scandalize(verb, mark, slight, criticize, crack)
3
tear off(verb, phrasal verb, break, tear, pluck)
3
throw down(verb, expression, destroy, level, smash)
3
total(verb, end, remove, ruin, destroy)
3
traduce(verb, law, attack, dismiss, push)
3
trash(verb, break, end, attack, remove)
3
wrack(verb, ruin, hit, destroy, crush)
2
backbite(verb, law, attack, disparage, belittle)
2
bad-mouth(verb, slight, abuse, criticize, scorn)
2
belittle(verb, reduce, dismiss, destroy, slight)
2
blister(verb, mark, crush, push, slight)
2
blow down(verb, expression, destroy, level, smash)
2
break(verb, reduce, ruin, oppose, destroy)
2
break up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, break, remove)
2
burn(oppose, expose, contest, counter, repudiate)
2
burn down(expression, oppose, expose, contest, counter)
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