possible profanity
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bar(noun, verb, stop, hold, control)
11
counter(verb, stop, check, attack, ruin)
11
inhibit(verb, stop, control, check, reduce)
11
retard(verb, stop, control, check, reduce)
10
bilk(verb, stop, ruin, halt, curb)
10
delay(verb, stop, control, reduce, restrain)
10
preclude(verb, stop, hold, control, separate)
10
resist(verb, break, check, attack, separate)
10
spoil(verb, upset, ruin, destroy, prevent)
9
counteract(verb, stop, hold, break, control)
9
ruin(verb, stop, upset, hurt, destroy)
9
scotch(verb, stop, ruin, suppress, prevent)
9
slow(verb, block, delay, curb, hinder)
9
stay(verb, stop, hold, control, attack)
8
arrest(verb, stop, hold, control, close)
8
beat(verb, stop, upset, ruin, defeat)
8
circumvent(verb, stop, upset, hold, control)
8
dash(verb, stop, upset, ruin, fail)
8
discomfit(verb, beat, defeat, crush, overcome)
8
disconcert(verb, stop, upset, fail, halt)
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