possible profanity
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botch
2
bottleneck(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
2
bridle(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
2
buck(verb, stop, check, attack, separate)
2
bumble
2
bungle(verb, upset, fail, deceive, baffle)
2
cancel out(expression, correct, halt, resist, counter)
2
catch(verb, stop, close, halt, prevent)
2
challenge(verb, disregard, ignore, weaken, resist)
2
close off(expression, stop, close, halt, block)
2
coddle
2
come to nothing(expression, idiom, upset, fail, deceive)
2
complicate(verb, check, obscure, hinder, confuse)
2
contrariwise(adjective, cross, upright, over, vertical)
2
controvert(verb, attack, fight, resist, deny)
2
counterbalance(correct, halt, counter, respond, offset)
2
countermand
2
cover
2
crab(verb, stop, check, ruin, oppose)
2
cross thwart(noun, expression, idiom)
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