3
shun(verb, stop, decline, reject, dismiss)
3
skimp(verb, spare, about, stint)
3
smother(verb, restrain, crush, curb, subdue)
3
starve(verb, pass, withdraw, quit, renounce)
3
stash(verb, cover, keep, restrain, obscure)
3
subtract(verb, take, remove, withdraw, deduct)
3
veil(verb, cover, block, obscure, suppress)
2
abjure(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
2
abnegate(verb, decline, reject, oppose, withdraw)
2
abstain from(expression, stop, restrain, prevent)
2
avoid(verb, stop, keep, disregard, pass)
2
bar(verb, stop, hold, control, make)
2
be parsimonious(expression, idiom, restrain, spare, confine)
2
bind(verb, take, make, force, keep)
2
block(verb, stop, hold, cover, check)
2
bottle up(verb, expression, take, control, make)
2
cache(verb, hold, control, place, cover)
2
camouflage(verb, cover, block, obscure, suppress)
2
carry(verb, hold, take, control, place)
2
cease(verb, stop, reject, restrain, withdraw)
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