2
choke(verb, stop, hold, control, keep)
2
circumscribe
2
clog(verb, hold, control, keep, restrain)
2
close the hand(expression, idiom, refusal)
2
coerce(verb, make, force, curb, restraint)
2
compel(verb, make, force, curb, restraint)
2
confine(verb, hold, take, make, force)
2
cork(verb, make, force, cut, remove)
2
cover(verb, block, obscure, suppress, hide)
2
cover up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cover, restrain)
2
curtail(verb, control, restrain, limit, restrict)
2
curtain(verb, cover, block, obscure, suppress)
2
cut(verb, stop, remove, disregard, dismiss)
2
cut off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
2
cut short(verb, expression, stop, hold, control)
2
decelerate(verb, hold, keep, delay, impede)
2
defend(verb, suppress, hide, protect, shelter)
2
defer(verb, hold, keep, reject, maintain)
2
delete(verb, cut, remove, disregard, dismiss)
2
dispossess(verb, dismiss, ignore, cheat, lose)
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