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What is another word for
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Verb
Present participle for to terminate or abolish something
Present participle for resolve, fix
Present participle for bring to an end
Present participle for to decisively put an end to
Present participle for to prevent or impede someone from engaging in an activity
Present participle for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
Present participle for to take measures to stop something
Present participle for to stop or keep from happening or continuing
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
Present participle for to put an end to
Present participle for to undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
Present participle for to decrease or reduce in feeling or strength
Present participle for to forcibly remove from a position of power or authority
Present participle for to explain away or dispel
Present participle for to comprehensively defeat
Present participle for to disprove or refute a statement, theory or belief
Noun
The action of inhibiting a process
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Verb
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Present participle for to terminate or abolish something
terminating
stopping
discontinuing
halting
suspending
axing
putting a stop to
bringing to an end
pulling the plug on
calling a halt
putting the kibosh on
ending
finishing
ceasing
concluding
dropping
breaking off
winding up
quitting
closing
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
cutting short
abolishing
breaking up
laying off
leaving off
packing in
interrupting
cutting off
calling a halt to
abandoning
giving up
knocking off
packing up
cutting out
bringing to a close
bringing to a halt
dissolving
completing
expiring
breaking
desisting from
cutting
knocking something on the head
shutting off
wrapping up
dead-ending
nipping in the bud
arresting
desisting
adjourning
giving the chop
elapsing
annulling
lapsing
letting up
giving over
rounding off
determining
aborting
bringing to a stop
doing away with
getting rid of
scrapping
bringing to a standstill
withdrawing
scrubbing
putting paid to
passing
winding down
rounding out
winking out
dispensing with
stemming
curbing
destroying
eradicating
relinquishing
eliminating
going
checking
blocking
putting the lid on
closing out
dying
belaying
coming to an end
calling it quits
finishing off
refraining from
phasing out
shutting down
immobilizing
US
immobilising
UK
intermitting
calling off
laying off of
scratching
bringing to an untimely end
killing
disconnecting
packing it in
calling it a day
stalling
impeding
wrapping
extinguishing
disposing of
settling
kicking
removing
sewing up
stifling
bringing to a conclusion
junking
topping off
closing down
ruining
scotching
recessing
disrupting
running out
rounding up
severing
withholding
drawing to a close
blowing the whistle on
obstructing
staunching
barring
putting a cork in
holding back
disuniting
intervening
interposing
dissevering
separating
blowing off
surceasing
disjoining
parting
pausing
bagging it
proroguing
dumping
ditching
breaking into
cutting into
disturbing
interfering with
saying goodbye to
getting out of
abstaining from
throwing in the sponge
renouncing
forsaking
throwing in the towel
forgoing
getting off
stopping trying
pulling out of
forletting
lifting
killing off
relieving
raising
quelling
subduing
suppressing
quashing
putting out of business
bringing to naught
putting out of action
crashing
rendering powerless
wiping out
crippling
bringing someone to their knees
stripping
ridding
clearing
banishing
unloading
expelling
erasing
clearing away
putting a lid on
running down
doing for
putting the stopper on
resolving
getting shot of
getting done
sundering
getting shut of
crowning
switching off
pulling the plug
ending up
consummating
turning back
deactivating
holding up
culminating
fulfilling
coming to a halt
finalizing
US
fizzling out
coming to a close
finalising
UK
disappearing
vanishing
failing
capping
collapsing
coming to a stop
fading away
accomplishing
coming to a standstill
dying away
climaxing
doing
foundering
miscarrying
abating
perfecting
liquidating
flopping
leaving
folding
stopping dead
carrying out
bringing to fruition
petering out
biting the dust
dying out
setting the seal on
running its course
putting to bed
falling through
adding the finishing touch to
crying off
dying down
polishing off
going wrong
passing away
coming to grief
achieving
fading
resigning
polishing
nailing
evaporating
executing
performing
effectuating
dwindling
realizing
US
complementing
rescinding
repealing
curtailing
revoking
shelving
freezing
evanishing
yielding
actualizing
breaking down
putting the finishing touches on
sorting out
making up
bringing to maturity
putting the last touches on
going whole hog
getting through
making good
doing thoroughly
carrying off
going through with
making perfect
going the limit
adding the final touch to
abdicating
not succeeding
stopping short
realising
UK
ceasing to exist
blowing over
putting a period to
dropping out
becoming invalid
coming to nothing
going awry
withdrawing from
cutting it out
becoming obsolete
hanging it up
finishing with
coming a cropper
going down like a lead balloon
having done with
coming to naught
giving notice
throwing up
retiring from
melting away
resigning from
becoming void
relenting
topping
disbanding
ebbing
cinching
nullifying
drawing to a halt
coming to rest
transpiring
stopping in your tracks
reaching a standstill
cooling it
following through
recalling
calling
bringing
refraining
waning
discharging
standing
holding
subsiding
buttoning up
buttoning down
cutting loose
folding up
evanescing
shutting
departing
staying
pulling up
slipping away
flying by
drawing to close
shuttering
clinching
leading up to
building up to
reneging
backing out
bringing down curtain
playing out
tying up
putting the finishing touches to
retreating
reaching a finale
coming to a conclusion
stopping midstream
avoiding
eschewing
coming to a head
backing off
quitting cold turkey
going by
carrying through
getting on the wagon
kicking over
forbearing from
quitting cold
kicking the habit
doing without
taking the cure
knocks it off
hanging up
trailing off
tailing off
going dead
selling out
postponing
surrendering
cleaning up
coming to the end
finishing up
tiing up loose ends
shunning
closing the books
terminating the account
closing the door on
ignoring
remitting
forfeiting
shaking
divorcing
sacrificing
jilting
waiving
ceding
misfiring
putting the finishing touch to
putting the tin lid on
putting finishing touch on
capping off
adding the finishing touches to
breaking short
stopping cold
bringing to a premature end
stopping in full flow
leaving unfinished
writing off
breaking with
parting from
dusting off
forgetting about
parting with
eighty-sixing
turning your back on
not coming off
failing to happen
grinding to a halt
backing out of
dropping out of
retiring
quitclaiming
handing over
demitting
fizzling
stepping down
fluffing
tanking
signing off
standing down
walking out
ceasing work
bowing out
standing aside
handing in resignation
floundering
flatlining
bombing
flunking
flagging
cratering
languishing
turning out badly
flaming out
slipping up
going to pieces
screwing up
missing the mark
tripping up
falling flat
lacking success
coming apart at the seams
falling by the wayside
coming unstuck
falling short
going belly-up
fouling up
more ❯
“How do you think that we can
put an end to
the business of illicit drug use and trafficking worldwide?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for resolve, fix
deconflicting
fixing
getting to the bottom of
resolving
solving
sorting out
working out
rectifying
remedying
settling
putting right
straightening out
putting to rights
dealing with
setting right
setting to rights
correcting
mending
righting
alleviating
repairing
counteracting
ending
eliminating
easing
ameliorating
removing
making better
curing
doing away with
reconciling
clearing up
composing
ironing out
finding a solution to
patching up
reaching an agreement about
smoothing over
finding an answer to
bringing to an end
unraveling
US
unravelling
UK
deciphering
untangling
cracking
puzzling out
decoding
figuring out
finding the key to
unriddling
disentangling
sussing out
finding the solution to
decrypting
unscrambling
thinking through
piecing together
finding the answer to
thinking out
making sense of
making head or tail of
breaking
answering
fathoming
unfolding
unlocking
riddling out
reasoning out
finding the solution
doping out
thrashing out
working through
hammering out
puzzling
understanding
translating
interpreting
comprehending
discovering meaning
elucidating
getting the answer to
getting answer
working
taking care of
descrambling
cracking the code
reasoning
finding the answer
coming to a conclusion about
making clear
breaking down
working something out
unsnarling
clearing
cutting through red tape
freeing
cutting the Gordian knot
divining
brainstorming
licking
hitting upon
finding out
realising
UK
getting right
working on
panning out
deciding on
getting
getting around
determining a solution to
making out
getting to the bottom
realizing
US
making a dent
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for bring to an end
laying to rest
annulling
bringing to a close
burying
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
entombing
holding a funeral
inhuming
interring
invalidating
laying in the grave
negating
nullifying
putting six feet under
putting to rest
revoking
undoing
voiding
axing
abolishing
quashing
rescinding
repealing
eliminating
stopping
abrogating
doing away with
withdrawing
scrubbing
dropping
erasing
ending
scrapping
retracting
recalling
obliterating
wiping out
eradicating
aborting
countermanding
vacating
blotting out
dissolving
terminating
exterminating
annihilating
killing
disannulling
nulling
ditching
extinguishing
discarding
nixing
abandoning
declaring null and void
destroying
calling off
stamping out
striking down
rolling back
overturning
overthrowing
discontinuing
removing
repudiating
expunging
effacing
avoiding
abating
recanting
obviating
setting aside
giving up
giving the chop
getting rid of
throwing out
rooting out
reversing
overruling
deleting
liquidating
vitiating
dumping
waiving
taking back
dispensing with
knocking something on the head
rendering null and void
sweeping away
blacking out
rubbing out
vetoing
overriding
cutting
extirpating
suppressing
declaring invalid
taking away
cleaning up
putting a stop to
snuffing out
crying off
scratching
demolishing
defeating
calling
rejecting
disallowing
reneging
excising
jettisoning
squashing
chopping
subverting
junking
discharging
deracinating
superseding
reverting
calling back
rendering invalid
shelving
getting shot of
knocking out
ruling against
chucking in
finishing off
disposing of
uprooting
turfing
weeding out
cutting out
finishing
zapping
squelching
trashing
prohibiting
disestablishing
postponing
inhibiting
forgetting
shedding
bringing to an end
putting the kibosh on
putting kibosh on
closing down
forgetting about
altering
upsetting
declaring
changing
razing
remitting
oversetting
prostrating
downing
breaking
crushing
casting aside
getting off the hook
bringing down
knocking down
binning
redlining
retiring
refuting
dismantling
putting down
wiping from the face of the earth
exsecting
packing in
getting shut of
calling a halt to
pulling the plug on
ignoring
counterchecking
redressing
going back on your word
counterpoising
belaying
rendering inert
wiping slate clean
ruling out
banishing
purging
omitting
dispatching
excluding
making void
lifting
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
neutralizing
US
editing out
crosses out
stroking out
taking out
blanking out
whiting out
bluing pencil
blue-penciling
blocking out
blue-pencilling
cancelling out
striking out
canceling out
inking out
putting a line through
Xing out
topping
driving out
casting out
phasing out
putting out
neutralising
UK
polishing off
putting someone out of their misery
blocking
voting down
refusing
giving the thumbs down to
forbidding
suspending
renouncing
breaking off
backtracking on
disaffirming
reneging on
disclaiming
going back on
abjuring
torpedoing
doing in
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decisively put an end to
scotching
destroying
smashing
devastating
scuppering
thwarting
wrecking
demolishing
extinguishing
frustrating
queering
ruining
shattering
blowing
clobbering
dishing
foiling
putting paid to
scuttling
spoiling
stopping
bringing to an end
messing up
nipping in the bud
putting a stop to
putting the kibosh on
putting the lid on
stymieing
dashing
sabotaging
preventing
quashing
crushing
defeating
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
doing for
marring
derailing
hindering
blowing a hole in
bringing to naught
obstructing
undoing
ending
quelling
banjaxing
disrupting
nixing
blighting
cruelling
euchring
fouling up
lousing up
screwing up
making a mess of
playing havoc with
baulking
UK
injuring
impairing
blocking
annihilating
hampering
neutralizing
US
finishing
balking
US
nullifying
neutralising
UK
doing in
making a hash of
damaging
disfiguring
trashing
scarring
tainting
confounding
spiking
staining
afflicting
decaying
harming
putting a damper on
upsetting
glitching up
crippling
subduing
suppressing
undermining
breaking
toppling
prohibiting
subverting
overthrowing
vitiating
halting
annulling
killing
counteracting
ceasing
decimating
razing
obliterating
wracking
botching
squelching
eradicating
unbuilding
crimping
skinning
cramping
impoverishing
crazing
forestalling
checking
sweeping aside
bringing down
putting at risk
mucking up
cancelling out
canceling out
impeding
opposing
snookering
rendering ineffective
ballsing up
working against
raining on someone's parade
nobbling
finishing off
standing in the way of
putting the stopper on
bringing to a close
making an end of
putting the mockers on
torpedoing
blasting
overwhelming
wreaking havoc on
sinking
putting the skids under
sealing the doom of
compromising
hurting
defacing
blemishing
flawing
ravaging
tarnishing
endamaging
weakening
crabbing
defiling
crossing up
bloodying
disabling
threatening
mangling
totalling
totaling
debilitating
desecrating
vandalizing
US
destabilizing
US
disfeaturing
corroding
sullying
corrupting
sapping
destabilising
UK
vandalising
UK
poisoning
jeopardizing
US
diminishing
enfeebling
despoiling
debasing
prejudicing
gutting
blotting
dismantling
jeopardising
UK
maiming
scratching
incapacitating
causing detriment to
reducing
interfering with
devitalizing
enervating
blunting
denting
wasting
battering
scorching
shocking
smashing up
smirching
polluting
roughing up
shaking up
detracting from
lessening
dilapidating
mutilating
wrenching
distorting
wearing away
reducing to nothing
negating
interrupting
terminating
attacking
mullering
dispatching
eliminating
endangering
abolishing
imperilling
UK
imperiling
US
bollixing
laying waste
making of no use or value
aborting
deteriorating
breaking up
breaking down
deforming
invalidating
bodging
worsening
wounding
depressing
intruding on
nicking
besmirching
twisting
inconveniencing
withering
attenuating
uglifying
tweaking
bending
detracting
bruising
warping
dinging
costing
taking out
eroding
handling roughly
tagging
doing harm to
etiolating
souring
colouring
UK
coloring
US
misshaping
contorting
doing mischief to
dumping on
causing the loss of
causing the sacrifice of
resulting in harm to
putting out of action
putting out of commission
throwing a monkey wrench into
minimizing
US
minimising
UK
undercutting
unsettling
disempowering
resulting in damage to
leading to the end of
lowering
tiring
dislocating
chipping away
prostrating
softening
knocking off balance
striking at the foundations
wearing down
eating away
overshadowing
pillaging
abusing
cracking
scathing
maltreating
tearing
disintegrating
gnawing
discoloring
US
wronging
lacerating
splitting
infecting
dirtying
knocking
discolouring
UK
rusting
rotting
burning
plundering
sacking
stabbing
contaminating
bleaching
fading
casting a gloom upon
bringing a note of sadness to
casting gloom over
tampering with
banging up
desolating
depredating
doing damage to
spoliating
playing merry hell with
driving a nail into the coffin of
squashing
taking apart
making useless
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent or impede someone from engaging in an activity
cutting off
stopping
preventing
hindering
obstructing
impeding
blocking
deterring
barring
curbing
hampering
hamstringing
forbidding
inhibiting
precluding
prohibiting
restricting
stymieing
thwarting
dissuading from
holding back
interdicting
restraining
retarding
arresting
checking
contravening
counteracting
crimping
crippling
disrupting
encumbering
handicapping
interfering with
slowing
slowing down
stonewalling
foiling
frustrating
shackling
fettering
balking
US
short-circuiting
hog-tying
tying up
hanging up
handcuffing
manacling
baulking
UK
cramping
throwing a spanner in the works
scuppering
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
embarrassing
holding up
trammelling
hobbling
cramping one's style
trammeling
clogging
baffling
braking
delaying
standing in the way of
binding
screwing up
saddling with
getting in the way of
damming
putting a brake on
rattling
discomfiting
getting in the way
cumbering
closing off
chaining
shutting down
giving a hard time
entangling
shutting off
interfering
borking
fouling up
opposing
disconcerting
freezing
derailing
fazing
snookering
stalling
puzzling
defeating
spoiling
confounding
mystifying
stumping
flummoxing
shelving
putting the kibosh on
scotching
cornering
putting on back burner
upsetting
putting on hold
crabbing
nonplussing
giving the run around
throwing a monkey wrench into
hanging fire
putting paid to
pigeonholing
choking off
holding off
dead-ending
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
weaning
stopping
halting
ceasing
discontinuing
refraining from
desisting from
quitting
forbearing from
breaking off
cutting out
calling a halt to
calling it a day
giving up
abandoning
abstaining from
leaving off
knocking off
packing in
suspending
desisting
forsaking
laying off
passing up
precluding
relinquishing
renouncing
resisting
skipping
steering clear of
belaying
bypassing
finishing
keeping from
staying away from
axing
backing off from
checking out from
dropping
forgoing
giving over
holding off
packing up
pulling out of
putting a stop to
refusing
reining in
restraining from
shrinking from
swearing off
withholding from
calling it quits on
detaching
jacking in
kiboshing
surceasing from
avoiding
eschewing
kicking
forbearing
checking
doing without
curbing
stopping oneself from
preventing oneself from
restraining oneself from
forswearing
ending
foregoing
preventing
breaking
ditching
shunning
concluding
going without
denying oneself
rejecting
abstaining
shying from
skipping out on
prohibiting
helping
laying off of
checking oneself
letting up
quitting cold
turning down
kicking over
leaving alone
kicking the habit
calling it quits
keeping off
abjuring
ceasing to indulge in
resigning from
giving a wide berth to
restraining
chucking
standing down from
having done with
resisting the temptation to
stopping oneself
putting off
managing not to
passing on
waiving
getting off
dispensing with
not touching
leaving out
bucking
closing
terminating
determining
getting on the wagon
sewing up
packing it in
withdrawing
breaking up
elapsing
surceasing
cutting it out
cutting off
hanging it up
taking the cure
wrapping up
winding up
dead-ending
winking out
evading
averting
dodging
escaping
staying away
steering clear
shaking off
shirking
circumventing
withstanding
getting around
skirting
sidestepping
counterbalancing
making up for
shaking
getting out of
warding off
nullifying
blocking
counteracting
neutralizing
US
obviating
interfering with
staving off
hindering
fending off
arresting
impeding
anticipating
negating
heading off
breaking the habit of
neutralising
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to take measures to stop something
clamping down on
limiting
preventing
restraining
stamping out
stopping
suppressing
checking
controlling
cracking down on
restricting
coming down hard on
keeping in check
keeping under control
putting a stop to
subduing
quashing
squashing
squelching
repressing
quelling
extinguishing
crushing
curbing
ending
silencing
killing
stifling
snuffing out
overcoming
putting down
inhibiting
slapping down
destroying
nipping in the bud
putting the kibosh on
abolishing
terminating
thwarting
quenching
conquering
putting the lid on
hindering
defeating
frustrating
overpowering
annihilating
halting
getting rid of
wiping out
arresting
overwhelming
shutting down
impeding
quelching
deadening
strangling
scotching
stemming
routing
clobbering
vanquishing
putting out
constraining
hampering
beating
eliminating
finishing
demolishing
extirpating
shushing
bringing to an end
putting paid to
blocking out
sitting on
interfering with
muffling
eradicating
gagging
smothering
obstructing
muting
scuppering
blocking
overthrowing
damping down
queering
overturning
subjugating
cracking down
throttling
discontinuing
blotting out
holding back
trampling on
burying
cutting off
weeding out
snowing under
spiking
reining in
exterminating
expunging
bringing to screeching halt
banishing
clamping down
removing
torpedoing
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
dishing
withholding
censoring
clamming
keeping down
settling
cutting short
choking off
abating
closing up
dulling
dumbing
putting lid on
keeping in
bringing to naught
holding in
driving underground
beating down
holding down
keeping inside
cowing
putting kibosh on
triumphing over
bottling
trampling
interrupting
dominating
clamping
containing
putting a lid on
bringing to a stop
bringing to a halt
doing for
regulating
putting the stopper on
scuttling
curtailing
stymieing
messing up
dashing
nixing
spoiling
foiling
ruining
prostrating
oppressing
breaking
whelming
blowing away
obliterating
flooring
grinding down
reducing
bringing someone to their knees
icing
devastating
forcing down
bearing down on
overmastering
wrecking
swamping
fighting
opposing
defying
countering
resisting
withstanding
tackling
confronting
warring
oppugning
repelling
resolving
putting up a fight against
battling against
striving against
combatting
bucking
combating
making a stand against
coping with
struggling against
bringing to an end to
scrunching
trashing
squishing
bridling
mastering
licking
rejecting
dismissing
censuring
governing
moderating
taming
besting
surmounting
softening
mellowing
damping
diminishing
lessening
dispatching
toning down
prevailing over
gaining control of
winning against
getting the better of
getting a grip on
strangling at birth
keeping the lid on
getting under control
keeping a lid on
holding in check
quietening down
fettering
choking
bottling up
drying up
trammelling
trammeling
stilling
corking
hushing
shutting up
dummying up
quietening
quieting
tongue-tying
muzzling
getting tough
coming down heavily on
coming down on like a ton of bricks
tightening up on
coming down on
taking severe measures against
taking stern measures against
getting tough on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to stop or keep from happening or continuing
preventing
stopping
averting
halting
arresting
blocking
foiling
thwarting
intercepting
obviating
avoiding
checking
forfending
stonewalling
ceasing
desisting
discontinuing
heading off
saving
defending against
fending off
holding back
holding off
putting a stop to
staving off
warding off
keeping from happening
nipping in the bud
shutting out
turning aside
prohibiting
forestalling
countering
hindering
obstructing
impeding
inhibiting
counteracting
baulking
UK
retarding
repressing
restricting
restraining
balking
US
circumventing
curbing
opposing
derailing
stymieing
defeating
evading
nullifying
circumnavigating
precluding
crimping
skirting
sidestepping
spoiling
scuppering
trammelling
trammeling
stalling
barring
steering clear of
putting chill on
bringing to screeching halt
putting a lock on
putting a stopper in
staving
interrupting
anticipating
interdicting
keeping at bay
keeping off
keeping lid on
ruling out
frustrating
hampering
interfering with
helping
deterring
deflecting
diverting
staying
turning off
keeping back
putting off
forbidding
plugging
resisting
estopping
delaying
debarring
cramping
withstanding
keeping
bringing an end to
crossing
acting against
pre-empting
chillin
cooling
dampening
letting
damping
chilling
getting out of
escaping
beating
bypassing
putting paid to
handicapping
standing in the way of
overturning
scotching
suppressing
limiting
disrupting
encumbering
controlling
shaking
discouraging
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
quieting
withholding
indisposing
detaining
ruining
taking wind out of
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
upsetting
crashing
doing for
unsettling
taking down
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
juking
stumping
decelerating
hamstringing
taking away
removing
doing away with
getting rid of
eliminating
making unnecessary
foreclosing
getting round
putting a brake on
cumbering
intermitting
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
clogging
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict the use, participation or inclusion of
interdicting
prohibiting
banning
barring
forbidding
outlawing
proscribing
vetoing
debarring
disallowing
embargoing
enjoining
stopping
blocking
preventing
criminalising
UK
criminalizing
US
estopping
restraining
suppressing
destroying
excluding
halting
inhibiting
making illegal
precluding
tabooing
placing an embargo on
putting a stop to
restricting
blackballing
boycotting
passing by
declaring illegal
blacking
banishing
illegalizing
disqualifying
penalising
UK
penalizing
US
ruling out
passing up
declaring ineligible
icing out
officially forbidding
closing down
giving the red light to
giving the thumbs down to
putting the kibosh on
obviating
forestalling
opposing
forfending
freezing
censoring
shutting out
saying no
declaring taboo
shutting down
putting the chill on
rejecting
killing
negativing
dismissing
overruling
turning down
throwing out
quashing
nixing
downing
squashing
nullifying
ruling against
refusing
dissenting
discountenancing
shooting down
censuring
disapproving
declining
negating
denying
burning
cutting
defeating
passing
refusing permission to
passing on
declaring null and void
throwing away
putting down
giving thumbs down
not going for
suspending
blacklisting
ostracizing
US
eliminating
excepting
ostracising
UK
omitting
freezing out
expelling
counting out
hindering
checking
saying no to
disbarring
sidelining
discluding
reprobating
rebuffing
withholding
revoking
closing out
spurning
cutting out
keeping out
locking out
knocking back
obstructing
impeding
ignoring
bating
occluding
rusticating
disentitling
forbidding to
discounting
putting an embargo on
repudiating
deselecting
leaving out
balking at
giving thumbs down to
throwing over
giving something a miss
curbing
condemning
letting
dooming
sentencing
thwarting
exiling
limiting
circumventing
overriding
overlooking
placing an injunction on
placing injunction on
denying access to
refusing to admit
shutting off
shutting the door on
making something punishable
declaring something a punishable offence
shutting out of
disfellowshiping
disfellowshipping
depriving
failing to include
not including
factoring out
standing in the way of
refusing admission to
giving the cold shoulder to
refusing entrance to
leaving out in the cold
discontinuing
quitting
warding
deterring
ceasing
interrupting
zinging
stymieing
corking
spiking
unfitting
making impossible
making it impossible for
making it impracticable for
hanging up
tying up
bottling up
holding up
locking up
boxing in
jamming up
making impracticable
keeping lid on
incapacitating
invalidating
disabling
cutting off
avoiding
throwing cold water on
putting half nelson on
shunning
impairing
disenabling
paralyzing
US
weakening
eighty-sixing
paralysing
UK
disfranchising
pouring cold water on
snubbing
repulsing
forgoing
striking
not making the cut
withholding patronage
begrudging
brushing off
imposing sanctions
abstaining from
having nothing to do with
cold-shouldering
refusing to take part in
holding aloof from
washing your hands of
refraining from
steering clear of
turning your back on
staying away from
giving a wide berth to
removing
giving the brush-off to
enjoining from
turning thumbs down
standing in the way
setting aside
warding off
passing over
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to put an end to
destroying
ending
terminating
annihilating
quashing
quelling
dispatching
eradicating
extinguishing
liquidating
obliterating
erasing
eliminating
exterminating
extirpating
butchering
decimating
killing
massacring
putting a stop to
slaughtering
wiping out
finishing off
nixing
nullifying
wasting
zapping
abolishing
aborting
annulling
axing
finishing
overthrowing
overturning
rooting out
taking out
doing away with
rubbing out
snuffing out
stamping out
blotting out
bringing to an end
putting paid to
wiping off the map
wiping off the face of the earth
wiping from the face of the earth
murdering
executing
slaying
assassinating
doing in
bumping off
putting to death
knocking off
blowing away
icing
croaking
offing
whacking
topping
stiffing
smoking
scragging
putting away
doing to death
cutting down
mowing down
taking the life of
shooting down
ending the life of
getting rid of
polishing off
giving someone the works
terminating with extreme prejudice
neutralizing
US
snuffing
getting
taking
vaporizing
US
neutralising
UK
vaporising
UK
carrying off
taking someone's life
claiming
felling
removing
crushing
putting end to
effacing
expunging
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
putting to the sword
ruining
ethnically cleansing
sending to kingdom come
cleaning up
sweeping away
sending to the gas chambers
blacking out
disposing of
bringing down
taking off
moving in for the kill
driving to the wall
demolishing
totaling
totalling
wrecking
devastating
razing
pulverizing
US
smashing
desolating
pulverising
UK
wracking
creaming
nuking
ravaging
tearing down
pulling down
squashing
trashing
shattering
scratching
undoing
levelling
UK
leveling
US
deleting
excising
torpedoing
scrubbing
reducing to ruins
doing for
washing out
overwhelming
beating
benothinging
disrupting
upsetting
suppressing
checking
stunning
bulldozing
taking away
putting down
unbuilding
toppling
flattening
knocking down
downing
killing off
razing to the ground
hitting
obscuring
cutting
sinking
covering
defeating
throwing down
cutting to pieces
purging
blanking out
blocking out
wiping off face of earth
removing all traces of
marking out
crosses out
taking apart
knocking out
scoring out
destroying root and branch
rubbing off
striking out
blowing sky-high
KO'ing
bluing pencil
inking out
blowing to bits
gunning down
dilapidating
weeding out
breaking up
tearing to pieces
sterilizing
US
dragging
excluding
clearing away
sterilising
UK
taking down
dragging down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to undermine, especially someone's mood, ideas or feelings
puncturing
humbling
flattening
deflating
demolishing
destroying
discrediting
disproving
eroding
pricking
reducing
ruining
undermining
exploding
shooting down
blowing sky high
knocking bottom out
knocking props from under
poking full of holes
shooting full of holes
taking wind out of sails
taking down a peg
Verb
▲
Present participle for to decrease or reduce in feeling or strength
deadening
dulling
lessening
diminishing
assuaging
reducing
blunting
moderating
relieving
alleviating
easing
decreasing
soothing
mitigating
damping
abating
benumbing
palliating
weakening
stifling
suppressing
dampening
subduing
cauterising
UK
cauterizing
US
taking the edge off
getting rid of
checking
smothering
paralyzing
US
cushioning
paralysing
UK
allaying
tempering
numbing
mollifying
silencing
tranquilizing
US
masking
quietening
lightening
muffling
anaesthetizing
UK
muting
damping down
placating
quelling
stilling
softening
tranquillising
UK
toning down
killing
anesthetizing
US
restraining
curbing
lowering
calming
cooling
containing
depressing
limiting
curtailing
inhibiting
minimizing
US
de-escalating
putting a damper on
minimising
UK
repressing
overcoming
blanketing
absorbing
attenuating
defusing
ebbing
slowing
easing off
making less intense
taking the heat off
taking the bite out
putting damper on
putting the lid on
winding down
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
taking the sting out
cutting
depreciating
controlling
extinguishing
chillin
chilling
bridling
constraining
quenching
quashing
impairing
buttressing
mellowing
retarding
stemming
downscaling
dwindling
downsizing
dropping
depleting
buffering
resolving
making less active
deflating
squashing
holding back
soaking up
staunching
harshing
keeping in check
slowing down
getting under control
reining in
holding in check
denting
scaling back
scaling down
knocking down
settling
stepping down
pacifying
stabilizing
US
smoothing
neutralizing
US
stabilising
UK
smoothing out
clearing the air
neutralising
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to forcibly remove from a position of power or authority
unhorsing
ousting
deposing
unseating
dethroning
overthrowing
toppling
overpowering
overrunning
vanquishing
overcoming
subjugating
subverting
supplanting
uncrowning
unthroning
subduing
bringing down
doing away with
removing from office
removing from power
Verb
▲
Present participle for to explain away or dispel
resolving
dispelling
removing
allaying
banishing
dissipating
explaining
clearing up
Verb
▲
Present participle for to comprehensively defeat
flogging
defeating
beating
conquering
overthrowing
worsting
crushing
licking
overwhelming
subduing
overpowering
routing
besting
overcoming
quelling
trouncing
vanquishing
subjugating
clobbering
demolishing
mastering
stuffing
tanking
busting
hammering
quashing
thrashing
whipping
pulverising
UK
pulverizing
US
slaughtering
annihilating
crucifying
drubbing
massacring
murdering
pasting
pounding
skunking
smashing
steamrolling
totalling
totaling
trashing
undoing
wallopping
walloping
whacking
caning
creaming
decking
destroying
dispatching
flattening
flooring
getting
marmalizing
overbearing
overmatching
overturning
pommelling
pommeling
ruining
sinking
stopping
surmounting
taking
trimming
upending
upsetting
whitewashing
zapping
dropping
edging
outplaying
shellacking
slamming
slaying
subverting
tanning
torpedoing
trampling
triumphing over
whomping
ambushing
butchering
decimating
entrapping
lambasting
obliterating
outflanking
outhitting
outjumping
outmanoeuvring
UK
outmaneuvering
US
outrunning
overrunning
owning
routeing
shipwrecking
skinning
swamping
knocking out
prevailing over
winning against
plowing under
wiping out
working over
blowing out
edging out
getting the better of
nosing out
running rings round
wiping the floor with
finishing off
giving someone a drubbing
giving someone a hiding
KO'ing
mowing down
putting paid to
running roughshod over
taking it all
taking to the cleaners
walking all over
winning a victory over
bringing someone to their knees
bringing to ruin
doing down
pipping at the post
rolling back
running rings around
taking to cleaners
bearing down
getting around
making mincemeat of
blowing out of the water
picking apart
pwning
gaining a victory over
reducing
outdoing
outclassing
surpassing
throwing
finishing
waxing
prevailing
putting away
wasting
bulldozing
winning
rendering incapable
grinding down
rendering powerless
rendering helpless
gaining mastery over
taking care of
knocking off
suppressing
repressing
taking down
dominating
subjecting
controlling
outmatching
topping
trumping
bettering
triumphing
breaking
outdistancing
outperforming
humbling
shooting down
blowing away
unseating
checkmating
shutting down
outfighting
putting someone in their place
putting in the shade
blasting
beating up
pacifying
outshining
outgunning
burying
hegemonizing
defeating easily
defeating heavily
running circles around
cutting to pieces
knocking for six
beating hollow
defeating utterly
outstripping
excelling
subordinating
overshadowing
downing
weathering
curbing
surviving
devastating
staggering
immobilizing
US
stretching
blanking
dumbfounding
overawing
stunning
winning over
coming out on top
knocking over
hurdling
shocking
walking over
rendering
rising above
outliving
coming out on top of
bowling over
taking out
gaining control over
shutting off
beating down
getting the upper hand over
immobilising
UK
laying out
rolling over
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disprove or refute a statement, theory or belief
demolishing
discrediting
rebutting
refuting
disproving
controverting
invalidating
debunking
negating
confuting
contradicting
belying
disconfirming
confounding
denying
overturning
busting
challenging
squelching
squashing
undermining
undoing
shooting down
shooting full of holes
blowing sky-high
proving wrong
giving the lie to
proving false
blowing out of the water
doing for
driving a coach and horses through
calling into question
poking holes in
throwing out
Noun
▲
The action of inhibiting a process
inhibition
hindrance
obstruction
restraint
restriction
bar
impediment
check
obstacle
barrier
block
discouragement
hampering
suppression
bridling
checking
constraint
curbing
deterrent
prevention
repression
retardation
arrest
balking
US
baulking
UK
blocking
cramping
encumbrance
fettering
frustration
hazard
holding back
shackling
smothering
stifling
baulk
UK
balk
US
chain
clog
cramp
crimp
curb
drag
drawback
embarrassment
fetter
foiling
halting
handicap
hitch
holdback
hurdle
interference
let
manacle
quashing
shackles
snag
stop
stopping
thwarting
trammel
interdict
straitjacket
blockage
embargo
hangup
prohibition
stumbling block
sublimation
nipping in the bud
putting an stop to
limitation
brake
difficulty
burden
damper
impedance
stoppage
catch
setback
disadvantage
cumber
control
rein
stricture
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
complication
monkey wrench in the works
hiccup
delay
circumscription
problem
shackle
ball and chain
millstone
bridle
disincentive
determent
inconvenience
interruption
facer
holdup
limit
barricade
hamper
catch-22
dissuasion
monkey wrench
road block
detriment
curtailment
albatross
baggage
cumbrance
rub
wall
discipline
self-command
self-control
refrainment
discretion
continence
self-restraint
reserve
weakness
issue
defect
ceiling
clampdown
keeping back
load
bottleneck
deterrence
retardant
lock
inhibitor
keeping under control
containment
dead weight
glitch
retardment
condition
fetters
excess baggage
blockade
gridlock
joker
uphill
confinement
restrainer
wet blanket
preventive
millstone around your neck
hang-up
jam-up
sticking point
bond
shortcoming
trouble
congestion
headache
opposition
barring
choking
slowing
restraining
hobble
handicapping
deadweight
psychological baggage
yoke
pitfall
occlusion
millstone round someone's neck
bonds
hold-up
small difficulty
chains
obviation
preemption
intimidation
preclusion
biting back
circumvention
hardship
halt
interception
stumbling stone
roadblock
holding in
keeping in check
weary load
bump
railing
traverse
fence
nuisance
defence
UK
defense
US
leash
preventative
buttress
bottling up
sabotage
intervention
booby trap
mountain to climb
blank wall
stone in one's path
defensive measures
break
reverse
reversal
blow
chill
saddle
debt
duty
guilt
cross
safeguard
foot dragging
deal-breaker
cloud
depressant
ban
rebuff
whammy
harness
hold
gloom
pall
thorn in one's side
monkey on back
concealment
flaw
depression
weight
order
reduction
maximum
fault
cold water
cap
impairment
containing
deadening
muffling
disablement
disorder
threshold
red tape
choking back
bound
demarcation
bounds
regulation
extent
constrainment
border
perimeter
boundary
constriction
margin
confine
curfew
line
cutoff point
cut-off point
upper limit
tops
line of demarcation
downside
disbenefit
minus
liability
hassle
negative
dilemma
incommodity
worry
debit
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