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kerb
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Noun, Verb
curtail
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Verb, Verb, Noun
bridle
/x
Noun, Noun, Verb
check
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Verb, Verb, Noun, Adjective
hold
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adjective
inhibit
x/x
Adjective, Verb
restrict
x/
Verb, Verb, Adjective
suppress
x/
Adjective, Verb
conquer
/x
Verb, Verb
contain
x/
Verb, Verb
control
x/
Verb, Noun, Verb
moderate
/xx
Verb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
subdue
x/
Verb, Verb
cut back
//
Phrase, Verb
hold in
/x
Phrase, Verb
curbside
/x
Noun
reduce
x/
Verb
kick
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Noun
thwart
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Verb
prevent
x/
Verb
halt
/
Noun
mitigate
/xx
Verb
alleviate
x/xx
Verb
sidewalk
/x
Noun
restrain
x/
Verb
rein
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Noun
minimize
/xx
Verb
eliminate
x/xx
Verb
accelerate
x/xx
Verb
bolster
/x
Noun
counter
/x
Noun
circumvent
xx/
Verb
increase
x/
Noun
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
tackle
/x
Noun
abate
x/
Noun
spur
/
Noun
combating
x/x
Verb
driveway
/x
Noun
counteract
/xx
Verb
ditch
/
Noun
ameliorate
x/xx
Verb
avoid
x/
Verb
boost
/
Noun
offset
x/
Verb
limit
/x
Noun
protect
x/
Verb
drive
/
Noun
decrease
x/
Noun
enforce
x/
Verb
maximize
/xx
Verb
push
/
Noun
stemming
/x
Verb
street
/
Noun
diminish
x/x
Verb
overturn
/xx
Verb
encroaching
x/x
Noun
pave
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Verb
ramp
/
Noun
block
/
Noun
overtake
/xx
Verb
stifle
/x
Verb
squelch
/
Noun
stop
/
Noun
restraint
x/
Noun
front
/
Noun
undercut
/xx
Adjective
stoop
/
Noun
regulate
/xx
Verb
reinvigorate
xx/xx
Verb
intensify
x/xx
Verb
lessen
/x
Verb
safeguard
/x
Noun
rise
/
Noun
busting
/x
Noun
exacerbate
x/xx
Verb
stimulate
/xx
Verb
relieve
x/
Verb
stave
/
Noun
fend
/
Verb
dampen
/x
Verb
crush
/
Noun
enhance
x/
Verb
evade
x/
Verb
hinder
/x
Verb
flagging
/x
Noun
rear
/
Noun
rampant
/x
Adjective
fender
/x
Noun
pavement
/x
Noun
strengthen
/x
Verb
punish
/x
Verb
quell
/
Verb
butt
/
Noun
behind
x/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
spike
/
Noun
influence
/xx
Noun
unleash
x/
Verb
assuage
x/
Verb
dumping
/x
Verb
overcome
/xx
Verb
attenuate
x/xx
Verb
galvanize
/xx
Verb
gutter
/x
Noun
avert
x/
Verb
drop
/
Noun
stabilize
/xx
Verb
impact
x/
Noun
reverse
x/
Noun
measure
/x
Noun
topple
/x
Verb
cause
/
Noun
discourage
x/x
Verb
impeding
x/x
Verb
deter
x/
Verb
lowering
/xx
Verb
stepping
/x
Verb
gully
/x
Noun
curve
/
Noun
macadam
x/x
Noun
edge
/
Noun
verge
/
Noun
berm
/
Noun
contour
/x
Noun
mound
/
Noun
ring road
//
Phrase, Noun
blacktop
/x
Noun
line
/
Noun
crest
/
Noun
roadside
/x
Noun
barrier
/xx
Noun
tarmac
/x
Noun
road
/
Noun
roadblock
/x
Noun
grip
/
Noun
flank
/
Noun
cutoff
/x
Noun
brink
/
Noun
wall
/
Noun
boundary
/xx
Noun
threshold
/x
Noun
hedge
/
Noun
barricade
/xx
Noun
traffic island
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
railroad crossing
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
trough
/
Noun
main road
//
Name, Name
bounding
/x
Noun
route
/
Noun
service road
/x/
Phrase, Noun
culvert
/x
Noun
lane
/
Noun
setback
/x
Noun
divider
x/x
Noun
terminus
/xx
Noun
idling
/xx
Verb
parked
/
Verb
well
/
Adjective
clap
/
Noun
pickup
/x
Noun
swerved
/
Verb
rosemary
/xx
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
against
x/
Verb
allay
x/
Verb, Noun
anvil
/x
Noun, Verb
appetite
/xx
Noun
apprehend
xx/
Verb
arrest
x/
Noun, Verb
baking
/x
Noun, Adjective
bar
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
bate
/
Noun, Verb
bench
/
Noun, Verb
besiege
x/
Verb
beveled
/x
Adjective
blink
/
Noun, Verb
blow
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
boardwalk
/x
Noun, Verb
bolt
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
brake
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
bulkhead
/x
Noun
burke
/
Name, Verb
buttress
/x
Noun, Verb
cap
/
Noun, Verb
car
/
Noun
carat
/x
Noun
catch
/
Verb, Noun
cease
/
Verb, Noun
cement
x/
Noun, Verb
choke back
//
Phrase, Verb
choke down
//
Phrase, Verb
choke off
//
Phrase, Verb
circumscribe
xx/
Verb
concrete
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
cone
/
Noun, Verb
confine
x/
Verb, Noun
confront
x/
Verb
consecrated
/xxx
Adjective
constrain
x/
Verb
containment
x/x
Noun
cover
/x
Verb, Noun, Adjective
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
defeat
x/
Noun, Verb
delete
x/
Verb, Noun
depress
x/
Verb
detachable
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
detain
x/
Verb
deterrence
x/x
Noun
deterrent
x/x
Noun, Adjective
discontinue
xx/x
Verb
disrupt
x/
Verb, Adjective
dog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
door
/
Noun, Verb
ease
/
Noun, Verb
embankment
x/x
Noun
end
/
Noun, Verb
eschew
x/
Verb
fence
/
Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
flange
/
Noun, Verb
flat
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
frustrate
/x
Verb, Adjective
gable
/x
Noun
gate
/
Noun, Verb
hamper
/x
Verb, Noun
handle
/x
Verb, Noun
handrail
/x
Noun
hearth
/
Noun
hipped
/
Adjective
holed
/
Adjective
immobilize
x/xx
Verb
impair
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
include
x/
Verb, Noun
intercept
xx/
Noun, Verb
interdict
/xx
Noun, Verb
lamb
/
Noun, Verb
landing
/x
Noun
limitation
xx/x
Noun
massy
/x
Noun, Adjective
master
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
minimise
/xx
Verb
monitor
/xx
Verb, Noun
muffle
/x
Verb, Noun
muzzle
/x
Noun, Verb
narrow
/x
Adjective, Noun, Verb
obstruct
x/
Verb
passions
/x
Verb
pause
/
Noun, Verb
pier
/
Noun
ponderous
/xx
Adjective
prohibit
x/x
Verb
psychotropic
xx/x
Adjective, Noun
rail
/
Noun, Verb
rebuff
x/
Noun, Verb
reduction
x/x
Noun
rem
/
Noun, Adjective
remove
x/
Verb, Noun
repress
x/
Verb, Noun
resist
x/
Verb, Noun
retard
x/
Verb, Noun
service
/x
Noun, Verb
shaped
/
Adjective
shorten
/x
Verb, Noun
shrink
/
Verb, Noun
side
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
silence
/x
Noun, Verb
slow
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun, Adverb
smother
/x
Verb, Noun
stall
/
Noun, Verb
stunt
/
Noun, Verb
suffocate
/xx
Verb, Adjective
aisle
/
Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
closet
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
stovepipe
/x
Noun, Verb
daylight
/x
Noun, Verb
bog
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
fall
/
Verb, Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
save
/
Verb, Noun
headlines
/x
Noun