Approve
Approve verb - To give official acceptance of as satisfactory.
Knocking down is an antonym for approve.
Knocking down
Both terms in one sentence
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Laval develops a fast crush on Li'ella, but her foster father Tormak notices and doesn't approve at all, to the point of knocking down Laval with his bow on the steps of the Phoenix temple.
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