Oppose and Refuse

Oppose

Oppose verb - To refuse to give in to.

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Refuse and oppose are semantically related in disagree topic. In some cases you can use "Refuse" instead a verb "Oppose".

Nearby Words: opposition, opposing

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

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Oppose and refuse are semantically related in disagree topic. Sometimes you can use "Oppose" instead a verb "Refuse".

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

marriage	oppose marriage	refuse marriage
idea	oppose idea	refuse idea
order	oppose order	refuse order
time	oppose time	refuse time
Other words: nothing, father, war, anyone, attempts.

The general case (oppose Valley Girl, Surfer Dude, Norcal) of the Californian accent is pretty similar to "Newscaster" Midwester, enough so that many people staunchly refuse to believe there is a Californian accent outside of Valley/Surfer or NorCal.

Source: Useful Notes / American Accents
If there were a general who commands soldiers to kill a certain race they oppose, expect one to spare at least one life or just refuse to kill everyone.

Source: Punished for Sympathy
Video Game Caring Potential: Pay your captured soldiers' ransoms and hear them sigh in relief and cheer, or free captured enemies to earn Chivalry points... Video Game Cruelty Potential: ...or refuse to pay for your underlings' failures and butcher captured foes so they may never oppose you again.

Source: Video Game / Medieval II: Total War

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