1. subdue   REPROVE   SUPPRESS   SATURATE   SANCTION   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. slander   RETRACT   VINDICATE   SUBSIDE   VILIFY   Half-n-half Clue   3. cancel   REPUDIATE   SUBSTANTIATE   RESCIND   USURP   Half-n-half Clue   4. support   RETRACT   SCRUTINIZE   THRIVE   SUBSTANTIATE   Half-n-half Clue   5. weaken gradually   SATURATE   UNDERMINE   REPUDIATE   SUSTAIN   Half-n-half Clue   6. outdo   SURPASS   SUPPRESS   VACILLATE   VILIFY   Half-n-half Clue   7. assume power by force   USURP   RETRACT   VACILLATE   SATURATE   Half-n-half Clue