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| antivirus |
any software program designed to identify, thwart, and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software programs. [2 definitions] |
| baffle |
to thwart or frustrate by creating confusion; confound. [1/4 definitions] |
| bilk |
to frustrate or thwart. [1/3 definitions] |
| cheat |
to elude or thwart by trickery or as if by trickery. [1/11 definitions] |
| defeat |
to keep from succeeding; cause to fail; frustrate or thwart. [1/4 definitions] |
| disappoint |
to prevent the fulfillment of (desires, plans, expectations, or the like); thwart; frustrate. [1/2 definitions] |
| discomfit |
to thwart or frustrate. [1/2 definitions] |
| disconcert |
to thwart by confusing or disarranging. [1/2 definitions] |
| hamstring |
to disable or thwart. [1/5 definitions] |
| hogtie |
to hinder, impede, or thwart. [1/2 definitions] |
| self-defeating |
serving to act against or thwart one's own or its own purpose. |
| short-circuit |
to damage, hamper, or thwart. [1/3 definitions] |
| stymie |
throw an obstacle in the way of (something or someone); impede; thwart. [1/3 definitions] |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. [1/6 definitions] |
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