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| arrest |
to slow down; impede; stop. [1/6 definitions] |
| balk |
to block the progress of; hinder; impede. [1/7 definitions] |
| block |
to impede or obstruct by placing something in the way or by being in the way. [1/19 definitions] |
| bottleneck |
to impede or confine, or be hindered, as by a bottleneck. [1/4 definitions] |
| clinch |
of two boxers, to grasp each other so as to impede blows. [2/8 definitions] |
| delay |
to hinder or impede the progress of. [1/7 definitions] |
| embarrass |
to beset with obstacles; impede. [1/5 definitions] |
| filibuster |
to delay or impede (passage of a law) by filibustering. [1/3 definitions] |
| hamper1 |
to impede or interfere with the progress or action of. |
| handicap |
to put at a disadvantage; hinder or impede. [1/6 definitions] |
| hogtie |
to hinder, impede, or thwart. [1/2 definitions] |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. [1/4 definitions] |
| interfere |
in sports, to impede the movement of the ball or an opponent in a prohibited way. [1/5 definitions] |
| roadblock |
to impede or stop with a roadblock. [1/3 definitions] |
| snag |
to catch, impede, or tear on or as if on a snag. [1/7 definitions] |
| stymie |
throw an obstacle in the way of (something or someone); impede; thwart. [1/3 definitions] |
| tongue-tie |
to impede the speech of by, or as by, a tongue-tie. [1/2 definitions] |
| trammel |
to impede, restrict, or confine; hobble. [1/6 definitions] |
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