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81check — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. control, test, verify, tally, count; restrain, repress, halt, stop, arrest, impede, interrupt, curb; stunt. n. draft, money order; interruption, rebuff; setback, reverse, stop, restraint;… …
82detain — de·tain vt 1: to hold or keep in custody or possession property wrongfully detain ed a juvenile detain ed in a care facility 2: to restrain from proceeding detain ed the driver and asked to see his license …
83prohibit — I verb ban, banish, bar, block, check, circumscribe, control, counteract, curb, debar, deny, disallow, disqualify, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forbid, foreclose, forfend, gainsay, halt, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, interdict, interfere, limit,… …
84block — I verb arrest, avert, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, bridle, check, choke, clog, close, cohibit, constrict, cramp, curb, dam, debar, delay, encumber, estop, exclude, fend off, forbid, foreclose, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede,… …
85hold back — index arrest (stop), avoid (evade), balk, clog, confine, constrain (restrain) …
86curb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. restrain, subdue, control, check, repress; guide, manage; slacken, retard. n. restraint, check, control; curb market; curbstone. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Restraint] Syn. hindrance,… …
87international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
88Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act — Old Parliament House, photographed in January 2006 An Act to provide for the maintenance of religious harmony and for establishing a Presidential Council for Religious Harmony and for matters conne …
89hold in check — index balk, check (restrain), clog, confine, constrain (restrain), contain (restrain) …
90keep under control — index check (restrain), confine, contain (restrain), control (restrain), detain (hold i …
