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  • 31obstruct — I verb bar, barricade, block, brake, bridle, bring to a standstill, check, choke, circumscribe, congest, countervail, cramp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, disable, embar, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap,… …

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  • 32ban — 1 vt banned, ban·ning: to prohibit or forbid esp. by legal means (as by statute or order) ban solicitation; also: to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of legislation to ban DDT ban 2 n: prohibition esp. by statute or order a ban on… …

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  • 33forestall — I verb act in advance, antevertere, anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, await, be armed, be forewarned, bring to a standstill, cancel, censor, check, counteract, deter, disallow, enjoin, estop, filibuster, forbid, forfend, frustrate, halt, hinder,… …

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  • 34halt — I noun abandonment, abeyance, armistice, arrest, block, break, breathing spell, cessation, check, close, closing, deadlock, delay, desistance, detention, deterrent, discontinuance, discontinuation, end, ending, estoppage, estoppel, hesitation,… …

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  • 35hamper — I verb arrest, balk, bar, barricade, bind, block, brake, bridle, burden, check, choke, clog, confine, counteract, cramp, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, estop, tetter, foil, frustrate, handicap, hinder, hold back, impede, impedire, impedite …

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  • 36impede — I verb annul, arrest, barricade, be a drag on, be an obstacle to, be in the way, block, blockade, bolt, bother, brake, bring to a standstill, burden, cause to delay, check, circumscribe, confine, cramp, cumber, curb, dam up, deadlock, decelerate …

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  • 37inhibit — I verb arrest, ban, bar, bridle, check, choke, constrain, control, curb, debar, delay, disallow, enjoin, estop, extinguish, forbid, frustrate, gag, govern, harness, hinder, hold back, hold in, impede, intercept, interdicere, interdict, interrupt …

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  • 38preclude — pre·clude /pri klüd/ vt pre·clud·ed, pre·clud·ing: to prevent or exclude by necessary consequence the requirement of a marriage ceremony preclude s the creation of common law marriages in this jurisdiction: as a: to prevent (a party) from… …

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  • 39prevent — I verb arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, checkmate, circumvent, contest, counter, counteract, countercheck, cut off, debar, defeat, deflect, delay, detain, deter, discourage, estop, fend off, foil, forbid, foreclose,… …

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  • 40stymie — I verb block, circumscribe, counteract, curb, deadlock, debar, delay, disadvantage, encumber, estop, forestall, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, obstruct, parry, preclude, prevent, put an end to, stall, stand… …

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