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Verb
▲
To impede the work or progress of
hamper
cramp
hinder
handicap
impede
inhibit
obstruct
restrict
clog
inconvenience
check
retard
trammel
constrain
delay
embarrass
fetter
handcuff
hobble
hog-tie
limit
manacle
overload
restrain
shackle
short-circuit
slow
slow down
stall
stymie
disadvantage
incommode
block
bog down
bother
charge
discommode
hold back
hold up
interfere with
oppress
tie up
weigh down
hang up
make difficult
saddle with
get in the way
silence
put a stop to
contain
gag
muffle
diminish
ban
proscribe
keep
squash
swallow
disallow
keep in check
exclude
choke back
subdue
rule out
crush
strangle
dampen
overcome
squelch
avoid
obviate
kill
veto
extinguish
head off
deaden
forfend
pocket
submerge
sink
throw cold water on
stamp out
circumvent
pour cold water on
conceal
embargo
shush
nullify
cool
intercept
criminalizeUS
fight back
clamp down on
crack down on
spike
make illegal
quell
damp down
damp
cork
keep under control
criminaliseUK
counter
overpower
mute
deny
destroy
dull
stem
abstain
cease
fend off
refrain
quiet
forbear
put down
talk out of
defend against
put a damper on
put the lid on
end
cork up
button up
steer clear of
stop oneself
sit on
keep the lid on
quench
warn
wreck
depress
master
desist
divert
conquer
forgo
censor
disadvise
fix
eschew
temper
refuse
overturn
deflect
chill
evade
abjure
estop
quieten
turn aside
quit
do for
hush
bite back
bottle
turn off
slap down
snuff out
jam up
close up
keep lid on
give up
clam up
shut up
deflate
dummy up
place an embargo on
break off
frighten
retain
stultify
quelch
delimit
sidetrack
deprecate
stunt
unsettle
dishearten
dash
scare
scare off
keep waiting
drive underground
unrail
crash
forswear
circumnavigate
beat
cancel
jam
barricade
reject
blackball
drop
lick
close out
disqualify
tone down
occlude
stuff
nix
put a lid on
lay off
keep hold of
sidestep
skirt
escape
block up
block out
clog up
blockade
banish
boycott
shun
cap
bring to an end
forsake
lock up
declare illegal
congest
stop up
bung up
put the stopper on
outwit
cover up
gridlock
qualify
keep secret
black out
tongue-tie
keep inside
plug up
dry up
keep under wraps
keep down
fight shy of
resist the temptation to
give a wide berth to
swear off
cut short
keep a lid on
pass up
leave off
shut in
jack in
straitjacket
get around
get out of
bypass
fight
mar
clot
ice
blunt
peg
disappoint
save
let
pre-empt
help
bring to a close
cause to wait
cause to stay
calm
lower
forefend
condemn
juke
ditch
take wind out of
bottle something up
get bogged down
staunch
gum up
keep at bay
stave
keep off
anticipate
pick off
set
govern
soften
refuse to pay
put on the shelf
hold in check
keep a rein on
black
harsh
confront
benumb
blanket
numb
cauterizeUS
act like a wet blanket
put the brakes on
take out of play
mellow
seal
caulk
checkmate
forbid to
put a stopper in
put half nelson on
put chill on
pass on
put a lock on
zing
vanquish
overthrow
renounce
crool
banjax
scrub
brace
can
reserve
immobilizeUS
immobiliseUK
stop in your tracks
fill up
constipate
torpedo
stagnate
burke
annul
negate
lag
abate
cow
mess up
censure
place injunction on
place an injunction on
cauteriseUK
cloud
allay
close down
declare ineligible
pass by
illegalize
ice out
curse
officially forbid
make it impossible for
make impossible
make it impracticable for
choke up
pack
stanch
triumph over
quieten down
procrastinate
reef
embog
render null and void
dash one's hope
upset the applecart
knock off
overwhelm
dominate
bury
annihilate
abolish
put out
trample
devitalize
sap
weaken
make impracticable
bung
block off
clamp down
hush up
crack down
except
eliminate
trample on
hold it down
enfetter
enchain
gyve
pinion
finish
dispense with
kick
do without
put lid on
put kibosh on
beat down
bring to naught
back-water
hit the brakes
lose speed
put the brakes on
cut down
cut back
lose steam
let down flaps
wind down
anchor it
ostracizeUS
garrote/garrotte
dumb
settle
keep yourself
hold out on
keep under one's hat
stop yourself
hold out
refuse to give
deduct
hold on to
keep to oneself
fail to disclose
leave alone
chain up
clap
secure
clam
overawe
lull
override
ostraciseUK
exile
strike dumb
hold one's tongue
pipe down
hush-hush
soft-pedal
say nothing
make quiet
hush one's mouth
quiet down
take the pledge
go on the wagon
avoid doing
sit out
pass
be temperate
not touch
have nothing to do with
not do
take the cure
freeze out
compose
collect
rein
lock
chasten
internalizeUS
internaliseUK
put in irons
clap in irons
count out
intimidate
daunt
bound
bring to a stop
shut out of
put in chains
simmer down
deprive
discountenance
specify
ration
demarcate
demoralizeUS
caution
disincline
declare taboo
disfavourUK
shake
disfavorUS
indispose
bring to a halt
cool down
come down on
modify
keep within bounds
shorten
narrow
define
demark
pin down
enclose
encircle
shrink
send up
inclose
keep within limits
put a ceiling on
keep a tight rein on
surround
delimitate
prelimit
put away
contract
say no
unnerve
forego
expostulate
dehort
counsel
exhort
remonstrate
prick
distemper
undo
ail
concern
alarum
worry
discomfort
exercise
fuss
disquiet
hagride
frazzle
perturb
distract
unhinge
agitate
disturb
dismay
discompose
distress
flurry
alarm
decline
demoraliseUK
make anxious
make nervous
caution against
advise against
warn off
urge against
persuade against
give the thumbs down to
put the chill on
give the red light to
omit
belay
dislocate
derange
disorder
disorganize
withhold from
keep from
sacrifice
abstain from
decline to
restrain oneself
refrain from
restrain yourself
go easy
give over
make worried
throw off
argue out of
urge not to
expostulate against
advise not to
chicken out
persuade not to
lean on
weird out
freak out
cry out against
throw a wet blanket on
steer clear
more ❯
“The huge weight that should encumber the use of police violence, especially lethal violence, against members of the public has been lessened.”
Verb
▲
To burden, load or encumber with
burden
load
saddle
lumber
embarrass
freight
lade
laden
overtax
strain
stress
tax
weight
obstruct
oppress
overburden
overload
overwhelm
retard
trammel
weigh down
charge
task
hamper
land
weigh
trouble
exhaust
impose
cumber
overstress
overdo
burn the candle at both ends
force
surfeit
bite off more than you can chew
go too far
sweat
overtax oneself
sweat blood
wear oneself to a shadow
overload oneself
work like a Trojan
burn oneself out
work day and night
drive oneself into the ground
drive oneself too hard
push oneself too hard
overburden oneself
work like a slave
kill oneself
strain oneself
do too much
work like a horse
burn the midnight oil
more ❯
Verb
▲
To inflict or impose, especially a charge or penalty
lay
impose
apply
charge
exact
burden
assess
fine
inflict
levy
place
saddle
tax
entrust
put
vest
invest
endow
give responsibility for
demand
set
introduce
collect
gather
institute
force
require
oblige
wreak
slap
lay on
extract
claim
foist
assign fee
amount charge
take
raise
mulct
summon
wrest
extort
wring
call
bill
invoice
put on
employ
price
ask
expect
subject
constrain
induce
make
commit
consign
assign
ask for
fix a price
ask in payment
sell for
fix price at
fix a charge
doom
enjoin
condemn
subject to
enforce
enact
fix
ordain
establish
decree
promulgate
wreck
prescribe
execute
dictate
clap
appoint
lay down
bring to bear
bring into effect
carry out
Verb
▲
To draw into a situation
embroil
mire
entangle
involve
enmesh
ensnare
implicate
mix up
broil
complicate
embrangle
bog down
catch
compromise
confound
confuse
derange
disorder
disturb
disunite
entrap
incriminate
muddle
perplex
snarl
tangle
trouble
catch up
cause trouble
trap
nab
collar
grab
get
nail
corral
arrest
snatch
grapple
cop
glom
nobble
take
apprehend
snap up
rap
take into custody
take prisoner
take captive
lay hold of
surprise
waylay
secure
ambuscade
lasso
lift
pinch
bust
nick
surprize
abduct
corner
bushwhack
carry off
attack
prehend
take hostage
pounce on
take in
set up
haul in
pick up
round up
run in
engage
achieve
win
procure
wire
tie
button
pin
kidnap
appropriate
conquer
annexUS
restrain
shoot
kill
take hold of
take control of
annexeUK
take possession of
get hold of
get hands on
place under arrest
foul
incarcerate
imprison
acquire
beach
gaolUK
confine
jailUS
fit
coincide
agree
suit
complement
combine
interconnect
knit
grab hold of
get one's fingers on
feel your collar
throw in jail
put in jail
put the cuffs on
put behind bars
put under lock and key
come together
pick off
clog
intertangle
burden
hamper
dishevel
impede
enchain
fetter
swindle
bewilder
puzzle
unsettle
duke in
dupe
jap
jump
assail
assault
wait
surround
hide
lurk
attack by surprise
lie in wait for
set trap
hem in
dry gulch
set an ambush for
lie in wait
take by surprise
mousetrap
circumvent
overtake
block
con
lock in
fence in
run to ground
run to earth
more ❯
Verb
▲
To intrude, meddle, or trespass in others' affairs
interlope
intrude
poke
interfere
pry
meddle
obtrude
snoop
nose
mess
intermeddle
encroach
infringe
interpose
invade
impede
hinder
trespass
tamper
busybody
kibitz
impose
advance
enquireUK
inquireUS
molest
butt in
barge in
horn in
muck about
muck around
mix in
sidewalk-superintend
fool with
push in
abuse rights
chime in
come uninvited
dabble in
mess around
worm in
break in on
crash the gates
stick nose in
put two cents in
interrupt
overstep
intercede
disturb
intrude on
violate
cut in
poke your nose in
interject
stickybeak
be inquisitive
interfere in
meddle in
breach
transgress
be curious
peek
intermediate
be nosy
be a busybody
be nosy about
offend
chisel in
step in
crash
entrench
stick your oar in
mediate
enquire impertinently
poke around
affect
poke about
nosy
break
contravene
bother
disrupt
pester
mouse
peer
disobey
influence
peep
spy
impinge
flout
be inquisitive about
nose into
disregard
defy
hold up
stare
break in
infract
steal
ignore
burst in
interfere with
oppose
arbitrate
get involved
sin
err
poke nose in
go beyond
negotiate
make inroads
encroach on
entrench on
commit a breach of
involve oneself
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
fly in the face of
take no notice of
scent
sniff
smell
whiff
snuff
poke into
examine
inspect
intercalate
interpolate
insinuate
come
thrust yourself in
moderate
sandwich
wander
stray
fall
touch
poach
do wrong by
nose in
enter without permission
impinge on
lapse
displease
misbehave
penetrate
deviate
burglarizeUS
burgle
exert influence on
leave a mark on
bear upon
make an impact on
make an impression on
have an effect on
have a bearing on
scrutinizeUS
ferret in
probe
investigate impertinently
fracture
traduce
raid
rob
usurp
spy on
be curious about
enquire impertinently into
poke around in
eavesdrop on
ferret about in
poke about in
delve into
charge in
sacrilege
trample on
rebel against
pay no heed to
encroach upon
not comply with
withstand
set at naught
outrage
resist
contaminate
tamper with
poke one's face in
get into the act
search
wiretap
bug
ferret around in
gape
rubberneck
listen in on
reconnoiterUS
scrutiniseUK
ransack
hunt
tap
gaze
investigate
reconnoitreUK
trench
inch
creep
worm
infiltrate
put one's two cents in
obstruct
ferret about
inhibit
hamper
restrict
handicap
break into
burglariseUK
get in
appropriate
arrogate
impose oneself
gatecrash
snoop around in
snoop round in
listen in
snoop about in
ferret out
conciliate
restrain
check
frustrate
thwart
cramp
constrain
watch
snook
meddle with
sneak
trammel
block
baulkUK
tune in on
poke nose into
be all ears
do some detective work
confuse
cumber
interpose oneself
insinuate oneself
involve
separate
sever
act as an intermediary
take a hand
come between
act as peacemaker
divide
interpose yourself
put in two cents
settle
involve yourself
reconcile
part
force the lock
break down the door
force an entry
break and enter
elbow in
muscle in on
work in
horn in on
eat into
squeeze in
stick nose into
impose yourself
make inroads into
intermit
jam
delay
stop
baffle
incommode
conflict
prevent
trouble
remit
hold back
foil
suspend
inconvenience
balkUS
discommode
make
get in the way of
be a hindrance to
stand in the way of
hang up
neglect
exceed
get in the way
cock a snook at
fail to comply with
borrow
fail to observe
lift
pirate
kick against
ride roughshod over
presume
more ❯
Verb
▲
To confound or perplex someone
perplex
puzzle
baffle
bewilder
confuse
confound
mystify
befuddle
flummox
bemuse
dumbfound
nonplus
stump
addle
bamboozle
discombobulate
disconcert
fox
fuddle
get
muddle
throw
beat
faze
fog
pose
exercise
gravel
maze
worry
befog
beset
buffalo
complicate
disorient
floor
involve
muddy
tangle
thicken
vex
wilder
distract
entangle
jumble
astonish
astound
baulkUK
balkUS
discompose
muck
perturb
rattle
ravel
stumble
stun
surprise
thwart
catch off balance
throw off balance
be all Greek to
get to
mix up
mix you up
make someone scratch their head
muddy the waters
snarl up
cause to be at a stand
more ❯
Verb
▲
To weaken or make feeble
debilitate
weaken
devitalize
enervate
enfeeble
prostrate
sap
exhaust
incapacitate
impair
indispose
tire
weary
disable
drain
etiolate
fatigue
immobiliseUK
immobilizeUS
paralyzeUS
paralyseUK
soften
undermine
waste
attenuate
blunt
cripple
eviscerate
extenuate
hamper
harm
hinder
hurt
injure
knacker
mar
torpefy
shatter
unstrengthen
wear out
knock out
lay low
make feeble
make weak
render infirm
do in
put out of action
confine to bed
confine to a wheelchair
defile
cut
dwindle
vandalizeUS
scar
limit
sully
de-escalate
upset
dissolve
check
curb
abrade
distort
curtail
wind down
scratch
vandaliseUK
fret
deform
cut back
cut down
uglify
suppress
inhibit
lace
taper
blot
disfeature
despoil
palliate
downsize
extend
depreciate
pollute
wane
ebb
downscale
sophisticate
decline
slash
scour
make less
abridge
decay
peter out
roll back
ease off
tail off
slow down
waste away
scotch
scupper
eat away at
gnaw away at
stultify
dilapidate
crool
blow
use up
desecrate
rasp
crumble
rub
gall
repress
retard
subside
scrape
eat
quell
narrow
fray
relax
tame
cushion
wrench
dim
corrade
restrain
decrement
contaminate
graze
nibble
downgrade
weather
make unattractive
make smaller
truncate
dial down
doctor
mix
rot
chafe
slacken
taper off
drop off
dope
make ugly
be a blot on the landscape
take the bite out
take the sting out
make impure
bring down
thin out
bite
bite at
pare down
make a mess of
plant
denature
minify
bite into
transfuse
amalgamate
infiltrate
blend
intermix
phony up
commingle
alloy
shave
falsify
gnaw away
cook
mingle
clip
irrigate
doctor up
nullify
whittle
refute
stain
twist
disfashion
unsettle
poison
obliterate
dislocate
cramp
load
oxidizeUS
tag
gut
raze
sour
colorUS
colourUK
endanger
bend
bruise
warp
rebut
negate
shorten
nick
besmirch
rust
imperil
contort
misshape
scale down
cost
disturb
mute
have a negative effect on
cut down on
slim down
make fewer
turn down
cut back on
grate
handle roughly
knock off balance
bodge
bankrupt
tranquillizeUK
oxidate
cause the loss of
cause the sacrifice of
result in damage to
lead to the end of
result in harm to
infringe
encroach on
axeUK
pare
excoriate
inflame
strike at the foundations
dry up
trim
axUS
make cutbacks in
amortiseUK
trim back
qualify
amortizeUS
step down
couch
trim down
mark down
tighten
sedate
put at risk
play havoc with
burn through
burn into
decompose
canker
flake
oxidiseUK
soften up
do mischief to
cow
narcotize
drug
smother
dispirit
bust
quiet
etherize
chloroform
KO
slow
gas
deprive
peel
bark
rub painfully
rub against
tranquilizeUS
render insensitive
dullen
discount
prune
bridle
place a limit on
vanquish
quash
demote
put out of order
put an end to
put to sleep
get rid of
lay out
disrate
extinguish
bastardizeUS
plunder
depredate
sack
pillage
squash
desolate
spoliate
fall
use
grind
rout
let up
grow less
take apart
rub away
remit
recede
relent
grow smaller
get less
rub down
scuff
wash away
bother
overwork
grind away
overuse
crumble away
disintegrate
mix with
bastardiseUK
infect
tamper with
bring to ruin
cause instability
drop away
die down
quieten
pall
flag
desist
die off
become worn
become threadbare
be worthless
wear thin
go to seed
wear through
scrape off
plummet
nosedive
come down
slump
go down
devour
blur
become smaller
amputate
die out
phase down
die away
fall away
crop
slack up
ratchet down
drain away
soft-pedal
scrape away
slow up
eat into
break up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put down or control by cruelty or force
oppress
abuse
subjugate
suppress
crush
maltreat
persecute
subdue
enslave
repress
tyranniseUK
tyrannizeUS
wrong
hegemonize
ill-treat
master
overcome
overpower
overwhelm
exploit
scourge
subject
keep down
treat harshly
aggrieve
annoy
be brutal to
be cruel to
beset
coerce
despotize
distress
dominate
force
grind down
handicap
harass
harry
hold down
hound
outrage
overload
overthrow
plague
press
ride
rule
rule over
saddle
smother
strain
tax
torment
torture
trample
tyrranize
vex
worry
hold sway over
put down
trample on
trample underfoot
tyrannize over
beat down
pick on
put upon
ride roughshod over
walk all over
bring to heel
put screws to
weigh heavy upon
bring someone to their knees
bring under the yoke
put the squeeze on
rule with a rod of iron
rule with an iron hand
put in irons
subject to forced labour
more ❯
Verb
▲
Cause mess, disarray
clutter
litter
disarrange
jumble
bestrew
scatter
strew
cover
dirty
fill
make untidy
mess up
muddle
snarl
throw into disorder
be scattered about
be strewn about
cause mess
make a mess of
make a shambles of
disorder
make a mess
spoil
dishevel
mix up
muddle up
disorganize
throw
spread
besmirch
more ❯
Verb
▲
To assign a responsibility, duty, or task to
charge
assign
entrust
commission
delegate
designate
task
commit
consign
intrust
ordain
allocate
allot
appoint
apportion
appropriate
burden
enrolUK
enrollUS
trust
load
saddle
invest
vest
authorizeUS
give
place
authoriseUK
nominate
select
approve
take on
endorse
sign on
pay
validate
decree
fix
ratify
recognizeUS
secure
recogniseUK
lay on
support
bring on board
draftUS
draughtUK
back
secure the services of
assume
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