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Verb
Present participle for keep from happening
Present participle for to cause to fail
Present participle for to impede the work or ability of, especially intending to cause failure
Beating somebody to it
Present participle for take over in place of another
Noun
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
Obstruction of action, access, or approach
Adjective
Used or intended to defend or protect
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Verb
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Present participle for keep from happening
preventing
precluding
anticipating
obviating
frustrating
hindering
thwarting
averting
intercepting
pre-empting
foiling
heading off
second-guessing
stopping
baulking
UK
balking
US
blocking
checking
helping
parrying
circumventing
delaying
deterring
envisioning
expecting
forecasting
foreseeing
impeding
monopolising
UK
monopolizing
US
obstructing
predicting
preempting
preoccupying
projecting
staving off
fending off
getting ahead of
getting in before
warding off
nipping in the bud
providing against
stealing a march on
beating someone to it
beating someone to the draw
beating someone to the punch
deflecting
avoiding
diverting
sparing
reprieving
freeing
absolving
dispensing
exempting
arresting
interrupting
discharging
commandeering
preparing for
beating somebody to it
cutting off
holding back
picking off
heading off at pass
saving
shunting
forfending
turning
halting
veering
looking away
turning from
ruling out
shoving aside
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to fail
thwarting
frustrating
hindering
foiling
checking
stopping
impeding
blocking
preventing
obstructing
hampering
curbing
stymieing
restraining
baulking
UK
defeating
baffling
scotching
balking
US
cramping
derailing
circumventing
scuppering
opposing
trammelling
trammeling
ruining
beating
spoiling
dashing
countering
discomfiting
smashing
snookering
disappointing
crimping
checkmating
confusing
upsetting
outwitting
crossing
crabbing
nobbling
bilking
traversing
rooting
snafuing
skinning
holding up
putting a stop to
putting paid to
standing in the way of
doing for
fouling up
putting the kibosh on
lousing up
putting the stopper on
putting the mockers on
taking down
upsetting the apple cart
giving the slip
upsetting one's apple cart
cooking someone's goose
playing off
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
taking wind out of
halting
barring
inhibiting
averting
arresting
heading off
staving off
warding off
precluding
counteracting
prohibiting
obviating
deterring
fending off
nullifying
forfending
nipping in the bud
stalling
debarring
shutting out
avoiding
ruling out
restricting
holding back
holding off
forbidding
deflecting
interdicting
putting an end to
intercepting
fettering
evading
stonewalling
neutralizing
US
repressing
defending against
neutralising
UK
resisting
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
interfering with
interrupting
stumping
warding
hamstringing
overturning
turning aside
anticipating
skirting
sidestepping
retarding
negating
escaping
steering clear of
limiting
repelling
bypassing
excluding
repulsing
parrying
helping
diverting
quashing
circumnavigating
stifling
keeping at bay
crippling
hobbling
disrupting
bringing to a close
getting around
annulling
getting out of
withstanding
keeping lid on
proscribing
offsetting
screwing up
banning
cramping one's style
interfering
eliminating
keeping
dodging
hanging up
fencing
ducking
pre-empting
chilling
chillin
cooling
eluding
shirking
shunning
keeping off
ceasing
finishing off
finishing something
bucking
disconcerting
acting against
making an end of
sabotaging
encumbering
throwing a curve
throwing monkey wrench in
bringing an end to
obscuring
forefending
contravening
scuttling
invalidating
rebuffing
squashing
suppressing
confounding
picking off
crushing
undoing
rattling
cutting off
confronting
counterplotting
blanking
burying
staying
shutting off
taking out of play
getting in the way of
putting the brakes on
banjaxing
damping
overcoming
licking
conquering
saving
letting
disqualifying
removing
getting the better of
putting a brake on
putting the lid on
scaring
dampening
disadvising
bulwarking
defending
guarding
messing up
estopping
upsetting the applecart
dashing one's hope
damming
corking
staving
shielding yourself from
rebuking
holding at bay
beating down
causing setback
giving the run around
discouraging
screening
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
making impossible
intervening
foreclosing
interposing
discontinuing
quitting
making it impossible for
making impracticable
making it impracticable for
acting like a wet blanket
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
talking out of
turning off
crashing
unsettling
juking
ditching
wrecking
outlawing
refraining from
fending
covering
disallowing
vetoing
rendering null and void
taking away
doing away with
getting rid of
getting round
making unnecessary
keeping at arm's length
guarding against
skirting round
safeguarding against
standing up for
protecting against
shielding against
defending oneself against
fighting off
discounting
discarding
dismissing
desisting
steering clear
abstaining from
skipping
shrinking from
shying from
controlling
skipping out on
staying away
restraining from
shaking off
abstaining
staying away from
passing up
forbearing
excepting
enjoining
giving up
refusing
leaving off
doing without
shaking
withholding from
providing
desisting from
compensating for
renouncing
kicking
breaking the habit of
counterbalancing
making up for
forgoing
forbearing from
eschewing
keeping from
declining
denying yourself
recanting
rejecting
abolishing
revoking
suspending
making illegal
criminalizing
US
not considering
closing out
closing one's doors to
forgetting about
freezing out
bating
counting out
leaving out
censoring
withholding
denying
depriving
nixing
tabooing
embargoing
spiking
freezing
giving the thumbs down to
shutting down
criminalising
UK
locking up
declaring illegal
saying no
giving the red light to
declaring taboo
putting the chill on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede the work or ability of, especially intending to cause failure
obstructing
hindering
impeding
hampering
inhibiting
blocking
checking
curbing
restraining
frustrating
encumbering
restricting
handicapping
trammelling
trammeling
fettering
cramping
shackling
retarding
delaying
hamstringing
halting
hobbling
barring
limiting
manacling
handcuffing
balking
US
baulking
UK
embarrassing
stalling
interrupting
slowing
derailing
prohibiting
cumbering
staying
bridling
stonewalling
borking
interfering
sabotaging
crabbing
sandbagging
throttling
obscuring
screening
complicating
holding up
holding back
interfering with
hog-tying
short-circuiting
slowing down
tying up
hanging up
putting a brake on
standing in the way of
getting in the way
getting in the way of
weighing down
monkeying with
thwarting
stymieing
stopping
arresting
constraining
foiling
catching
clogging
baffling
preventing
disrupting
setting back
throwing a spanner in the works of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
suppressing
confining
capturing
ensnaring
tying
enmeshing
netting
stilling
straitening
snagging
entrapping
hemming in
tethering
braking
pausing
deterring
curtailing
opposing
crippling
shelving
bottlenecking
suspending
freezing
crimping
neutralizing
US
muzzling
burdening
standing
fencing
contravening
counteracting
choking
debarring
resisting
neutralising
UK
drawing up
putting off
bringing up
pulling up
fetching up
shutting down
lousing up
boxing in
shutting out
coming to a standstill
not moving
petering out
standing off
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
stifling
controlling
repressing
stemming
discouraging
moderating
fastening
smothering
regulating
reducing
staunching
containing
withholding
reining in
binding
bottling up
holding in
holding down
disadvantaging
leashing
stemming the flow of
nipping in the bud
putting at a disadvantage
placing at a disadvantage
ruining
impairing
inconveniencing
entangling
debilitating
sidelining
securing
cramping one's style
dragging one's feet
tiing one's hands
preventing from making progress
taking out
giving disadvantage
circumscribing
gripping
clasping
objecting
clamping
constricting
putting out of commission
setting limits on
imposing limits on
boxing up
cutting down on
cooping up
reining
swallowing
squelching
cutting short
terminating
muffling
fighting back
holding
governing
putting a leash on
entrammelling
putting a lead on
entrammeling
hitching up
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
taming
choking back
circumventing
keeping in check
dissuading
quashing
pulling in
keeping back
slackening pace
biting back
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
forbidding
bringing to a standstill
outlawing
bitting
averting
warding
tabooing
interdicting
enjoining
fazing
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
keeping in
putting an end to
inflicting a handicap on
telling against
treating unfavourably
wronging
treating harshly
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
giving a disadvantage to
putting on brakes
putting an stop to
plugging
damming
barricading
sealing
caulking
filling up
jamming
filling
closing out
blockading
clogging up
blocking out
closing up
cutting off
stuffing
stanching
closing off
shutting off
packing
closing
blocking up
stopping up
intercepting
choking up
bunging up
jamming up
holding off
occluding
blocking off
bunging
stoppering
congesting
gagging
plugging up
choking off
bottling
more ❯
Verb
▲
Beating somebody to it
doing in advance
antedating
anticipating
beating somebody to it
doing ahead
getting ahead
Verb
▲
Present participle for take over in place of another
preempting
seizing
appropriating
expropriating
commandeering
arrogating
taking
usurping
annexing
confiscating
sequestering
converting
pressing
pirating
assuming
acquiring
accroaching
anticipating
averting
blocking
bumping
deterring
obstructing
obtaining
preventing
taking over
heading off
staving off
Noun
▲
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
frustration
blocking
foiling
spoiling
thwarting
obstruction
circumvention
countering
defeat
failure
stopping
balking
US
baulking
UK
checking
crushing
dashing
derailment
disappointment
quashing
scotching
baffling
collapse
crippling
curbing
foundering
hampering
hindering
impediment
setback
snookering
stifling
blow
contravention
hindrance
nonfulfillment
nonfulfilment
prevention
scuppering
unfulfillment
disturbance
nonsuccess
non-success
lack of success
ill-success
adverse fate
Noun
▲
Obstruction of action, access, or approach
prevention
elimination
anticipation
averting
avoidance
deterrence
forestallment
precaution
precluding
preclusion
safeguard
thwarting
bar
blockage
deterence
determent
halt
hindrance
impediment
inhibition
inhibitor
interception
interruption
obstacle
obstruction
obviation
prohibition
prophylaxis
restraint
stop
stoppage
exclusion
disqualification
stopping
annulment
restriction
curb
limitation
check
block
preemption
deterrent
barrier
encumbrance
handicap
trammel
drag
hitch
suppression
interference
clog
crimp
cramp
discouragement
repression
preventive measures
preventive action
disincentive
embargo
drawback
snag
hazard
hampering
preemptive action
hurdle
stumbling block
let
shackles
chain
embarrassment
holdback
fetter
manacle
balk
US
inconvenience
impedance
baulk
UK
millstone
burden
ball and chain
crackdown
dissuasion
shutdown
squelching
intimidation
deadweight
stamping out
clampdown
weary load
difficulty
brake
setback
delay
complication
protection
hiccup
catch
facer
lock
albatross
sabotage
gridlock
catch-22
cumbrance
hang-up
intervention
baggage
glitch
jam-up
cumber
joker
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
monkey wrench
excess baggage
foot dragging
monkey wrench in the works
preventative
palladium
fail-safe
protective
shield
defence
UK
caution
remedy
security
neutralizer
prophylactic
precautionary measure
preventive measure
preventive
defense
US
protective measure
anticipatory measure
checking
constraint
bridling
curbing
retardation
frustration
holding back
stifling
blocking
shackling
smothering
arrest
baulking
UK
cramping
fettering
halting
quashing
foiling
straitjacket
interdict
hangup
sublimation
balking
US
putting an end to
nipping in the bud
putting an stop to
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Adjective
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Used or intended to defend or protect
defensive
protective
defending
guarding
shielding
opposing
safeguarding
protecting
watchful
averting
screening
self-protective
wary
withstanding
armoured
UK
armored
US
arresting
baulking
UK
balking
US
checking
conservative
foiling
fortified
frustrating
interrupting
preservative
preventive
resistive
thwarting
on guard
coping with
in opposition
on the defensive
warding off
precautionary
preventative
preemptive
deterrent
prophylactic
anticipatory
safety
counteractive
covering
precautional
preclusive
blocking
cautionary
disease-preventing
insulating
antibacterial
stabilizing
US
conserving
antifungal
saving
preserving
fireproof
waterproof
proactive
conservatory
toughened
shatterproof
sheltering
heatproof
conservational
emergency
guardian
custodial
stabilising
UK
inhibitory
pre-emptive
obstructive
hindering
hampering
reinforced
impeding
bulletproof
safekeeping
sheltered
supervisory
contraceptive
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