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Verb
Present participle for keep from happening
Present participle for to cause to fail, or to make great attempts to
Present participle for to impede the work or ability of, especially intending to cause failure
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict a given action or process
Beating someone to it
Noun
The act of preventing or deterring something
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
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
arresting
deflecting
interrupting
commandeering
preparing for
picking off
cutting off
heading off at pass
holding back
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to fail, or to make great attempts to
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
stultifying
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
giving the slip
upsetting the applecart
cooking someone's goose
playing off
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
taking wind out of
taking the wind out of your sails
halting
averting
inhibiting
barring
staving off
heading off
warding off
arresting
obviating
precluding
counteracting
prohibiting
avoiding
deterring
nullifying
fending off
stalling
shutting out
restricting
nipping in the bud
holding back
ruling out
repressing
stonewalling
forfending
deflecting
defending against
intercepting
debarring
retarding
fettering
interdicting
holding off
putting an end to
evading
interrupting
circumnavigating
skirting
sidestepping
stumping
neutralizing
US
overturning
hamstringing
neutralising
UK
steering clear of
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
interfering with
diverting
forbidding
helping
turning aside
quashing
stifling
crippling
hobbling
disrupting
negating
limiting
annulling
bypassing
resisting
keeping lid on
repelling
repulsing
excluding
screwing up
cramping one's style
anticipating
hanging up
parrying
eliminating
keeping at bay
saving
getting out of
finishing off
finishing
offsetting
bucking
escaping
disconcerting
withstanding
crashing
unsettling
juking
ditching
wrecking
acting against
interfering
bringing to a close
making an end of
sabotaging
encumbering
fending
throwing a curve
throwing monkey wrench in
staving
forefending
obscuring
contravening
scuttling
invalidating
bringing an end to
squashing
suppressing
confounding
strangulating
undoing
rattling
keeping off
crushing
picking off
counterplotting
blanking
burying
confronting
rebuffing
cutting off
staying
keeping
banjaxing
shutting off
taking out of play
getting in the way of
putting the brakes on
damping
overcoming
licking
conquering
sparing
reprieving
freeing
getting the better of
pre-empting
letting
putting a brake on
putting the lid on
absolving
messing up
scaring
dampening
chilling
chillin
cooling
disadvising
disqualifying
dashing one's hope
beating down
causing setback
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
exempting
dispensing
giving the run around
estopping
acting like a wet blanket
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
throwing cold water on
talking out of
turning off
shunting
turning
shoving aside
shielding yourself from
looking away
rebuking
shunning
veering
fencing
eluding
shirking
turning from
holding at bay
discharging
making impossible
discontinuing
quitting
warding
making it impossible for
making impracticable
ceasing
making it impracticable for
rendering null and void
removing
foreclosing
taking away
doing away with
getting rid of
getting round
making unnecessary
discounting
discarding
dismissing
excepting
recanting
rejecting
abolishing
disallowing
proscribing
revoking
suspending
not considering
closing out
closing one's doors to
banning
forgetting about
freezing out
bating
counting out
leaving out
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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
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
suppressing
confining
capturing
ensnaring
tying
enmeshing
netting
stilling
straitening
snagging
hemming in
tethering
deterring
curtailing
opposing
crippling
braking
pausing
shelving
bottlenecking
suspending
crimping
neutralizing
US
muzzling
burdening
freezing
contravening
counteracting
choking
debarring
resisting
neutralising
UK
standing
fencing
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 spoke in the wheel of
binding
leashing
stifling
circumscribing
constricting
impairing
securing
weakening
disadvantaging
fastening
holding down
putting at a disadvantage
placing at a disadvantage
capping
inconveniencing
debilitating
entangling
delimiting
sidelining
dragging your feet
cramping one's style
tiing one's hands
preventing from making progress
controlling
regulating
moderating
taking out
giving disadvantage
putting out of commission
discouraging
setting limits on
imposing limits on
keeping within the limits of
narrowing down
repressing
quashing
smothering
dissuading
forbidding
reining in
outlawing
tabooing
interdicting
bitting
withholding
enjoining
averting
warding
reducing
fazing
treating harshly
inflicting a handicap on
doing a disservice to
telling against
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
treating unfavourably
wronging
giving a disadvantage to
diminishing
keeping in
putting an end to
holding in
sapping
devitalizing
putting on brakes
putting a stop to
nipping in the bud
stemming the flow of
hitching
deflating
putting a leash on
entrammeling
entrammelling
putting a lead on
hitching up
slowing up
depressing
lashing
strapping
trussing
cinching
tiing together
harnessing
collaring
roping
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to prohibit or interdict a given action or process
forbidding
prohibiting
barring
banning
interdicting
disallowing
blocking
stopping
proscribing
preventing
vetoing
outlawing
precluding
debarring
excluding
embargoing
impeding
hindering
inhibiting
restraining
obstructing
checking
enjoining
restricting
halting
nixing
denying
obviating
forfending
tabooing
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
withholding
stymieing
opposing
criminalising
UK
criminalizing
US
freezing
spiking
censoring
depriving
ruling out
shutting out
making illegal
putting an end to
putting a stop to
holding up
giving the red light to
giving the thumbs down to
locking up
putting the kibosh on
declaring illegal
declaring taboo
saying no
shutting down
putting the chill on
Verb
▲
Beating someone to it
doing in advance
antedating
anticipating
beating someone to it
doing ahead
getting ahead
Noun
▲
The act of preventing or deterring something
obviation
deterrence
thwarting
prevention
preclusion
avoidance
determent
obstruction
blockage
hindrance
impediment
interception
stoppage
halt
interruption
prohibition
forestallment
deterence
anticipation
averting
safeguard
elimination
prophylaxis
precluding
preemption
preemptive action
preventive measures
preventive action
discouragement
inhibition
dissuasion
disincentive
limitation
restriction
intimidation
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
Adjective
▲
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
contraceptive
safekeeping
sheltered
supervisory
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