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Verb
▲
To prevent from progress
arrest
check
decelerate
delay
handicap
brake
clog
detain
hinder
impede
obstruct
encumber
postpone
slow down
stall
defer
hamper
curb
hamstring
hold back
hold up
inhibit
set back
slow up
interrupt
keep back
put back
restrain
restrict
slacken
slow
cumber
stay
trammel
baffle
baulkUK
balkUS
bog
choke
crimp
dawdle
decrease
down
falter
fetter
flag
hesitate
interfere with
lessen
loaf
loiter
mire
poke
reduce
retardate
put a brake on
back off
bog down
choke off
close off
hang up
let up
shut down
shut off
take down
bring to screeching halt
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
soften
tone down
silence
quell
mitigate
lower
ease
modulate
enclose
master
mute
cork up
calm
quench
settle
squash
deaden
weaken
overcome
contract
lighten
modify
allay
soothe
shut up
soft-pedal
cap
extinguish
damp
cage
submerge
ebb
shrink
play down
compose
damp down
conceal
bound
taper
adjust
simmer down
wane
minimizeUS
pocket
overpower
dull
slash
quieten
dwindle
alleviate
clamp down on
stamp out
assuage
monitor
dilute
tail off
pacify
gulp back
minimiseUK
hold captive
relax
cut
make
decline
subjugate
collect
throw cold water on
crack down on
pour cold water on
take the edge off
compel
shush
shorten
coerce
commit
dry up
dash
drop off
decrement
manage
enslave
mollify
narrow
force
de-escalate
put a lid on
put a damper on
oblige
roll back
conquer
subside
get the better of
crush
blunt
impel
depreciate
adapt
set
tranquillizeUK
suffocate
demarcate
balance
depress
corral
tranquilizeUS
require
chill out
palliate
trap
lick
chasten
wear down
wear away
degrade
define
hush
mellow
keep an eye on
devaluate
attenuate
calm down
fall off
slack off
demark
delimitate
snooker
obligate
put down
trim
relieve
quelch
cross
jug
ice
immobilizeUS
surround
disappoint
alter
encircle
minify
wall in
nobble
clip
get rid of
mark off
clip someone's wings
mess up
bring down
ease off
gird
taper off
rail in
mark down
organizeUS
put the mockers on
send up
slump
corner
cloud
fade
decay
droop
drain
waste
degenerate
censor
secure
dock
deflate
humble
lull
deemphasize
cover up
reconcile
eliminate
downplay
yoke
keep secret
destroy
drive
let
immobiliseUK
prescribe
recover
dominate
truncate
train
abbreviate
abridge
pen
evaporate
run low
deteriorate
lose edge
narrow down
wither
shrivel
die down
crumble
estop
tighten
pressure
help
cow
abase
bring to a halt
press
affect
influence
intervene
elide
syncopate
dragoon
muscle
blackjack
impress
mortify
vary
indenture
tongue-tie
vanquish
closet
hegemonize
smash
downsize
form
interpose
erode
cushion
ration
organiseUK
shape
girdle
wipe out
jam up
retrench
encompass
confuse
specify
inclose
finish
bottle
send down
gain mastery over
send to prison
revise
downscale
railroad
scale down
save
pare
mew up
flatten
pare down
bastille
dispose
hold prisoner
put in prison
disadvise
scare
divert
root
queer
traverse
revamp
transmogrify
switch
take into custody
put the lid on
prelimit
pen in
couch
black out
duck
dodge
bilk
dial down
change
put inside
keep within limits
hedge in
turn off
repel
throw monkey wrench in
come down on
put into detention
put in chains
clap in irons
cool out
trim back
trim down
make cutbacks in
talk out of
placate
resolve
give the slip
put behind bars
shake
step down
upset one's apple cart
put under lock and key
upset the apple cart
put a ceiling on
put in irons
bang up
take away
make light of
get a grip on
proscribe
tie someone down
lace
truss
fix together
lash
join
keep something in check
come down hard on
dim
garrote/garrotte
put out of action
gulp
seal up
seal in
fight
choke something back
left out
keep feeling inside oneself
bring to naught
collar
cuff
obliterate
hold something in
gain control over
keep control of
idle
shade
sober
darken
deepen
rebate
keep a rein on
shave
tie someone's hands
act against
dumb
keep on a string
remove
educate
instruct
drag feet
lapse
bottle something up
slap down
snuff out
hitch up
deplete
retain
restraint
underplay
underrate
belittle
underestimate
put straitjacket on
palisade
forbid to
re-collect
coop
put a straitjacket on
quieten down
no-platform
round down
whittle down
set a limit on
foreclose
ring
hurdle
pen up
invalidate
scuttle
snuff
economizeUS
economiseUK
benumb
blanket
numb
cauterizeUS
bring to a screeching halt
garroteUS
garrotteUK
demur
shy
stumble
pipe down
settle down
make less intense
dampen down
kettle
compass
confound
tail away
attune
bate
exclude
heap
shower
shroud
lock
gridlock
internalizeUS
internaliseUK
elude
recede
fall
picket
domesticate
water down
make conditional
rally
inspect
undo
parry
arrange
refuse
keep hold of
dummy up
quarantine
wall up
sequester
put out
keep from
plummet
plunge
relent
discountenance
get round
make unnecessary
put a leash on
put a lead on
harmonizeUS
take wind out of sails
bury
beat down
blank
counterplot
cause setback
put end to
enthralUK
nab
remand
stockade
apprehend
seal
caulk
halt in its tracks
shake off
give the run-around
buffalo
promote
shuffle off
run circles around
skip
run rings around
bollix
throw a monkey wrench in the works
gentle
house-train
hush up
bring an end to
punish
keep inside
stamp on
censure
tread on
trample
add reservations to
add to
cauteriseUK
eradicate
abolish
tape up
bind over
bind up
order
engage
delineate
disqualify
disfavourUK
disfavorUS
warn
indispose
frighten
deprecate
keep under wraps
refuse to pay
mar
block out
close up
close out
reclaim
bust
domesticize
housebreak
cultivate
domiciliate
place a limit on
get tough on
seal somebody's lips
tyrannizeUS
pall
make additions to
tone
tune
bring into line
axeUK
environ
gloss over
take severe measures against
rout
take stern measures against
weed out
come down heavily on
choke up
pack
make tame
bring to heel
do away with
blur
become smaller
become less
phase down
die away
fall away
drain away
die out
grow smaller
grow less
ratchet down
hold in custody
take prisoner
keep in custody
keep captive
hold hostage
lock away
mew
add a rider to
dent
suspend proceedings
exploit
disenfranchise
persecute
enchain
draw the line on
axUS
extenuate
amortiseUK
downgrade
cast down
extirpate
annihilate
demolish
inflect
break the spirit
break the spirit of
break in
administer
block off
come to an end
take five
call a halt
take a breather
call it a day
take a rain check
take a break
outline
take a recess
design
becalm
plan
frame
construct
salve
lullaby
amortizeUS
make smaller
make less
stabilizeUS
smooth
concentrate
methodize
overlook
pit
double-cross
skin
snafu
match
bethrall
enthrallUS
beslave
disfranchise
subject
clobber
peter
make it impossible for
make impossible
make it impracticable for
systematizeUS
amend
fine-tune
shift
tweak
harmoniseUK
harsh
encase
house
encage
envelop
include
hedge
allocate
clamp down
get tough
concoct
get under control
admix
drive underground
pre-empt
astrict
indebt
make impracticable
sell into slavery
tyranniseUK
condemn to slavery
pad
clear the air
stabiliseUK
demilitarizeUS
demilitariseUK
smooth out
rescue
defuse
take the heat
tie hand and foot
police
administrate
legislate
intrude
meddle
mark out
nail down
tighten up on
play off
cook someone's goose
pound
mince
break
pry
take the sting out
take the bite out
work out
set out
solace
map out
put together
make up
marshallUS
appease
comfort
marshalUK
console
tune down
balm
put lock on
coordinate
standardizeUS
condemn to servitude
keep under thumb
reduce to slavery
get hooks into
subject to forced labour
come down on like a ton of bricks
lop
chop
temperate
make little of
intermeddle
disturb
decide
determine
supervise
hem
dispatch
best
triumph over
surmount
fine tune
make reasonable
tighten up
crop
slim down
interlope
snoop
encroach
intercede
mess
tamper
obtrude
nose
superintend
bring to a stop
get back at
defend
reply
beat off
defend yourself
retaliate
fight off
put up a fight
riposte
overmatch
isolate
sway
monkey around with
take the bite out of
take the sting out of
humiliate
oversee
steward
butt in
act like a wet blanket
condition
dictate
overbear
upend
get
command
de-emphasize
preside over
make indebted
twist one's arm
focus
centerUS
centreUK
localiseUK
pinpoint
localizeUS
busybody
intermediate
trouble
conflict
mouldUK
urge
keep tabs on
get over
skunk
worst
boil down
get to meat
put in nutshell
put a restriction on
meet halfway
touch
underlie
cinch
systematiseUK
pace
standardiseUK
devalue
whitewash
prevail over
gain control of
win against
predispose
moldUS
incline
work on
shepherd
directionalize
act on
do down
muck about
fool with
barge in
horn in
step in
muck around
mix in
get involved
impact on
exert influence on
bulldoze
dishonorUS
shame
debase
disgrace
foul
cheapen
discredit
smirch
demean
poke nose in
stick your nose in
put your two cents in
stick your oar in
poke your nose in
have an effect on
be a factor in
push
enforce
afflict
have an impact on
steamroller
hustle
pressurize into
coerce into
dishonourUK
bring low
bludgeon into
bully into
browbeat into
strong-arm
prevail on
dragoon into
stop from spreading
give a lower profile
attach little importance to
think nothing of
give little weight to
talk down
slough
book
twist somebody's arm
terrorize into
turn on the heat
induce
intimidate into
leave someone no option but to
put the chill on
make necessary
throw weight around
put the screws on
put under an obligation
put the arm on
lean on
cut down to size
put in your place
put someone in their place
take down a peg or two
keep under lock and key
throw book at
throw in jail
send up the river
more ❯
“A new gas-based fire-protection system has also been installed, which reduces the level of oxygen in the room to retard a fire.”
Verb
▲
Completely disrupt
play havoc with
disarrange
disorder
disorganize
disrupt
disturb
interfere with
convulse
delay
hamper
hold up
impede
obstruct
slow
unsettle
upset
derange
ruin
slow down
turn upside-down
blight
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
crush
dash
frustrate
mar
quash
quell
spoil
throw into confusion
throw into disarray
throw into disorder
undo
wreck
demolish
devastate
foul up
louse up
make a mess of
mess up
sabotage
scotch
screw up
shatter
banjax
do in
nix
queer
scupper
stymie
cruel
dish
euchre
make a hash of
put paid to
blow a hole in
put the kibosh on
put the lid on
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
destroy
make untidy
bring to naught
smash
torpedo
impair
ruffle
vitiate
trash
clutter
do for
break
damage
annihilate
disfigure
decimate
despoil
mess
scatter
harm
poison
dirty
deface
defile
wreak havoc on
put an end to
blast
tangle
blow
muller
botch
ravage
injure
desolate
raze
tarnish
pulverizeUS
wrack
nuke
mangle
balls up
put out of place
mutilate
bring down
make a shambles of
muss up
maim
pulveriseUK
riffle
neutralizeUS
cancel out
render ineffective
defeat
overturn
strew
bestrew
litter
end
reduce to nothing
prevent
cripple
waste
total
stain
wrinkle
desecrate
compromise
taint
crool
vaporizeUS
ruinate
sink
overthrow
blemish
bring to an end
put a stop to
neutraliseUK
level
ravish
cream
scourge
knock down
distort
bring to ruin
pull down
snarl
be scattered about
jumble up
tear down
lay in ruins
get into a tangle
crumple
put a damper on
be strewn about
vaporiseUK
negate
make dirty
flatten
bust
scar
rearrange
dilapidate
overwhelm
darken
shower
besmirch
nullify
lay waste to
extinguish
reduce
bodge
endamage
reduce to rubble
bring to nothing
deplete
wreak havoc upon
leave in ruins
lay waste
clean out
wipe out
rub out
leave desolate
decay
afflict
disappoint
make of no use or value
spread
cloud
flaw
tamper
meddle
replace
turn upside down
interfere
glitch up
clutter up
drop litter
be disarranged
muddy
touch
disfeature
hurt
cross up
crab
be a blot on the landscape
wrench
twist
misarrange
cast a shadow over
cast a pall over
take the enjoyment out of
take the pleasure out of
take the edge off
take the shine off
bungle
muck
throw off
snafu
muff
mix
stir up
entangle
perturb
foul
ravel
fumble
blunder
complicate
purse
rifle
pucker
crinkle
cockle
crease
fell
dismantle
crash
dynamite
overcome
smite
bomb
blow to pieces
take
raze to the ground
blow to bits
blow sky-high
blow up
break down
explode
maraud
gut
spoliate
undermine
encumber
cover
cause mess
fill
subvert
topple
squelch
obliterate
eradicate
thwart
put at risk
hinder
foil
overreach
outmaneuverUS
abolish
outmanoeuvreUK
outfox
skin
abate
crimp
have
cramp
impoverish
outsmart
offset
craze
unbuild
untidy
displace
work against
make waves
make disorderly
bring into disorder
get out of order
turn topsy-turvy
more ❯
Verb
▲
To decrease in sensitivity
dull
numb
desensitiseUK
desensitizeUS
deaden
blunt
suppress
benumb
dampen
diminish
impair
repress
stifle
tranquilizeUS
tranquillizeUK
weaken
depress
devitalize
incapacitate
paralyseUK
paralyzeUS
reduce
sedate
stun
unnerve
daze
drug
narcotize
obtund
stultify
stupefy
torpefy
dullen
render insensitive
soften
allay
temper
tone down
mollify
lighten
calm
muffle
quell
still
lower
appease
lull
pacify
attenuate
dilute
relax
help
lenify
hebetate
slake
disable
debilitate
curb
cool
immobilizeUS
sate
absorb
quieten
placate
gentle
modify
quench
immobiliseUK
buffer
mute
chill
satisfy
take the bite out
take the sting out
sap
gratify
meet
fulfilUK
minimizeUS
bolster
curtail
degrade
indulge
erode
smooth
buttress
extenuate
deplete
control
petrify
de-escalate
restrain
dwindle
downsize
cripple
sweeten
tame
befuddle
break
minimiseUK
enfeeble
overcome
extinguish
fulfillUS
damp down
daunt
wind down
moisten
soft-pedal
put a damper on
mellow
qualify
cool out
pour oil on
shock
put out
put under
cumber
render insensible
make less sensitive
make inactive
pillow
remit
serve
fill
silence
mask
commute
make powerless
render powerless
excuse
provide for
soak up
kill
cut
taper
depreciate
reduce the force of
satiate
shrink
wane
contract
subside
decrement
blur
ebb
compose
dispel
let up on
lay off
take pressure off
deprive of sensation
bore
muddy up
dissipate
banish
dismiss
regulate
eliminate
roll back
cut down
cut back
wear away
peter out
wear down
protect against
put to rest
drive away
square
drive off
chase away
tenderizeUS
melt
insulate
pad
seclude
guard
modulate
restrict
defend against
shield against
safeguard against
ease off
tail off
constrain
narrow
reduce something
make nice
knock senseless
knock unconscious
mash
tenderiseUK
knead
bend
give
yield
dissolve
thaw
disintegrate
relent
slacken
ameliorate
hold in
play up to
mince
turn down
become tender
address
improve
temperate
glut
content
gorge
make less
make smaller
reduce the effect of
play down
keep under control
meet halfway
keep in check
make bored
dent
drop
discount
downscale
prune
thin
dial down
truncate
abridge
slash
bore rigid
bore stupid
hamstring
prostrate
water down
veil
exculpate
prettify
sugarcoat
white
dissemble
condone
veneer
varnish
gloze
vindicate
screen
whiten
knock down
undermine
quick fix
hush up
apologize for
put on a Band-Aid
pare down
put off
bore to death
appallUS
palsy
transfix
bemuse
close
stop dead
halt
make inert
shut down
make nerveless
bring to grinding halt
nonplus
arrest
appalUK
astound
disarm
demolish
lame
dispirit
crush
intoxicate
inebriate
inject
doctor
overwhelm
deject
subjugate
dismay
trouble
ail
dishearten
demoralizeUS
interfere with
nobble
tamper with
discourage
oppress
upset
squelch
shake
sadden
enervate
make unconscious
administer opiates to
administer narcotics to
debase
load
sophisticate
give an anaesthetic to
administer drugs to
soak
render unconscious
humble
bother
weary
perturb
abase
distress
defeat
overpower
chagrin
weigh down
demoraliseUK
cast down
bum out
bear down on
beat down
cast a pall over
more ❯
Verb
▲
To delay taking action
procrastinate
dally
delay
stall
dawdle
temporiseUK
temporizeUS
adjourn
defer
dither
haver
hesitate
postpone
prolong
protract
vacillate
waver
cool
goldbrick
lag
poke
swither
tarry
wait
drag
linger
loiter
pause
stay
dilly-dally
put off
be dilatory
defer action
drag your feet
hold off
let slide
shilly-shally
take a raincheck
drag one's feet
hum and haw
play for time
postpone action
hang fire
put off doing something
suspend action
be indecisive
be undecided
use delaying tactics
play a waiting game
kick the can down the road
hang about
hold back
hang around
waste time
take your time
halt
kill time
take one's time
gain time
fluctuate
mark time
filibuster
fritter away
lag behind
trifle
equivocate
prevaricate
hedge
blow hot and cold
stonewall
teeter
wabble
pussyfoot around
scruple
wobble
goof off
beat about the bush
amble
putter
while away time
fool around
drag your heels
stop
potter
loaf
lose time
loll
oscillate
balance
be unsure
be slow
potter around
potter about
potter round
drift
hover
hang out
sit around
stay put
warm a chair
shamble
horse around
hem and haw
go slowly
sit on the fence
traipse
discontinue
cease
burn daylight
fiddle about
piddle
fritter away time
pass the time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
penelopize
slack
hold on
totter
be irresolute
shirk
use dilatory tactics
stroll
bide
demur
be uncertain
hang on
wait around
buy time
meander
remain
sit tight
put something on the back burner
traik
be doubtful
dodge
mess around
um and ah
boondoggle
be long
be tardy
fool with
while away
trifle with
play games with
fool about
mooch
mosey
skulk
rest
lodge
stay back
shy away
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
adopt Fabian tactics
wander
ramble
pass time
slough
dabble
lurk
hang round
shillyshally
be ambivalent
goof around
stop over
hold the phone
be in two minds
faff about
ooze
snail
nose
tergiversate
limp along
draggle
be evasive
hang heavy
hang
creak along
be quiescent
go on too long
creep along
wear on
appear to pass slowly
be delayed
go on and on
become tedious
advance slowly
encounter difficulty
sag
slow down
stagnate
palter
balkUS
baulkUK
avoid committing oneself
stall for time
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
toddle
diddle-daddle
fritter time away
shlep along
scrounge around
bum around
sit on one's butt
more ❯
Verb
▲
Cause to seem small or insignificant in comparison
dwarf
dominate
stunt
overlook
overshadow
suppress
check
lower
overtop
tower above
belittle
dim
hinder
micrify
miniaturiseUK
miniaturizeUS
minify
predominate
shrink
tower over
stand over
cultivate by bonsai
detract from
loom over
make small
rise above
look down upon
stand head and shoulders above
command
bestride
survey
straddle
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Noun
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A person who lacks intelligence
delay
hold-up
idiot
imbecile
moron
retardation
tard
mental deficient
person with learning difficulties
fool
dullard
dolt
simpleton
twit
dork
doofus
oaf
pillock
jackass
dunce
lump
halfwit
dummy
schmuck
yahoo
dimwit
dumbhead
dumbbell
lamebrain
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A period of time by which something is late or postponed
delay
wait
hindrance
impediment
setback
holdup
obstruction
retardation
stall
detainment
hangup
holdback
interruption
curb
detention
encumbrance
halt
hold
inhibition
lag
lull
retardment
suspension
block
blockage
check
fetter
gap
interference
interlude
intermission
interval
jam
pause
snag
stoppage
bind
break
downtime
filibuster
holding
logjam
obstacle
problem
prorogation
stay
stop
surcease
trammel
hold-up
showstopper
tie-up
holding pattern
waiting period
period of waiting
time lag
time wasted
cooling-off period
idiot
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