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hamstring

verb as in disable

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Feinstein worried that this language might hamstring American foreign policy decision makers as a result.

Try single leg curls to really test your hamstring and glute strength.

Miranda Green on whether a federal law is needed—or will hamstring cops.

What madness, then, for the ex-speaker to hamstring himself by pledging not to go negative.

Following this, at the other end of the gym, Keith handed me a pole for hamstring extensions.

Cuts out the hamstring—No satisfactory reason has been obtained for this custom, which has been noted for more than a century.

Come, butchers, march down our streets; the children will hamstring you with their little knives.

While one Wolf was in front, the other would try to get in the rear of the Caribou and hamstring it.

They generally aimed at the breast of the bull, or tried to hamstring it as soon as possible.

It certainly would not have taken him more than two minutes to hamstring the stoutest man in the party.

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On this page you'll find 43 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hamstring, such as: debilitate, disable, hinder, hobble, immobilize, and impair.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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