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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, interfere |
| Synonyms: | arrest, barge in, break, break in, break off, break train of thought, bust in, butt in, check, chime in, come between, crash, crowd in, cut, cut in on, cut off*, cut short, defer, delay, disconnect, discontinue, disjoin, disturb, disunite, divide, edge in, get in the way, halt, heckle, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, in, infringe, inject, insinuate, intrude, lay aside, obstruct, prevent, punctuate, put in, separate, sever, shortstop, stay, stop, suspend, work in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nab |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, arrest, capture, catch, clutch, cop, detain, grab, nail, pick up*, run in, snatch*, take into custody, take* |
| Antonyms: | let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, thwart |
| Synonyms: | arrest, balk, blight, check, dash, end, frustrate |
| Antonyms: | allow, encourage, permit |
| Main Entry: | obstruct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrict |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bar, barricade, block, check, choke, clog, close, congest, crab, curb, cut off, drag one's feet, fill, foul up, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, hamstring, hang up, hide, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, mask, monkey with, obscure, occlude, plug, restrain, retard, sandbag, shield, shut off, slow down, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stymie*, terminate, throttle, thwart, trammel, weigh down |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, assist, boost, clear, help, promote, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | paralyze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | immobilize |
| Synonyms: | anesthetize, appall, arrest, astound, bemuse, benumb, bring to grinding halt, close, daunt, daze, deaden, debilitate, demolish, destroy, disable, disarm, enfeeble, freeze, halt, incapacitate, knock out, lame, make inert, make nerveless, nonplus, numb, palsy, petrify, prostrate, shut down, stop dead, stun, stupefy, transfix, weaken |
| Antonyms: | incite, mobilize, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | prevent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep from happening or continuing |
| Synonyms: | anticipate, arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, balk, bar, block, check, chill*, cool, cork, counter, counteract, dam, debar, defend against, foil, forbid, forestall, forfend, frustrate, halt, hamper, head off, hinder, hold back, hold off, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interrupt, keep lid on, limit, nip in the bud, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prohibit, put a stop to, put an end to, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, rule out, shut out, stave off, stop, thwart, turn aside, ward off |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, cause, help, let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | refrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do without; keep from doing |
| Synonyms: | abstain, arrest, avoid, be temperate, cease, check, curb, desist, eschew, forbear, forgo, give up, go on the wagon, halt, inhibit, interrupt, keep, leave off, not do, pass, pass up, quit, renounce, resist, restrain, sit out, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold |
| Notes: | refrain means to choose not to do something or partake of something; restrain means to immobilize by force or to forbid an action |
| Antonyms: | do, go ahead, jump in |
| Main Entry: | restrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep under control; hold back |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bind, bottle up, box up, bridle, chain, check, choke back, circumscribe, confine, constrain, contain, control, cool*, cork, crack down, curb, curtail, debar, delimit, detain, deter, direct, fetter, gag, govern, guide, hamper, handicap, harness, hem in, hinder, hogtie, hold, impound, imprison, inhibit, jail, keep, keep down, keep in line, kill*, limit, lock up, manacle, muzzle, pinion, prevent, proscribe, pull back, repress, restrict, sit on, stay, subdue, suppress, tie down, tie up |
| Notes: | refrain means to choose not to do something or partake of something; restrain means to immobilize by force or to forbid an action |
| Antonyms: | free, liberate, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hinder, obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, back off, baffle, balk, bog, bog down, brake, bring to screeching halt, check, choke, choke off, clog, close off, crimp, dawdle, decelerate, decrease, defer, delay, detain, down, encumber, falter, fetter, flag, hamper, handicap, hang up, hesitate, hold back, hold up, impede, lessen, let up, loaf, loiter, mire, poke, postpone, reduce, retardate, set back, shut down, shut off, slacken, slow down, slow up, stall, take down |
| Antonyms: | advance, help, push |
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