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Synonyms:
- choked, paralyzed, hindered, entrapped, braked, blocked, stayed, interrupted, impaired, complicated, deterred, crimped, delayed, inhibited, hampered, entangled, bunged, snagged, barred, constrained, checked, restrained, baffled, restricted, resisted, fouled, cramped, obstructed, frustrated, clogged, mired, dragged, bottlenecked, congested, encumbered, caught, countered, crippled, hamstrung, impeded, opposed, snarled, fettered, jammed, tangled, burdened, detained, curbed, handicapped, stopped, thwarted, plugged, constipated
Examples:
- - It dammed up vast unsalable surpluses, helping to bring about unemployment and suffering in the United States and everywhere else. - "Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present", Various
- - The whole of the river Schuykill is dammed up, and forms a huge water- power, which forces up the supply of water for the use of the city. - "Diary in America, Series One", Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
- - A ruddy stream flowed along the gutters round the pavilion; they dipped the tips of their shoes in it, and dammed it up with leaves, so as to form large pools of blood. - "The Fat and the Thin", Emile Zola
