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Synonyms:
- intercepted, fought, impaired, constipated, meddled, counteracted, confined, collared, crossed, obstructed, plugged, resisted, hindered, challenged, opposed, snagged, crippled, daunted, complicated, braked, baffled, detained, disheartened, curbed, interfered, countered, contradicted, barred, bottlenecked, clogged, fettered, objected, restrained, checked, tethered, conflicted, stifled, protested, cramped, choked, constrained, paralyzed, stopped, mired, jammed, caught, defied, repulsed, depressed, snarled, counterattacked, entangled, suppressed, bridled, burdened, encumbered, stayed, blocked, thwarted, antagonized, dissuaded, repelled, disagreed, throttled, disputed, hampered, discouraged, dampened, delayed, handicapped, deterred, tangled, congested, confronted, disinclined, hamstrung, de-motivated, interrupted, fouled, shackled, constricted, entrapped, bound, rebuffed, inhibited, repressed, dammed, dragged, oppressed, restricted, frustrated, crimped, leashed, bunged, controlled
Examples:
- - A good deal alarmed at the consequences of the tumult that he and Dick Ryan had excited, Terence made his way through the streets at a run; his progress, however, was impeded by the crowd, many of whom seized him as he passed and implored him to tell them the news. - "With Moore At Corunna", G. A. Henty
- - When but a few hours could be had, gained perhaps by doing some piece of work about the farm or garden in half the allotted time, the little creek that headed in the paternal domain was handy; when half a day was at one's disposal, there were the hemlocks, less than a mile distant, with their loitering, meditative, log- impeded stream and their dusky, fragrant depths. - "Locusts and Wild Honey", John Burroughs
- - Impeded in its progress by immense difficulties, both natural and imposed by the enemy, the army took twenty days to make twenty miles. - "The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence", A. T. Mahan
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