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hamstring

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Main Entry: hamstring
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disable

Synonyms:

cripple, debilitate, handicap, hinder, hobble, immobilize, impair, lame, maim, mangle, paralyze, weaken
Main Entry: cramp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hinder, restrain

Synonyms:

bottle up, box up, check, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clog, confine, constrain, coop up, encumber, fasten, grip, hamper, hamstring, handicap, impede, inhibit, limit, object, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart

Antonyms:

allow, let go, release
Main Entry: cripple
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disable; make lame

Synonyms:

attenuate, blunt, debilitate, disarm, dislimb, dismember, enfeeble, hamstring, hurt, immobilize, incapacitate, injure, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, palsy, paralyze, prostrate, sap, sideline, stifle, undermine, unstrengthen, weaken

Antonyms:

aid, assist, enable, help, strengthen, support
Main Entry: cripple
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hinder action, progress

Synonyms:

bring to standstill, cramp, damage, destroy, halt, hamstring, impair, put out of action, ruin, spoil, stifle, vitiate

Antonyms:

aid, allow, assist, capacitate, encourage, help
Main Entry: disable
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: render inoperative; cripple

Synonyms:

attenuate, batter, blunt, damage, debilitate, disarm, disenable, disqualify, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, hamstring, handicap, harm, hock, hogtie, hurt, immobilize, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, kibosh, knock out, maim, mangle, mar, mutilate, muzzle, paralyze, pinion, prostrate, put out of action, render incapable, ruin, sabotage, sap, shatter, shoot down, spoil, take out*, throw monkey wrench in, total*, unbrace, undermine, unfit, unstrengthen, weaken, wreck

Antonyms:

aid, assist, enable, help, improve
Main Entry: fetter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tie up, hold

Synonyms:

bind, chain, check, clog, confine, cuff, curb, drag feet, encumber, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, hang up, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold captive, leash, manacle, put straitjacket on, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, throw monkey wrench in, trammel
Notes: a manacle (handcuff shackle) comes from Latin manus 'hand'; the ankle counterpart is fetter

Antonyms:

free, let go, loose, loosen, release
Main Entry: hamper
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: impede, restrict

Synonyms:

baffle, balk, bar, bind, block, check, clog, cramp, cramp one's style, cumber, curb, drag one's feet, embarrass, encumber, entangle, fetter, foil, frustrate, get in the way, hamstring, handicap, hang up, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold up, inconvenience, inhibit, interfere with, leash, obstruct, prevent, restrain, retard, shackle, slow down, stymie, thwart, tie, tie one's hands, tie up, trammel

Antonyms:

aid, allow, assist, encourage, expedite, help, permit, promote
Main Entry: handicap
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give disadvantage

Synonyms:

burden, cripple, encumber, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hog-tie, hold back, impede, limit, put out of commission, restrict, sideline, take out*

Antonyms:

aid, assist, benefit, further, give advantage, help, promote
Main Entry: hinder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prevent, slow down

Synonyms:

arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, box in, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, crab, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hog-tie, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, louse up, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, offset, oppose, preclude, prohibit, resist, retard, shut out, snafu, stay, stop, stymie*, terminate, thwart, trammel

Antonyms:

advance, aid, allow, assist, encourage, facilitate, forward, further, help, permit, promote, push
Main Entry: hobble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cripple, restrict

Synonyms:

clog, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, curb, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gimp, hamper, hamstring, hang up, hinder, hog-tie, leash, put a crimp in, shackle, tie, trammel

Antonyms:

free, let go, release
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