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Main Entry:	impede
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	obstruct, hinder
Synonyms:	bar, block, blow whistle on, brake, check, clog, close off, cramp one's style, curb, cut off, dam, delay, deter, discomfit, disconcert, disrupt, embarrass, faze, flag one, freeze, hamper, hang up, hold up, interfere, oppose, rattle, restrain, retard, saddle with, shut down, shut off, slow, slow down, stonewall*, stop, stymie, thwart
Antonyms:	advance, aid, assist, facilitate, forward, help, support

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Main Entry:	block
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	obstruct
Synonyms:	arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close out, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, occlude, plug, prevent, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stopper, stymie, tackle, thwart, close off, congest, hang up, interfere with, shut off, stop up, take out of play
Notes:	a bloc is a group of countries in special alliance while a block is an obstruction, an interruption, or a rectangular area or shape
Antonyms:	let up, open, let go, unblock

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Main Entry:	bog down
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	stick; become stuck
Synonyms:	decelerate, delay, detain, halt, impede, retard, set back, sink, slacken, stall, hang up, slow down, slow up

Main Entry:	brake
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	check; stop
Synonyms:	bar, block, dam, decelerate, halt, hinder, impede, moderate, obstruct, slacken, slow, stop, reduce speed, slow down
Antonyms:	accelerate

Main Entry:	burden
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	encumber, strain
Synonyms:	afflict, bother, crush, depress, dish out, encumber, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, load, obligate, oppress, overcharge, overload, overwhelm, pile, press, snow, strain, tax, trouble, try, vex, weigh down, worry, bear down on, cumber, dish it out, dump on, give it to, lade, make heavy, saddle with, snow under, stick it to
Antonyms:	aid, help, relieve

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Main Entry:	clog
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	block, hinder
Synonyms:	burden, choke, close, curb, encumber, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel, congest, dam up, entrammel, stop up
Antonyms:	clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop

Main Entry:	complicate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	confuse, make difficult
Synonyms:	bedevil, clog, combine, confound, convolute, derange, disarrange, disorder, elaborate, embroil, entangle, fold, foul up, handicap, impede, interweave, involve, jumble, mix up, muddle, multiply, obscure, perplex, ravel, screw up, snafu, snag, tangle, twist, upset, add fuel to fire, infold, interfuse, interrelate, make intricate, make waves, muck up, open can of worms, render unintelligible, snarl up
Antonyms:	disentangle, ease, explain, facilitate, untangle, make simple

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Main Entry:	cramp
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hinder, restrain
Synonyms:	bottle up*, check, circumscribe, clamp, clasp, clog, confine, constrain, encumber, fasten, grip, hamper, hamstring, handicap, impede, inhibit, limit, object, obstruct, restrict, shackle, stymie, thwart, box up, coop up
Antonyms:	allow, release, let go

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Main Entry:	curb
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	repress, restrict
Synonyms:	abstain, bit, bottle up, bridle, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook, deny, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hold back, ice, impede, inhibit, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, restrain, retard, scrub, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold, box in, bring to screeching halt, cool down, cool off, entrammel, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, keep tight rein on, rein in, send up
Antonyms:	aid, assist, encourage, foster, help

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Main Entry:	dam
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hold back; block
Synonyms:	bar, barricade, brake, check, choke, clog, close, confine, hinder, impede, obstruct, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, slow, suppress, hold in, stop up
Antonyms:	free, liberate, release, let go, unblock, unclog, unloose

Main Entry:	delay
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cause stop in action
Synonyms:	adjourn, arrest, bar, block, check, choke, clog, confine, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dilly-dally*, discourage, drag, encumber, filibuster, hamper, hold, impede, inhibit, interfere, keep, lag, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold, bide time, gain time, hold over, intermit, keep back, lay over, prorogue, remand
Antonyms:	advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed

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Main Entry:	detain
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	hold, keep back; arrest
Synonyms:	apprehend, bog down, bust, check, confine, constrain, decelerate, delay, hinder, hold up, ice, impede, inhibit, intern, jail, mire, nab, pick up, pinch, pull in, put away, reserve, restrain, retard, run in, set back, withhold, buttonhole, hang up, send up, slow down, slow up
Antonyms:	free, liberate, release, let go

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Main Entry:	deter
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	check, inhibit from action
Synonyms:	avert, block, caution, chill, cool, damp, dampen, daunt, debar, discourage, dissuade, divert, forestall, frighten, hinder, impede, intimidate, obstruct, obviate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, put off, restrain, rule out, scare, shut out, stave off, stop, turn off, warn, act like a wet blanket, disadvise, forfend, put a damper on, talk out of, throw cold water on
Antonyms:	encourage, instigate, persuade, promote, stimulate, support, turn on, urge, put on to

Main Entry:	encumber
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bother, burden
Synonyms:	block, charge, clog, cramp, discommode, embarrass, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, inconvenience, load, obstruct, oppress, overburden, overload, retard, saddle, tax, trammel, weigh down, weight, hang up, hog-tie, incommode, lade, make difficult, saddle with, slow down
Antonyms:	aid, assist, help

Main Entry:	entangle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	involve, mix up
Synonyms:	bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, embarrass, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle, duke in, embrangle, enchain, intertangle, lead on, rope in
Antonyms:	disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist

Main Entry:	forbid
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	outlaw, prohibit an action
Synonyms:	ban, block, cancel, censor, check, debar, deny, deprive, disallow, embargo, enjoin, exclude, forestall, freeze, halt, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, interdict, nix, obstruct, obviate, oppose, preclude, prevent, proscribe, restrain, restrict, rule out, shut down, shut out, spike, stop, stymie, taboo, veto, withhold, declare illegal, forfend, lock up, put the chill on, say no
Antonyms:	allow, approve, authorize, permit, sanction

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Main Entry:	frustrate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	thwart, disappoint
Synonyms:	annul, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, beat, block, cancel, check, circumvent, confront, conquer, counter, counteract, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, dash, dash one's hope, defeat, depress, discourage, dishearten, foil, forbid, forestall, foul up, give the run around, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, inhibit, lick, negate, neutralize, nullify, obstruct, obviate, outwit, overcome, preclude, prevent, prohibit, render null and void, ruin, stump, stymie, upset the applecart*
Antonyms:	aid, assist, cooperate, encourage, facilitate, help, support

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Main Entry:	handicap
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give disadvantage
Synonyms:	burden, cripple, encumber, hamper, hamstring, hinder, hold back, impede, limit, restrict, sideline, hog-tie, put out of commission, take out*
Antonyms:	aid, assist, benefit, further, help, promote, give advantage

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Main Entry:	hinder
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	prevent, slow down
Synonyms:	arrest, balk, bar, block, bottleneck, burden, check, choke, clog, contravene, counteract, cramp, crimp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, deter, encumber, fetter, frustrate, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, offset, oppose, preclude, prohibit, resist, retard, shut out, snafu, stay, stop, stymie*, terminate, thwart, trammel, box in, crab, get in the way, hog-tie, louse up
Antonyms:	advance, aid, allow, assist, encourage, facilitate, forward, further, help, permit, promote, push

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Main Entry:	inhibit
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	restrict, prevent
Synonyms:	arrest, avert, bar, bit, bridle, check, constrain, cramp, curb, discourage, enjoin, faze, forbid, frustrate, hinder, hold back, impede, interdict, obstruct, outlaw, prohibit, repress, restrain, stop, stymie, suppress, taboo, ward, withhold, hang up, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep in, put on brakes, sandbag
Antonyms:	aid, allow, approve, assist, free, help