thwart (redirected from thwarts)

thwart verb avert, baffle, balk, bar, blight, bring to naught, check, contravene, counteract, countermine, cripple, cross, damp, debar, defeat, foil, forestall, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, interrupt, nip, obstruct, oppose, outmaneuver, override, preclude, prevent, restrain, retard, ruin, spoil, stave off, stifle, stop, stultify, stymie, traverse, turn aside, ward off

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See also: annoy, arrest, avert, balk, ban, bar, beat, block, check, circumvent, condemn, constrict, contain, contravene, counter, counteract, countervail, defeat, delay, deter, disadvantage, discontinue, discourage, disrupt, encumber, enjoin, estop, fight, foil, forestall, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, interdict, interfere, interrupt, keep, kill, obstruct, occlude, oppose, oppugn, overreach, override, parry, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repulse, resist, restrain, stay, stem, stop, toll, trammel, withstand