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interfere

verb arrest, bar, be an obstacle, block, break in, burden, check, clog, counteract, countervail, cramp, cripple, cross, curb, deter, disallow, disturb, encumber, entrammel, fetter, foil, forbid, hamper, handicap, hinder, impede, infringe, inhibit, intercede, interject, intermeddle, intermit, interrupt, intervene, intrude, invade, meddle, obstruct, preclude, prevent, prohibit, retard, stop, thwart, work against
Associated concepts: interference with business relations, innerference with contract rights, interference with interstate commerce, unreasonable interference
Foreign phrases: Forstellarius est pauperum depressor et totius communitatis et patriae publicus inimicus.A foreetaller is an enemy of the poor, and a public enemy of the country. Nemo debet immiscere se rei ad se nihil pertiienti. No one should interfere with a thing that in no reepect concerns him.
See also: arrest, censor, clog, constrict, counter, counteract, countervail, debar, defer, delay, disqualify, disrupt, disturb, encroach, encumber, estop, fight, forestall, hamper, hinder, hold up, impede, impose, infringe, inhibit, intercede, interpose, interrupt, intervene, intrude, mediate, militate, obtrude, obturate, overstep, parry, prevent, prohibit, stop, tamper, thwart
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1 : to get in the way of as an obstacle <Hills interfere with the radio signal.
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