foil
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foil
verb baffle, balk, be obstructive, bring to naught, cause to be nugatory, check, confound, counter, counteract, countermine, cripple, crush, dash, dash one's hopes, defeat, disable, disappoint, disrupt, eludere, frustrate, get in the way of, hamper, hinder, impede, intercept, keep from being successful, nip, obstruct, override, prevent, render vain, retard, ruin, spoil, stultify, subdue, thwart, upset, vanquishAssociated concepts: foil a crime
See also: arrest, balk, bar, check, circumvent, constrict, contravene, counter, counteract, defeat, deter, disadvantage, discontinue, enjoin, fight, frustrate, frustration, halt, hamper, inhibit, interfere, interrupt, keep, oppugn, overturn, parry, preclude, prevent, repel, restrain, stem, stop, subdue, thwart, withstand