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[ verb ] be a hindrance or obstacle to
Synonyms Examples "She is impeding the progress of our project" Used in print (Max F. Millikan and Donald L. M. Blackmer,...)Progress is impeded by psychological inhibitions to effective action among those in power and by a failure on their part to understand how local resources , human and material , can be mobilized to achieve the national goals of modernization already symbolically accepted . |
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[ verb ] block passage through
Examples "obstruct the path" Used in print (Brett Halliday, The Careless Corpse....)Shayne stepped back to let him slump to the ground , and_then dived over him through the open_door into Harris who was cursing loudly and trying to drag a gun from a shoulder_holster , somewhat impeded by the steering_wheel . |
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