Render unsuitable for passage.
synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, blockade, stop.
Roget 706:
hinder,
impede,
filibuster [U.S.],
impedite†,
embarrass.
keep off,
stave off,
ward off;
obviate;
avert,
antevert†;
turn aside,
draw off,
prevent,
forefend,
nip in the bud;
retard,
slacken,
check,
let;
counteract,
countercheck†;
preclude,
debar,
foreclose,
estop [Law];
inhibit
etc.
761;
shackle
etc.
(restrain)
751;
restrict.
obstruct,
stop,
stay,
bar,
bolt,
lock;
block,
block up;
choke off;
belay,
barricade;
block the way,
bar the way,
stop the way;
forelay†;
dam up
etc.
(close)
261;
put on the brake
etc.
n.;
scotch the wheel,
lock the wheel,
put a spoke in the wheel;
put a stop to
etc.
142;
traverse,
contravene;
interrupt,
intercept;
oppose
etc.
708;
hedge in,
hedge round;
cut off;
inerclude†.
interpose,
interfere,
intermeddle
etc.
682.
cramp,
hamper;
clog,
clog the wheels;
cumber;
encumber,
incumber;
handicap;
choke;
saddle with,
load with;
overload,
lay;
lumber,
trammel,
tie one's hands,
put to inconvenience;
incommode,
discommode;
discompose;
hustle,
corner,
drive into a corner.
run foul of,
fall foul of;
cross the path of,
break in upon.
thwart,
frustrate,
disconcert,
balk,
foil;
faze,
feaze†,
feeze [U.S.];
baffle,
snub,
override,
circumvent;
defeat
etc.
731;
spike guns
etc.
(render useless)
645;
spoil,
mar,
clip the wings of;
cripple
etc.
(injure)
659;
put an extinguisher on;
damp;
dishearten
etc.
(dissuade)
616;
discountenance,
throw cold water on,
spoil sport;
lay a wet blanket,
throw a wet blanket on;
cut the ground from under one,
take the wind out of one's sails,
undermine;
be in the way of,
stand in the way of;
act as a drag;
hang like a millstone round one's neck.
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Roget 261:
close,
occlude,
plug;
block up,
stop up,
fill up,
bung up,
cork up,
button up,
stuff up,
shut up,
dam up;
blockade,
obstruct
etc.
(hinder)
706;
bar,
bolt,
stop,
seal,
plumb;
choke,
throttle;
ram down,
dam,
cram;
trap,
clinch;
put to the door,
shut the door.
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Dutch: afzetten