11
disconcert(verb, stop, upset, fail, halt)
10
retard(verb, stop, check, restrain, halt)
10
delay(noun, verb, stop, check, block)
10
impediment
10
rafter(noun, matter, beam, shaft, letdown)
10
recoil(verb, stop, start, withdraw, abandon)
10
refuse(verb, stop, reject, oppose, dismiss)
10
resist(verb, stop, check, disregard, block)
10
shy(verb, stop, quiet, reject, start)
8
circumvent(verb, stop, upset, ruin, fail)
8
counteract(verb, stop, check, disregard, restrain)
8
flinch(verb, stop, start, withdraw, retreat)
8
jib(verb, object, protest, regression)
8
obstacle
8
obstruction
8
shrink(verb, stop, start, withdraw, retreat)
8
stymie(verb, stop, ruin, halt, block)
7
arrest(noun, verb, stop, close, end)
7
dash(verb, stop, upset, ruin, fail)
7
discomfit(verb, defeat, confuse, agitate, frustrate)
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