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handicap(noun, verb, trouble, check, disorder)
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hamper(noun, verb, stop, hold, trouble)
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outlaw(verb, stop, reduce, restrain, halt)
18
wall(noun, verb, help, end, open)
17
balk(noun, verb, stop, close, end)
17
barricade(noun, verb, stop, control, close)
17
frustrate(verb, stop, hold, control, close)
16
shut out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, close)
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block
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bolt(noun, verb, hold, close, part)
16
disallow(verb, stop, make, force, reject)
16
lock(noun, verb, hold, close, end)
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proscribe(verb, stop, remove, reject, discharge)
16
restraint(noun, trouble, check, disorder, block)
16
snag(noun, verb, trouble, help, open)
15
saloon(noun, food, place, dirty, hole)
14
banish(verb, discharge, halt, suppress, fire)
14
encumbrance(noun, disorder, difficulty, weakness, restraint)
14
reject(verb, stop, reject, disregard, dismiss)
13
clog(noun, verb, stop, hold, control)
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