4
catch(noun, disorder, difficulty, weakness, restraint)
4
constipation(noun, hindrance)
4
cover(noun, shade, care, guard, shield)
4
defense(noun, support, care, restraint, guard)
4
earthwork(noun, support, keep, defense, fortification)
4
entanglement(noun, difficulty, hindrance, snag)
4
fortress(noun, support, defense, fortification, stronghold)
4
frontier(noun, border, borderline)
4
guard(noun, support, care, shield, shelter)
4
impasse(noun, hindrance, jam, obstruction, deadlock)
4
jam(noun, block, hindrance, lump, obstacle)
4
parapet(noun, support, block, bar, protection)
4
preventive(noun, difficulty, hindrance, obstacle, obstruction)
4
rail(bar, prison, fence, wall)
4
stumbling-block
3
backstop
3
bank
3
barrage
3
bastion(noun, support, protection, defense, fortification)
3
battlement(support, keep, defense, barricade, wall)
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