| ease-up | |
| embargo(noun, check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| enslavement | |
| fall(noun, arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| fetters(noun, check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| fight(support, opposition, resistance, fighting, impermeability) | |
| filibuster(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| fixation | |
| flagging | |
| foot-dragging | |
| friction(support, fight, opposition, resistance, fighting) | |
| gaff(noun, arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| glom(noun, arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| grab(noun, arrest, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| halting(support, fight, opposition, resistance, fighting) | |
| hampering | |
| handgrip | |
| handle | |
| hands | |
| hang-up |
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