| booby trap(noun, expression, block, obstacle, impediment) | |
| box(deadlock, stalemate, standstill, impasse, standoff) | |
| bumper-to-bumper | |
| burden(noun, obstacle, obstruction, impediment, barrier) | |
| cartage(movement, transport, passage, transportation) | |
| checkmate(noun, stop, halt, block, obstacle) | |
| circumscribe | |
| circumvent | |
| circumvention(noun, block, obstacle, impediment, barrier) | |
| close(delay, strike, protest, stoppage, holdup) | |
| closure(delay, strike, protest, stoppage, holdup) | |
| coerce | |
| compel | |
| complication | |
| confine | |
| contain(verb, block, curb, suppress, limit) | |
| continue | |
| corner(stop, halt, stoppage, deadlock, stalemate) | |
| counteract | |
| crisis |
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