| tangle(verb, upset, obscure, hinder, confuse) |
| ban(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain) |
| bog down(verb, expression, hold, check, keep) |
| catch(verb, stop, close, halt, prevent) |
| close up(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| confound(verb, upset, obscure, hinder, confuse) |
| crush(verb, upset, trouble, charge, beat) |
| dampen(verb, stop, check, restrain, block) |
| daunt(verb, de-motivate) |
| decelerate(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce) |
| disturb(verb, stop, upset, break, trouble) |
| embargo(verb, stop, decline, reject, halt) |
| entrap(verb, upset, beat, defeat, crush) |
| head back(block, process, obstacle, obstruction) |
| hobble(verb, control, restrain, suppress, limit) |
| immobilize(verb, stop, finish, pause, cease) |
| meddle(verb, oppose, interfere, intervene) |
| nullify(verb, stop, prevent, hinder, depress) |
| oppress(verb, trouble, charge, bother, oppose) |
| repulse(verb, stop, upset, control, beat) |