| foul(verb, hinder) |
| handicap(verb, block, delay, curb, prevent) |
| impose(interfere, intrude, encroach) |
| keep back(verb, expression, stop, hold, control) |
| plug(verb, break, close, check, block) |
| preclude(verb, stop, hold, control, separate) |
| put off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, upset) |
| relieve(verb, reduce, release, ease, let) |
| repress(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| set back(verb, phrasal verb) |
| sever(verb, bother, interfere) |
| slow |
| stem(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| take a break(expression, idiom, delay, shake, wait) |
| upset(verb, break, attack, disorder, bother) |
| wait(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| abolish(verb, stop, drop, close, cut) |
| amputate |
| bankrupt |
| barricade(verb, check, block, obscure, hinder) |