8
detain(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce)
7
filth(noun, waste, pollution, ground, dirt)
7
hinder(verb, adjective, hold, check, keep)
7
retard(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce)
6
embroil(verb, hold, trouble, mean, cover)
6
muck up(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
6
set back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, check)
6
slough(noun, dry, swamp, bog, quagmire)
5
brake(noun, verb, check, reduce, restrain)
5
catch(noun, verb, hold, mean, cover)
5
choke(noun, verb, check, reduce, restrain)
5
clay(noun, grime, filth, mud, sludge)
5
decelerate(verb, hold, check, keep, reduce)
5
dirty(verb, adjective, delay)
5
enmesh(verb, hold, mean, cover, concern)
5
entrap(verb, delay, hinder)
5
gunk(noun, mess, ground, grime, impurity)
5
handicap(noun, verb, check, reduce, restrain)
5
implicate(verb, hold, trouble, mean, cover)
5
involve(verb, trouble, mean, delay, draw)
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