7
embarrass(verb, block, delay, curb, hinder)
7
flummox
7
prevent(verb, stop, close, check, decline)
6
stall(verb, stop, close, check, reduce)
5
bar(verb, stop, close, check, reduce)
5
confuse(verb, stop, ruin, oppose, curb)
5
cramp(verb, stop, reduce, ruin, oppose)
5
mystify(verb, hinder, frustrate)
5
stonewall(verb, stop, close, check, oppose)
4
bewilder
4
clog(verb, stop, close, check, halt)
4
cross(verb, phrasal verb, stop, ruin, oppose)
4
forbid(verb, stop, reduce, restrain, halt)
4
forestall(verb, stop, decline, separate, reject)
4
freeze(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
4
handicap(verb, block, delay, curb, limit)
4
inhibit(verb, stop, check, decline, reduce)
4
spike(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
4
stymy
3
barricade(verb, stop, close, check, halt)
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