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