frustrate
Verb
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Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (synset 202563998)
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"hypernym: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent - keep from happening or arising; make impossiblehyponym:
- disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
- dash - destroy or break
- short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede
- ruin - destroy or cause to fail
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Treat cruelly (synset 201806967)
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"hypernym: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronicallyhyponym:
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