impede

1. Be a hindrance or obstacle to (synset 202456614)
   "She is impeding the progress of our project"
   is a type of: keep, prevent - stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state
   subtypes:

   • block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude - block passage through
   • inhibit - limit, block, or decrease the action or function of
   • repress - impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
   • interfere - come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle
   • set back - slow down the progress of; hinder
   • hobble - hamper the action or progress of
   • stunt - check the growth or development of
   same as: hinder
2. Block passage through (synset 201479113)
   "obstruct the path"
   is a type of: hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to
   subtypes:

   • block off, blockade - obstruct access to
   • barricade, barricado - block off with barricades
   • barricade - prevent access to by barricading
   • asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
   • tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally
   • dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
   • block out, screen - prevent from entering
   • earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslide
   • bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop - render unsuitable for passage
   • back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul - become or cause to become obstructed
   same as: block, close up, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude

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