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Thwarting

noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    preventing realization or attainment of a desire wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    An instance of blocking or obstructing.

    "[…] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong."

  2. 2
    an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of thwart form-of, gerund, participle, present

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