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encumberverb to create difficulty for the work or activity ofthe claim that all of these regulations encumber doctors, taking time away from the actual practice of medicine clog, cramp, embarrass, fetter, hamper, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, short-circuit, stymie, tie up, trammel balk, check, constrain, curb, rein, restrainbind, chain, halter, leash, tether, tiearrest, brake, delay, retain, retardbarricade, block, blockade, roadblockbog (down), mirechoke, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocatebaffle, foil, frustrate, stump, thwartderail, disrupt, sabotagemuzzle, repress, suppressconfine, hedge (in), hem (in) cramp one's style, give a hard time aid, assist, facilitate, help clear, make way, open, unclog, unplug, unstopfree, liberate, release, untieloosen, smoothencourage, further, promote to place a weight or burden ondon't encumber your pack animal so much that it can hardly move burden, freight, lade, laden, load, lumber, saddle, weight clog, clutter, fill, packheap, mound, pile, stackpress, weighstrain, taxoverburden, overload, overtax, surchargehamper, handicapafflict, oppress disburden, discharge, disencumber, unburden, unlade, unload alleviate, ease, lighten, relieve in the 14th century |