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thwartedverbpast tense of thwart to prevent from achieving a goala coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant baffled, balked, beat, checkmated, discomfited, foiled, frustrated barred, blocked, clogged, encumbered, fettered, hampered, handicapped, held back, hindered, hobbled, impeded, inhibited, interfered (with), manacled, obstructed, shackled, tied up, trammeled(or trammelled)arrested, checked, halted, set back, short-circuited, stalled, stoppedaverted, forestalled, obviated, precluded, preventednegated, neutralized, nullifiedcounteracted, offsetconquered, defeated, overcame advanced, cultivated, encouraged, forwarded, fostered, furthered, nurtured, promoted abetted, aided, assistedeased, facilitated, smoothed |