| disrupt | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. break up, cut off, disrupt, interrupt | make a break in.; "We interrupt the program for the following messages" |
| ~ cut off, cut | cease, stop.; "cut the noise"; "We had to cut short the conversation" |
| ~ break off, discontinue, stop, break | prevent completion.; "stop the project"; "break off the negotiations" |
| ~ punctuate | interrupt periodically.; "Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone" |
| ~ break | interrupt the flow of current in.; "break a circuit" |
| ~ put aside, put away | turn away from and put aside, perhaps temporarily.; "it's time for you to put away childish things" |
| ~ intermit, pause, break | cease an action temporarily.; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch" |
| ~ butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut in, put in | break into a conversation.; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" |
| ~ burst in on, burst upon | spring suddenly.; "He burst upon our conversation" |
| ~ heckle | challenge aggressively. |
| ~ interject, interpose, throw in, come in, inject, put in | to insert between other elements.; "She interjected clever remarks" |
| ~ block, jam | interfere with or prevent the reception of signals.; "Jam the Voice of America"; "block the signals emitted by this station" |
| ~ stop over, stop | interrupt a trip.; "we stopped at Aunt Mary's house"; "they stopped for three days in Florence" |
| ~ take time off, take off | take time off from work; stop working temporarily. |
| v. (change) | 2. disrupt | throw into disorder.; "This event disrupted the orderly process" |
| v. (change) | 3. disrupt, interrupt | interfere in someone else's activity.; "Please don't interrupt me while I'm on the phone" |
| ~ cut in | interrupt a dancing couple in order to take one of them as one's own partner.; "Jim always cuts in!" |
| ~ cut short | cause to end earlier than intended.; "The spontaneous applause cut the singer short" |
| ~ butt in, chime in, chisel in, barge in, break in, cut in, put in | break into a conversation.; "her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation" |
| hamper | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. bond, hamper, shackle, trammel | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner). |
| ~ ball and chain | heavy iron ball attached to a prisoner by a chain. |
| ~ fetter, hobble | a shackle for the ankles or feet. |
| ~ handcuff, handlock, manacle, cuff | shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs. |
| ~ chains, irons | metal shackles; for hands or legs. |
| ~ constraint, restraint | a device that retards something's motion.; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. hamper | a basket usually with a cover. |
| ~ basket, handbasket | a container that is usually woven and has handles. |
| ~ clothes basket, clothes hamper, laundry basket, voider | a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried. |
| ~ food hamper | a hamper for packing and transporting food. |
| v. (change) | 3. cramp, halter, hamper, strangle | prevent the progress or free movement of.; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries" |
| ~ confine, limit, throttle, restrain, trammel, bound, restrict | place limits on (extent or access).; "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends" |
| v. (competition) | 4. hamper, handicap, hinder | put at a disadvantage.; "The brace I have to wear is hindering my movements" |
| ~ disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour | put at a disadvantage; hinder, harm.; "This rule clearly disadvantages me" |
| hinder | | |
| v. (social) | 1. hinder, impede | be a hindrance or obstacle to.; "She is impeding the progress of our project" |
| ~ obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block | block passage through.; "obstruct the path" |
| ~ prevent, keep | stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state.; "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles" |
| ~ inhibit | limit, block, or decrease the action or function of.; "inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction" |
| ~ interfere | come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle.; "Your talking interferes with my work!" |
| ~ set back | slow down the progress of; hinder.; "His late start set him back" |
| ~ hobble | hamper the action or progress of.; "The chairman was hobbled by the all-powerful dean" |
| ~ stunt | check the growth or development of.; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles" |
| v. (social) | 2. block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.; "His brother blocked him at every turn" |
| ~ stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion.; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying. |
| ~ check | block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey. |
| ~ hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury. |
| ~ bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" |
| adj. | 3. back, hind, hinder | located at or near the back of an animal.; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" |
| ~ posterior | located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure. |
| maim | | |
| v. (body) | 1. maim | injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation.; "people were maimed by the explosion" |
| ~ injure, wound | cause injuries or bodily harm to. |
| ~ mar, mutilate | destroy or injure severely.; "mutilated bodies" |
| ~ lame, cripple | deprive of the use of a limb, especially a leg.; "The accident has crippled her for life" |
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