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1. (v.t.) impede
to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < L impedīre to entangle, lit., to snare the feet =im-im-1+pedīre, v. der. of pēsfoot)
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1. (verb) impede, hinder
be a hindrance or obstacle to
"She is impeding the progress of our project"
2. (verb) obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
block passage through
"obstruct the path"
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1. (verb) impede
to hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops
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Sense: to prevent or delay the start or progress of
Progress on the building of the road was impeded by a fall of rock.
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 Afrikaans: belemmer |
 Arabic: يُعيق، يُعَرْقِل، يَحول د |
 Bulgarian: спъвам |
 Brazilian: impedir |
 Czech: bránit; ohrozit |
 German: verhindern |
 Danish: hindre |
 Greek: παρακωλύω, παρεμποδίζω |
 Spanish: impedir |
 Estonian: takistama |
 Farsi: جلوگیری کردن؛ به تاخیر ان |
 Finnish: estää |
 French: entraver |
 Hebrew: לְעַכֵּב, לְהַכשִׁיל |
 Hindi: रोकना |
 Croatian: priječiti |
 Hungarian: (meg)akadályoz |
 Indonesian: mencegah, menghalangi |
 Icelandic: hindra |
 Italian: impedire |
 Japanese: じゃまする |
 Korean: 지체시키다, 방해하다 |
 Lithuanian: sukliudyti |
 Latvian: kavēt; traucēt |
 Malay: menghalang |
 Dutch: belemmeren |
 Norwegian: hindre, hemme, sinke |
 Polish: (za)hamować |
 Persian: جلوگیری کردن؛ به تاخیر ان |
 Pashto: مخه نيول، مخه نيوى كول، م |
 Portuguese: impedir |
 Romanian: aîmpiedica |
 Russian: затруднять |
 Slovak: brániť |
 Slovenian: ovirati |
 Serbian: usporavati |
 Swedish: hindra, hejda |
 Thai: กีดขวาง |
 Turkish: engellemek, geciktirmek |
 Taiwanese: 妨礙，阻止 |
 Ukrainian: затримувати; перешкоджати |
 Urdu: رکاوٹ ڈالنا |
 Vietnamese: ngăn cản |
 Chinese: 妨碍，阻止 |
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