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thwart
[ thwawrt ]
verb (used with object)
- to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
Synonyms: ,
- to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.).
- Archaic.
- to cross.
- to extend across.
noun
- a seat across a boat, especially one used by a rower.
- a transverse member spreading the gunwales of a canoe or the like.
adjective
- passing or lying crosswise or across; cross; transverse.
- perverse; obstinate.
- adverse; unfavorable.
preposition
- across; athwart.
thwart
/ θɔː /
verb
- to oppose successfully or prevent; frustrate
they thwarted the plan
- obsolete.to be or move across
noun
- nautical a seat lying across a boat and occupied by an oarsman
adjective
- passing or being situated across
- archaic.perverse or stubborn
preposition
- obsolete.across
Derived Forms
- ˈٳɲٱ, noun
- ˈٳɲٱ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ٳɲĻ· adverb
- ٳɲİ noun
- ܲ·ٳɲĻ adjective
- ܲ·ٳɲiԲ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of thwart1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of thwart1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
On Wednesday, in a rare rebuke of the president, the Senate passed a resolution Wednesday designed to thwart the imposition of tariffs on Canada.
“Before courts entered national injunctions against the Trump administration, they used them to thwart the Obama administration’s rule for overtime pay and its signature immigration policy, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.”
Citigroup did not admit or deny wrongdoing but said that in trying to thwart a well-documented Armenian fraud ring, a few employees took “impermissible actions.”
County Sheriff Lee Baca, convicted in 2017 of thwarting a federal investigation for his role in keeping an informant out of the reach of his FBI handlers and away from a grand jury.
Among those on the chopping block were grants related to PrEP, the regimen of drugs that can thwart HIV infection, scientists told the New York Times.
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