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• v  be a hindrance or obstacle to
  She is impeding the progress of our project
• v  block passage through
• s  preventing movement

• The story's anti-theology had little to do with its success, or with impeding it.
• Censorship was still newsand still impeding the news.
• The jobs bank had become a hot-button issue that was impeding the domestic carmakers' efforts to obtain federal assistance before the end of the year.

• impede
• hinder
• obstruct
• obturate
• occlude
• jam
• block
• close up
• clogging
• hindering
• obstructive

• free

News & Articles

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• Wisconsin economy stuck in old-growth industries
  Reliance on old-line manufacturing is impeding economic growth in Wisconsin, a study shows.
  June 18, 2013 - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Quotes

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• President Bush in KGMB9
  It's sad that we live in a time when a talented and honorable person like Alberto Gonzales is impeding from doing important work because his good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons,said Bush.
• Michael Chertoff in Voice of America
  A lot of what we are trying to do is find a way to better vet [screen] people coming from Europe without impeding the flow of travel and trade which has been a very important part of our economy,said Chertoff.
• Pervez Musharraf in Independent
  Our societies face a great danger in the shape of fringe groups, a small minority that preaches hate, violence and backwardness,General Musharraf said. "These forces are disrupting peace and harmony in our societies, impeding our progress...