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• n  an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
• v  hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
• s  preventing realization or attainment of a desire

• Sanctions could include stiffer regulation that would curb any anti-competitive practices: Telmex, for example, has been accused by potential rivals in the past of thwarting .
• Some McCain supporters move to Huckabee, thwarting Romney.
• He lost, the pundits said, in good measure because too many voters didn't believe he would do the best job of thwarting another terrorist attack.

• frustration
• foiling
• thwart
• queer
• spoil
• scotch
• foil
• cross
• frustrate
• baffle
• bilk
• frustrating
• frustrative

News & Articles

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• After $98,000 Crime at Tiffany, Security Suggestions From a Pawnshop
  A clerk at EZ Pawn’s flagship store on Lexington Avenue divulges her secret to thwarting heists after a thief steals $98,000 worth of jewelry from Tiffany & Company.
  June 14, 2013 - New York Times
• After $98,000 Theft at Tiffany, Security Suggestions From a Pawnshop
  A clerk at EZ Pawn’s flagship store on Lexington Avenue divulges her secret to thwarting heists after a thief steals $98,000 worth of jewelry from Tiffany & Company.
  June 14, 2013 - New York Times
• After $98,000 Crime at Tiffany, Security Tips From a Pawnshop
  A clerk at EZ Pawn’s flagship store on Lexington Avenue divulges her secret to thwarting heists after a thief steals $98,000 worth of jewelry from Tiffany & Company.
  June 14, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Alan Johnson in msnbc.com
  I cannot thank enough those involved for their professionalism and dedication in thwarting this attack and saving thousands of lives,said UK Home Secretary Alan Johnson in statement.
• Asif Ali Zardari in IBNLive.com
  New Delhi: As Islamabad continues to deny any connection to the Mumbai attacks, Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said on a local news channel, "India should not underestimate Pakistan's military power because Pakistan is capable of thwarting any...
• Barack Obama in AFP
  You are one team ...... you are more integrated, and more collaborative and more effective than ever before,Obama said. "You are focused on one defining mission -- that is to protect the United States of America and thwarting terrorist...