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impede
to obstruct or slow progress
In more detail
1. (verb) to make something difficult or slow to happen; to obstruct or block progress
2. (verb) to slow someone or something down physically
Examples
- 1. Heavy traffic impeded our journey to the airport.
- 2. The large rocks impeded the flow of water downstream.
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