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Impede Common

Impede has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

be a hindrance or obstacle to

"She is impeding the progress of our project"

2

block passage through

"obstruct the path"

3

To get in the way of; to hinder.

"The tangled cables on the floor impeded my progress as I rushed toward the exit."

Related Terms
Antonyms
disengage
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
prevent impede
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
obstruct inhibit repress interfere set back hobble stunt blockade barricade suffocate tie up dam screen land up clog
Rhyming Words
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