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thwarting::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | frustrating, frustrative |
thwarting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | foiling, frustration |
| Type of | hinderance, hindrance, interference |
| Derivation | thwart |
Examples of thwarting
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So Democrats think they will distinguish themselves by thwarting his nomination.
From the washingtontimes.com
This cost control works not by fostering honest competition but by thwarting it.
From the nytimes.com
Instead they have tended to focus on thwarting attacks by Palestinian militants.
From the stltoday.com
Even so, airport security and intelligence played no role in thwarting the plot.
From the sacbee.com
This research is focused primarily on thwarting the use of plague as a bioweapon.
From the sciencedaily.com
American Muslims have a good record of thwarting the extremists in their midst.
From the economist.com
The British were successful in thwarting the hijacking though they sank the ship.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Padnos recalls it as the story of a confused boy whose parents were thwarting him.
From the theatlantic.com
In each case, Buffalo came within a fingernail of thwarting a Giants scoring march.
From the sportingnews.com
- A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
- Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
- (thwarted) defeated: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
- (thwarting) frustrating: preventing realization or attainment of a desire
- (thwarting) frustration: an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
- A thwart is a strut placed crosswise (left/right) in a ship or boat, to brace it crosswise.
- A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail; A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit; to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate
- (thwarting) An instance of blocking or obstructing
- (Thwarts) Boards extending across a row boat just below the gunwale to stiffen the boat and to provide seats.
