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Definitions in simple English

thwart Verb

— To thwart is to prevent, frustrate or spoil a person or purpose. The police were planning to arrest him, but he managed to thwart them.

thwart

— verb (= foil, frustrate) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge foil your opponent — noun a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat

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thwart English » English

hinder frustrate obstruct foil block prevent oppose impede stop spoil scotch cross check baffle inhibit deter bilk stymie queer hamper stymy preclude forestall cross thwart balk withstand traverse transverse transversal trammel restrain head off embarrass discomfit confound circumvent checkmate turn out turn off trig switch off stunt stump still stem stay stand in the way stall stalemate stagnate

Conjugation thwart conjugation

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thwart · verb

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Simple sentences

Tom tried to thwart her plans.
Tom tried to thwart Mary's plans.
I won't let Tom thwart my plans.
Tom tried to thwart their plans.

Movie subtitles

Now that the problem of beef. Now that the problem of beef is settled we hope for a quick solution for the other beefs which thwart national unity.
The power that neither man nor the gods can thwart.
One can thwart a lot of conspiracies!
I'm gonna thwart your plans!
He uses a machine from time to thwart the sacred nature!
I'll thwart the plans of the Yagyu!
If it was the Doctor, he will make a further attempt to thwart my plan.
You must thwart the wedding.
I've a plan with which to thwart them!
If she must teem, create her child of spleen, that it may live and be a thwart disnatured torment to her.
For others surely, but for that most cunning witch who steals back your bible, the book that can thwart creation itself, what for him?
Which is where you can thwart her and then gain the power to freeze.
He failed to thwart my escape into the outside world.
Does he want to kill him, or just thwart the getaway?
Not only did they thwart my plan, but, for good measure, they also removed the Professor.
Really, now, think you can thwart me, do you?
Then Ivan, he was telling us we should thwart this intention?
I mean, after all, you were the one who said we had to thwart the Emperor's scheme.
When you see a very talented man, if I dare say so, sign a fabulous contract you could never have signed yourself, you are filled with rage and envy and you do your utmost to thwart his destiny.
The sensual one who writes things down and is trying to thwart me.
Now that the problem of beef is settled we hope for a quick solution for the other beefs which thwart national unity.
If you want to thwart the wedding with Don Diego, you have to behave differently towards Don Luis.
He risked his life to thwart your stepfather's plans.
Let us withdraw tonight and thwart the plans of Harrison.
Just to thwart you're alone, I'd make sure Milo never died.
I know that, but I hold the force of the cross to thwart you.
You deceive yourself, Hoyten. Just to thwart you're alone, I'd make sure Milo never died.
Throughout, we've tried to thwart each other's plans.
We are going to thwart a conspiracy, Planchet.
I was far from suspecting that he'd succeed in crossing all the north of France, and thwart so many traps.
You should be striving to thwart my noisome misdeeds.
Until then. I do everything to the Germans and Vichy their friends to thwart.
All you ever did is thwart me.
There's only one thing we can do to thwart these albino, shape-shifting lizard bitches.
Whether the Ori had detected it or the Priors managed to thwart it on their own, we don't know.
These viruses are conceived to thwart security systems.

News and current affairs

Can we prevent a calamitous increase in global warming in a way that is fair, that takes account of past and present responsibility, and that does not thwart legitimate hopes for a better life everywhere?
How best to respond if some states cannot or will not take the necessary steps to thwart terrorist planning on their territory?
But, by adopting such a stance, they thwart their own envoy and may well stimulate the violence they profess to abhor.
Indonesians have the tools to thwart radicals' efforts to usurp Islam.
Lopez Obrador and his supporters can be expected to work relentlessly to thwart his plans.
Hamas, the Palestinian Authority's rival in Gaza, will undoubtedly try to thwart Abbas's effort.
The process of protracted strikes could thwart positive political changes among the younger generation, thus reducing the chances of a more democratic and benign Iran emerging in the future.
But whatever their purpose, by raising fanciful hopes they thwart the possibility for real reform - something, incidentally, that the West ceaselessly demands from the Kremlin.
And both have worked to thwart efforts by India, Brazil, and South Africa to become permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.
On the contrary, the US is continuing to thwart European efforts gradually to establish a rule-based international order.
This structure harks back to the conditions of NATO's birth, when it was forged to thwart the Soviet threat to Western civilization.
If we are to continue to improve on cancer survival statistics, we need to learn how to prevent, delay, or thwart the processes that give rise to metastatic disease.
APEC members, too, should use the existing umbrella of Pax Americana to accelerate economic, security, and political integration before new rivalries emerge to thwart their efforts.
If the government can influence 16 of the 30 functional votes, it can thwart proposals from the directly elected legislators.
Cameron's bid to thwart Juncker's candidacy mirrored his unsuccessful attempt to prevent the adoption of the EU's fiscal compact in 2012.
Moreover, continued internal disunity continues to thwart reconstruction efforts in Gaza, which are urgently needed in the aftermath of Israel's military offensive earlier this year.
But they do reflect the agenda of those seeking to fan Buddhist resentment in order to thwart Myanmar's democratic transition.
But coalition rule can also often mean governance of the lowest common denominator, as resistance by any of the government's significant members to a policy can delay or even thwart it.
Who bailed out the banks, pumped in the liquidity, engaged in fiscal stimulus, and provided the safety nets for the unemployed to thwart an escalating catastrophe?
Obasanjo is anxious to thwart the region's growing armed insurgency, which is driven by widespread poverty and oil industry-related ecological damage.
So far, surprisingly, the US has not forged a strategy to thwart China's rise.

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