N. derangement, disorder,
evection,
discomposure, disturbance, disorganization, deorganization,
dislocation,
perturbation,
interruption,
shuffling, inversion,
corrugation, involvement,
interchange V. derange, disarrange, misarrange, displace, misplace, mislay,
discompose, disorder, deorganize, discombobulate,
disorganize,
embroil, unsettle,
disturb,
confuse, trouble,
perturb,
jumble,
tumble,
shuffle, randomize,
huddle,
muddle,
toss,
hustle,
fumble,
riot, bring into disorder, put into disorder, throw into disorder,
muss, break the ranks,
disconcert,
convulse, break in upon,
unhinge,
dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear, turn topsy-turvy,
bedevil,
complicate, involve,
perplex,
confound,
imbrangle,
embrangle,
tangle,
entangle,
ravel,
tousle, towzle,
dishevel,
ruffle,
rumple,
litter,
scatter,
mix, rearrange
N. discontinuity, disjunction,
anacoluthon,
interruption, break, fracture,
flaw, fault,
crack, cut,
gap, solution of continuity,
caesura, broken thread,
parenthesis,
episode,
rhapsody,
patchwork,
intermission,
alternation, dropping fire
V. be discontinuous, alternate,
intermit,
sputter, stop and start,
hesitate, discontinue,
pause,
interrupt,
intervene, break, break in upon, break off,
interpose, break the thread, snap the thread, disconnect,
dissever Adj. discontinuous, unsuccessive, broken, interrupted, dicousu, disconnected, unconnected,
discrete,
disjunctive, fitful,
spasmodic,
desultory,
intermitting, occasional,
intermittent, alternate, recurrent
Adv. at intervals, by snatches, by jerks, by skips, by catches, by fits and starts,
skippingly, per saltum, longo intervallo
Phr. like "angel visits few and far between"
N. cessation, discontinuance,
desistance,
desinence,
intermission, remission,
suspense, suspension,
interruption, stop,
stopping,
closure,
stoppage,
halt, arrival,
pause, rest,
lull, respite,
truce, drop,
interregnum,
abeyance,
cloture, dead stop, dead stand, dead lock,
finis, cerrado, blowout, burnout, meltdown,
disintegration,
comma,
colon,
semicolon, period, full stop, end, death
V. cease, discontinue,
desist, stay,
halt, break off, leave off, hold, stop, pull up, stop short, stick, hang fire,
halt,
pause, rest, burn out, blow out, melt down, have done with, give over,
surcease, shut up shop, give up, hold one's hand, stay one's hand, rest on one's oars repose on one's laurels, come to a stand, come to a standstill, come to a deadlock, come to a full stop, arrive, go out, die away, wear away, wear off, pass away, be at an end,
disintegrate, self-destruct,
intromit,
interrupt,
suspend,
interpel,
intermit,
remit, put an end to, put a stop to, put a period to,
derail, turn off, switch off, power down, deactivate, disconnect, bring to a stand, bring to a standstill, stop, cut short, arrest, stem the tide, stem the torrent, pull the check- string, pull the plug on
Int. hold, stop, enough,
avast, have done, a truce to, soft, leave off, tenez, phr, "i pause for a reply"
N. interval,
interspace, separation, break,
gap, opening, hole,
chasm,
hiatus,
caesura,
interruption,
interregnum,
interstice,
lacuna,
cleft,
mesh,
crevice,
chink,
rime,
creek,
cranny,
crack, chap,
slit,
fissure,
scissure,
rift,
flaw, breach, rent,
gash, cut,
leak,
dike,
ha-ha,
gorge,
defile,
ravine, canon,
crevasse,
abyss,
abysm, gulf, inlet,
frith, strait,
gully, pass,
furrow, abra,
barranca, barranco,
clove,
gulch,
notch, yawning gulf, hiatus maxime, hiatus valde deflendus,
parenthesis, void 7c, (absence) 187, incompleteness, period, interim (time) 106
Adv. at intervals, longo intervallo
N. prevention,
preclusion,
obstruction,
stoppage,
embolus,
embolism, infarct,
interruption,
interception, interclusion|,
hindrance, impedition|,
retardment,
retardation,
embarrassment, oppilation|,
coarctation,
stricture,
restriction, restraint,
inhibition,
blockade, interference,
interposition,
obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance,
impediment, let,
obstacle,
obstruction,
knot,
knag, check,
hitch,
contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar,
stile, barrier,
turnstile,
turnpike, gate,
portcullis, beaver dam, trocha,
barricade, wall, dead wall,
sea wall, levee breakwater,
groyne,
bulkhead, block,
buffer,
stopper,
boom,
dam,
weir,
burrock,
drawback, objection,
stumbling-block,
stumbling-stone, lion in the path,
snag, snags and sawyers,
encumbrance,
incumbrance,
clog,
skid,
shoe, spoke,
drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive,
prophylactic, load, burden,
fardel,
onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight,
lumber,
pack,
nightmare,
ephialtes,
incubus, old man of the sea,
remora, difficulty,
insuperable,
obstacle,
estoppel, ill wind, head wind,
trammel,
tether, hold back,
counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer,
marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher,
interloper, trail of a red herring,
opponent V. hinder,
impede,
filibuster,
impedite,
embarrass, keep off, stave off, ward off,
obviate,
avert, antevert|, turn aside, draw off, prevent,
forefend, nip in the bud,
retard,
slacken, check, let,
counteract,
countercheck,
preclude,
debar,
foreclose,
estop,
inhibit,
shackle, restrict,
obstruct, stop, stay, bar,
bolt,
lock, block, block up, choke off,
belay,
barricade, block the way, bar the way, stop the way,
forelay, dam up, put on the brake, scotch the wheel, lock the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel, put a stop to,
traverse,
contravene,
interrupt,
intercept,
oppose, hedge in, hedge round, cut off, inerclude|,
interpose,
interfere,
intermeddle,
cramp,
hamper,
clog, clog the wheels,
cumber,
encumber,
incumber,
handicap,
choke, saddle with, load with, overload, lay,
lumber,
trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience,
incommode,
discommode,
discompose,
hustle, corner, drive into a corner, run foul of, fall foul of, cross the path of, break in upon,
thwart,
frustrate,
disconcert,
balk,
foil,
faze,
feaze,
feeze,
baffle,
snub,
override,
circumvent, defeat, spike guns,
spoil,
mar, clip the wings of,
cripple, put an extinguisher on, damp,
dishearten, discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport, lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on, cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine, be in the way of, stand in the way of, act as a drag, hang like a millstone round one's neck
Adj. hindering,
obstructive,
obstruent,
impeditive, impedient, intercipient|,
prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable,
onerous,
burdensome,
cumbrous,
cumbersome,
obtrusive, hindered,
windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c. (see assist ),
single-handed, alone, deserted
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