• to arrest, to avert, to balk, to bar, to baulk, to debar, to encumber, to forbid, forbade, forbidden, to hinder, to impede, to inhibit, to interfere, to keep from, to preclude, to prohibit, to put off, to set back, to snub, to thwart, to vacate, to withhold, withheld
• arrest, hindrance, prevention
• to close the door upon any discussion
• to close the door upon any discussion
• interference, interfering
• the bullet bedded itself in the wall
• his age debars him from competing