block
I
verb
arrest, avert, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, bridle, check, choke, clog, close, cohibit, constrict, cramp, curb, dam, debar, delay, encumber, estop, exclude, fend off, forbid, foreclose, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede, intercept, interdict, interfere with, jam, leave out, limit, obstruct, occlude, oppose, parry, plug up, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, repulse, restrain, restrict, retard, shut off, shut up, snag, stall, stand in the way, stay, stem, stop, stop up, thwart, trammel, wall up
II
index
arrest (stop), balk, ban, bar (obstruction), bar (hinder), bind (restrain), blockade (barrier), bulk, censorship, check (bar), check (restrain), clog, condemn (ban), constrain (restrain), constrict (inhibit), contain (restrain), damper (stopper), deadlock, debar, defeat, delay, deter, deterrence, deterrent, disadvantage, disqualify, encumber (hinder), enjoin, exclude, forbid, halt (noun), halt (verb), hamper, hinder, hold up (delay), impasse, impede, impediment, interdict, interfere, interpose, interruption, keep (restrain), kill (defeat), limitation, lock, obstacle, obstruct, obstruction, obturate, occlude, oppose, parcel, parry, plot (land), preclude, prevent, procrastinate, prohibit, prohibition, real estate, resist (oppose), section (vicinity), shut, stall, stave, stay (halt), stem (check), stifle, stop, strangle, toll (stop), withhold, withstand
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006