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thwart

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Sentence 2 The detective hoped to thwart the burglars by installing hidden cameras and an alarm system before they could strike another house on the block.
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Sentence 3 Heavy traffic on the highway threatened to thwart our attempt to arrive at the concert before the opening band began to play.
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Sentence 4 The goalie leapt across the net to thwart the striker's shot, preserving the narrow lead for the home team.
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Dictionary

verb
(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
adjective
Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
adjective
(figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
adjective
(figuratively, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
noun
(nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
noun
(nautical) 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.
verb
(transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.

Source: datamuse