All assist antonyms
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A a verb assist
- cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
- undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
- hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
- prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
- obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
- conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
- hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
- frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- check — Check is also a noun.
noun assist
- damage — To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
- injury — harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without injury.
- hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
- stoppage — an act or instance of stopping; cessation of activity: the stoppage of all work at the factory.
- harm — a U.S. air-to-surface missile designed to detect and destroy radar sites by homing on their emissions.
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
- prevention — the act of preventing; effectual hindrance.
- blockage — A blockage in a pipe, tube, or tunnel is an object which blocks it, or the state of being blocked.
- delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
- impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
- opposition — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- thwarting — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.