All bitted synonyms

verb bitted

• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• contain — If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
• forbid — to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
• outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
• stymie — Golf. (on a putting green) an instance of a ball's lying on a direct line between the cup and the ball of an opponent about to putt.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• obviate — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
• harness — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
• snub — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• tame — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
• circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
• bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• 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.
• checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
• moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
• 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.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• bit — A bit of something is a small part or section of it.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• rebuff — a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• preclude — to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.