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Checkmate :: Checkmate (v. t.) To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

Overthwart :: Overthwart (n.) That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.

Across :: Across (n.) From side to side; athwart; crosswise, or in a direction opposed to the length; quite over; as, a bridge laid across a river..

Crossing :: Crossing (v. t.) Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

Prevent :: Prevent (v. t.) To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart.

Portate :: Portate (a.) Borne not erect, but diagonally athwart an escutcheon; as, a cross portate..

Overthwart :: Overthwart (a.) Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

Prevention :: Prevention (n.) The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting..

Thwart :: Thwart (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat..

Traverse :: Traverse (a.) To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct; to bring to naught.

Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.

Thwart :: Thwart (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash..

Hostile :: Hostile (a.) Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change..

Cross :: Cross (v. t.) To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.

Bilk :: Bilk (n.) A thwarting an adversary in cribbage by spoiling his score; a balk.

Contrarry :: Contrarry (a.) To contradict or oppose; to thwart.

Traverse :: Traverse (adv.) Athwart; across; crosswise.

Thaught :: Thaught (n.) See Thwart.

Intervent :: Intervent (v. t.) To thwart; to obstruct.

Thwart :: Thwart (prep.) Across; athwart.

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