bring+to+a+standstill
71paralyze — verb 1) both of his legs were paralyzed Syn: disable, cripple, immobilize, incapacitate, debilitate; formal torpefy 2) Sally was paralyzed by the sight of him Syn: immobilize, transfix, become rooted to the spot, freeze, stun …
72clog — v 1. encumber, hamper, hinder, cumber, place an obstacle in the way of, balk; impede, incommode, embarrass, delay, U.S. filibuster, retard, slow up or down, brake; frustrate, thwart, cross, oppose, countercheck, counteract; complicate, make… …
73constrict — v 1. cramp, squeeze, tighten, pinch, Inf. tighten up on, Inf. put the squeeze on, strangle, strangulate, draw or press in, bind, wrap up, coarctate, straiten, constringe, compress, astringe; contract, shrink, narrow, reduce, decrease, diminish,… …
74defeat — v 1. conquer, vanquish, subdue, subjugate, oppress; rout, discomfit, overwhelm, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with, overrun, trample, Inf. run into the ground; crush, overthrow, smash, thrash, trounce, trim, whip, drub, floor; worst, hash, Sl. skin,… …
75paralyse — verb 1) both of his legs were paralysed Syn: disable, cripple, immobilize, incapacitate; (paralysed); Medicine paraplegic, quadriplegic 2) the capital was paralysed by a strike Syn: bring to a standstill, immobilize …
76stalemate — n. & v. n. 1 Chess a position counting as a draw, in which a player is not in check but cannot move except into check. 2 a deadlock or drawn contest. v.tr. 1 Chess bring (a player) to a stalemate. 2 bring to a standstill. Etymology: obs. stale (f …
77gravel — gravelish, adj. /grav euhl/, n., v., graveled, graveling or (esp. Brit.) gravelled, gravelling, adj. n. 1. small stones and pebbles, or a mixture of these with sand. 2. Pathol. a. multiple small calculi formed in the kidneys. b. the disease… …
78enjoin — en·join /in jȯin/ vt [Anglo French enjoindre to impose, constrain, from Old French, from Latin injungere to attach, impose, from in on + jungere to join]: to prohibit by judicial order: issue an injunction against a three judge district court… …
79delay — I noun cunctatio, cunctation, dalliance, deceleration, deferment, demurral, detainment, detention, dilatoriness, impediment, intermission, interruption, lag, lateness, cessatio, mora, moratorium, pause, postponement, procrastination, prolongation …
80obstruct — I verb bar, barricade, block, brake, bridle, bring to a standstill, check, choke, circumscribe, congest, countervail, cramp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, disable, embar, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap,… …
