#hindrance__interference  the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding
  supertype:  human_action__humanaction__act__human_activity__humanactivity  something that people do or cause to happen
  subtype:  thwarting__frustration__foiling  an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts
  subtype:  antagonism  (biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure
  subtype:  obstruction.hindrance  the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"
     subtype:  blockage__closure  the act of blocking
        subtype:  implosion  the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
     subtype:  stalling__stall  a tactic used to mislead or delay
        subtype:  stonewalling  stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate
     subtype:  obstruction_of_justice  impeding those who seek justice in a court (as by trying to influence or intimidate any juror or witness or officer of the court); can result in a finding of contempt of court
  subtype:  complication  the act or process of complicating
  subtype:  deterrence  the act or process of deterring
     subtype:  dissuasion  deterrence by argument or reasoning or entreaty
     subtype:  discouragement  the act of discouraging; "the discouragement of petty theft"
  subtype:  prevention__bar  the act of preventing
     subtype:  debarment  legal prevention
        subtype:  temporary_removal__temporaryremoval__suspension  a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)
           subtype:  rustication.temporary_removal  (British) temporary dismissal of a student from a university
     subtype:  interception.prevention  the act of intercepting; preventing something from proceeding or arriving; "he resorted to the interception of his daughter's letters"; "he claimed that the interception of one missile by another would be impossible"
     subtype:  crushing__suppression__quelling__stifling  forceful prevention: "suppression of liberal newspapers"; "quelling of the revolution"
     subtype:  prophylaxis__prophylaxi  the prevention of disease
     subtype:  averting  the act of preventing something from occurring; "averting danger was his responsibility"
     subtype:  obviation__forestalling__preclusion  the act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively
     subtype:  disqualification  the act of preventing someone from participating by finding them unqualified
        subtype:  recusation__recusal  the disqualification of a judge or jury by reason of prejudice or conflict of interest; a judge can be recused by objections of either party or they can disqualify themselves
     subtype:  save  the act of preventing the opposition from scoring (in sports): "the goalie made a brilliant save"; "the relief pitcher got credit for a save"

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