thwart
/θwɔɹt/ verbo C2En español: chasquear, empecer, entorpecer, obstar
- To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent. · Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.· The police thwarted the would-be assassin.
Plural thwart · He/she/it thwarts · Pasado thwarted · Participio pasado thwarted · Forma en -ing thwarting
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De la biblioteca
You’ve thwarted destiny enough.
It makes me very nervous and poorly, to be thwarted so in my own family, and to have neighbours who think of themselves before anybody else.
A character might devise an elaborate scheme to attain wealth or prestige, only to be thwarted by a trivial misunderstanding.
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