thwarting 1 of 3

adjective

as in frustrating

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noun

as in deterrence

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thwarting

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verb

present participle of thwart
as in hampering
to prevent from achieving a goal a coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant

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Recent Examples of thwarting
Noun
To simulate thwarting advances by enemy forces using the bridge, soldiers erected layers of barriers and rolled barbed wire. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 The attack’s thwarting was an undeniable success. — Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026 The thwarting of the Charlotte Hornets, one of the NBA’s fastest squads, is the quintessential White play. — Fred Katz, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026 The council keeps losing court battles on issues ranging from its Voter ID law to its efforts to censor library books to its thwarting of state housing laws. — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
Verb
The purpose of antitrust was to prevent companies from getting too large by taking over companies and swallowing them up and thwarting competition. — John E. McDonough, STAT, 16 Oct. 2026 South Africa hopes were pinned on Markram, who has a history of thwarting the Australians in the fourth innings. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 Blashill brushed off the notion of his lineups thwarting team flow on Wednesday. — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026 Still, mRNA has proven effective at thwarting other types of cancer. — Gerry Smith, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026 Relying on the tropes rather than having fun with them, thwarting them. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 Sep. 2026 As fundamental to British school life as the uniform itself is the tradition of thwarting it. — Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026 Los Angeles police corralled and arrested scores of minibike riders on Sunday, thwarting a takeover of 6th Street Bridge. — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Oregon is one of the only states in the country with a carve-out in its public records law that prevents disclosing the financial details of subsidized housing projects, thwarting researchers and journalists who have tried to examine their costs. — Rob Davis, ProPublica, 21 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for thwarting
  1. frustrating
  2. deterrence
  3. hampering
  4. baffling
  5. foiling
  6. preventing
  7. blocking
  8. crossing
Adjective
  • Chargers offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel didn’t shy away from discussing his job security Thursday amid a frustrating 0-5 start to the season.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Wednesday's rain made for a frustrating day for hundreds of travelers at Denver International Airport, including some football fans arriving for Thursday night's Broncos game.
    — Tori Mason, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of frustrating
Noun
  • No discussion of nuclear deterrence should ever lose sight of the human lives behind those words.
    — Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • And that deterrence, in the eyes of the Iranians, worked for a very long time.
    — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of deterrence
Verb
  • Kyiv sees this as an attempt to pressure it into concessions by hampering its aerial defense and military operations.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Virus-carrying midges are hampering deer season in South Dakota, where an outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease has prompted South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks to issue deer license refunds.
    — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of hampering
Adjective
  • Of course, his recognition of the visceral power of live music and directly connecting with an audience makes his indifference to AI all the more baffling.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Television was ostensibly a venue where Friday could finally live again, but what we’ve been left with is a baffling mess that doesn’t seem to understand what fans love about these characters.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of baffling
Noun
  • Wing foiling is developed from windsurfing and kitesurfing, while a Seabob is an electric underwater scooter.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 24 Aug. 2026
  • As with most modern foiling yachts, the Hypersail is fitted with foils that can be adjusted in real time to match conditions.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 July 2026
Definition of foiling
Verb
  • This year was no different, except the stakes were simply about preventing their respective seasons from getting any worse.
    — Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Abruptly moving on, like a magician preventing his audience from lingering on his last trick, Alex pulled out a tablet, holding it up to me.
    — Andrew Lipstein, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of preventing
Adjective
  • The winner was the player who avoided being blocked the longest — a blocking game, a category of strategy game where the objective centers on restricting your opponent’s movement.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026
Definition of blocking
Noun
  • His visit with Queen Letizia came with the city of 84,000 residents still grappling with the mass crossing of nearly as many migrants from Morocco in July.
    — JOSEPH WILSON, Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Wildlife is believed to travel through a series of border crossings linking Thailand and Myanmar, including the Mae Sot-Myawaddy and Tachileik-Mae Sai corridors, both of which have long been associated with all manner of illicit trafficking.
    — Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of crossing

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“Thwarting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thwarting. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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