thwarting's Usage Examples:

orchestrated numerous air strikes from a variety of fighters and bombers, thwarting the Taliban charge and forcing the enemy to retreat.

Researchers hope to develop drugs thwarting inflammatory processes associated with neurodegenerative diseases and.

During the campaign it attracted attention for thwarting Clive Palmer's attempts to name his party the "United Australia Party".

The name was a play on words, now an old family joke, intended on thwarting the annual visit of the town founders' mother-in-law.

Lawrence and was also successful in thwarting the Germans' plan.

foresaw that a battle was about to be lost, as a last ditch effort in thwarting Soviet and U.

The British were successful in thwarting the hijacking though they sank the ship.

veto the winning design, and both requirements and finances may change, thwarting the original intention.

outside the strike zone with the purpose of preventing a stolen base, thwarting a hit and run, or to prevent a run-scoring play on a suicide squeeze play.

winning their first nine games by a combined score of 338 to 61 before thwarting a spirited effort by in-state rival Vanderbilt in the last game of the.

The local geography made it easy to keep watch over the bay, thereby thwarting those who thought to use it to flee the country.

The character dies thwarting a plot involving Brainiac 13.

being the target of Irish terrorist group Ulster Liberation Army for thwarting their kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales in London.

ordinarily be an asset in the hands of the beneficiary and could be sold, thwarting the intention of the donor to spread the gift over the recipient's lifetime.

He went on to inform the king through Esther, thus thwarting the plot.

The project arrived at a timely juncture and was successful in thwarting the then-released The Lives of John Lennon by Albert Goldman, a controversial.

Beemon was credited with thwarting construction of a Wal-Mart store, by formulating storm water runoff regulations.

and frequently played at their hackathons, where they claim they are "thwarting evil with humppa and math.

Synonyms:

foiling; hinderance; interference; frustration; hindrance;

Antonyms:

tolerance; indulgent; permissiveness; lenient; encouraging;