transitive. To cause to fail or give way; to foil (a weapon).

To overthrow, defeat, or bring to nought (a scheme, plan, hope, etc.).

To cheat, disappoint, disconcert, bilk; or ? to turn aside or away. rare.

transitive. To disconcert; to make helpless with terror, shame, or discouragement; to daunt, abash, put to shame; to stupefy, baffle.

transitive. To hinder, stop, prevent, thwart. a person, etc., in or from some action. Const. of or with infinitive. Obsolete.

transitive. To disconcert, foil, put out, turn aside. Cf. blenk, v. 4. Obsolete.

To bring to nought, render useless; to frustrate (an enterprise); to destroy, lay waste, ruin. Also intransitive for reflexive.

To render vain; to balk, disappoint (a hope, expectation, etc.); to baffle, defeat, foil (a design, purpose, etc.). Also, †to prevent the fulfilment…

transitive. To turn (counsels, etc.) into folly, to reduce to foolishness, exhibit the foolishness of; to confound, frustrate, bring to nought. Obs…

Now the usual sense. transitive. To thwart, frustrate, or foil (an aim, undertaking, objective, etc.); to prevent the realization of (a hope…

transitive. To frustrate, defeat, or bring to nothing (an expectation, plan, etc.); to render void or invalid. Obsolete.

To frustrate, render nugatory (an attempt or purpose); to parry (a blow); to baulk, disappoint (hopes, etc.); to baffle, frustrate the efforts of…

To frustrate, make void, invalidate, bring to nought, disconcert (plans, etc.). archaic.

transitive. To oppose successfully; to prevent (a person, etc.) from accomplishing a purpose; to prevent the accomplishment of (a purpose); to foil…

To confound, render futile, bring to nought.

transitive. To defeat of its purpose.

transitive. To render (an intention) ineffectual. (Cf. short, v.1 5.) Obsolete.

transitive. figurative. To frustrate or ruin (a person’s plans, hopes, etc.). Obsolete.

(transitive) to frustrate.

transitive. To place a balk in the way of. To frustrate, foil, render unsuccessful.

Scottish and Irish English (northern). transitive. To thwart, frustrate, oppose.

transitive. figurative. = sense 3b. Now rare.

To defeat (anyone) in his or her efforts; to frustrate or confound the plans of, to foil. a person.

figurative. To obstruct, bar the way of. Obsolete.

figurative. To act or speak in opposition to; to cross, thwart; in Law = traverse, v. 1. Obsolete.

figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. tomahawk, n. 3. transitive. Chiefly North American. To thwart (a person or thing); to obstruct or prevent…

transitive. To constrain to a damaging degree; to hinder, inhibit, thwart; to crush, destroy.

To frustrate or thwart; to prevent the passing of (a measure, etc.).

To render nugatory, worthless, or useless.

In extended and figurative uses. transitive. To impede, disrupt, or thwart (an activity, proceeding, plan, etc.) by diverting it from its…

figurative. To release or unleash suddenly or early; (also, now more commonly) to prevent from happening or continuing; to bring to a sudden…

U.S. Criminals' slang. Now rare. transitive. To spoil or thwart (something, esp. a criminal enterprise); to ruin.