thwart+check
11check — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. control, test, verify, tally, count; restrain, repress, halt, stop, arrest, impede, interrupt, curb; stunt. n. draft, money order; interruption, rebuff; setback, reverse, stop, restraint;… …
12check — 1. verb 1) troops checked all vehicles Syn: examine, inspect, look at/over, scrutinize, study, investigate, probe, look into, enquire into; informal check out, give something a/the once over 2) he checked that the gun was cocked Syn …
13thwart — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. oppose, baffle, foil, frustrate, defeat, block, contravene. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stop, impede, frustrate; see confuse , prevent , trammel . See Synonym Study at frustrate . III… …
14thwart — Synonyms and related words: across, across the grain, annul, athwart, athwartships, baffle, balk, beat, bench, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, bilk, blast, block, brace, brave, bring to nothing, buffer, cancel, cancel out, cast down,… …
15thwart — v 1. frustrate, foil, balk, check, stop, abort; oppose, cross, contravene, Scot. thraw; defeat, undo, outmaneuver; prevent, preclude, obstruct, block, circumvent; intercept, interpose, intervene, interfere, impede, hinder, hamper; spoil, mar,… …
16thwart — verb Syn: foil, frustrate, forestall, stop, check, block, prevent, defeat, impede, obstruct, derail, snooker; informal put paid to, do for, stymie; Brit.; informal scupper Ant: help …
17To cross a check — Cross Cross, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crossed} (kr[o^]st; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crossing}.] 1. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the… …
18preclude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. prevent, stop, prohibit, obviate, check; forestall. See exclusion, prohibition. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. prevent, impede, rule out; see hinder , prevent , restrain 1 . See Synonym Study at prevent …
19circumvent — v. a. 1. Thwart, check, check mate, outgeneral. 2. Deceive, cheat, defraud, trick, cozen, overreach, delude, hoodwink, dupe, gull, bamboozle, chouse, outwit, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon …
20resist — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To stand firm against] Syn. withstand, hold, remain, maintain, endure, bear, continue, persist, obtain, stay, brook, suffer, weather, abide, tolerate, be unalterable, be immune, be unsusceptible, be strong, persevere, last,… …
