thwart+check
21foil — I. v. a. Defeat, frustrate, balk, baffle, thwart check, circumvent, disappoint, checkmate. II. n. 1. Film, flake, lamina (of metal). 2. Contrast, background, set off. 3. Blunted rapier …
22dash — 1. verb 1) he dashed home Syn: rush, race, run, sprint, bolt, dart, gallop, career, charge, shoot, hurtle, careen, fly, speed, zoom, scurry, scuttle, scamper; informal tea …
23ward off — 1) we use this lotion to ward off gnats Syn: fend off, repel, repulse, beat back, chase away; informal send packing 2) she warded off the blow Syn: parry, avert, deflect, block; evade, avoid, d …
24beat — I v 1. batter, pound, lay on, pommel, pummel, Sl. paste, Archaic. belabor; thrash, flog, lash, switch, birch, scourge, flagellate, whip, horsewhip, curry, strap, thresh, flail, cowhide, spank, Brit. Dial. yerk, Inf. tan [s.o. s] hide, Inf. trim,… …
25contravene — v 1. oppose, be in conflict with, cross, clash with, run counter to; contradict, oppugn, countervail, refute, belie, confute, rebut; frustrate, foil, thwart, check, abort; obstruct, hinder, hamper, interfere, intervene; annul, nullify, abrogate.… …
26dash — v 1. smash, shatter, crash, Brit. Dial. pash; strike, break, split, cleave, rive, rend; shiver, fragment, splinter, crack, split, snap; crush, destroy; beat, batter, slam, ram, hit, smite. 2. throw, hurl, catapult; fling, cast, sling, shy, pitch; …
27frustrate — v 1. defeat, undo, disappoint, thwart, check, stop, abort, foil, balk, antagonize; spoil, mar, cripple, clip the wings of, hamstring; undermine, cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one s sails. 2. cancel, nullify, render null and… …
28vanquish — v 1. conquer, defeat, subdue, subjugate; rout, put to rout, discomfit, overwhelm, overrun, trample, Inf. run into the ground, Sl. mop or wipe the floor with; crush, overthrow, smash, thrash, trounce, trim, whip, drub, floor, Inf. whup, Sl. trash …
29whip — v 1. lash, switch, birch, scourge, flog, flagellate; horsewhip, cowhide, curry, strap, flail, Sl. belt; spank, thrash, thresh, Inf. trim, Inf. lace, Inf. tan [s.o. s] hide, Inf. whale, Inf. whale the tar out of, Brit. Dial. yerk; strike, hit,… …
30ward something off — 1 she warded off the blow: PARRY, avert, deflect, block; evade, avoid, dodge. 2 garlic is worn to ward off evil spirits: REBUFF, avert, keep at bay …
