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hamper1
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noun
1‘a picnic hamper’
SYNONYMS
basket, pannier, wickerwork basket
box, container, holder
hamper2
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verb
1‘an attempt to hamper the investigations’
SYNONYMS
hinder, obstruct, impede, inhibit, retard, balk, thwart, foil, curb, delay, set back, slow down, hold back, hold up, interfere with
restrict, restrain, constrain, block, check, curtail, frustrate, cramp, bridle, handicap, cripple, hamstring, shackle, fetter, encumber
informal stymie
British informal throw a spanner in the works of
North American informal bork, throw a monkey wrench in the works of
rare cumber, trammel
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