Claire Messud

As any of us approaches middle age, we inevitably come up against our limitations: the realization that certain dearly-held fantasies may not be realized; that circumstances have thwarted us; that even with intention and will we may not be able to set our ship back on the course we'd planned.

American Novelist

Bill Nelson

We do not have the luxury of two big oceans protecting us as we have had in the past, for we now have a new kind of enemy who deals with stealthiness. Our ability to protect ourselves is having the information ahead of time so we can thwart the attack.

American Politician

James Connolly

If you strike at, imprison, or kill us, out of our prisons or graves we will still evoke a spirit that will thwart you, and perhaps, raise a force that will destroy you! We defy you! Do your worst!

Scottish Politician

John O. Brennan

As a former career intelligence professional, I have a profound appreciation for the value of intelligence. Intelligence disrupts terrorist plots and thwarts attacks. Intelligence saves lives.

American Public Servant

Janet Reno

We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were thwarted by those that said, No, we will not turn the boy over to his father.

Sabaa Tahir

Like me as a teen - and like many teenagers now - my characters are at a peculiar crossroads in their lives. They desperately seek freedom. But at the same time, they are constantly thwarted.

Pakistani Writer

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Adults, who outnumber kids four or five to one, are in charge. We wield the resources, run the world, and completely thwart kids' creativity.

American Scientist

Charles Horton Cooley

The need to exert power, when thwarted in the open fields of life, is the more likely to assert itself in trifles.

American Sociologist

Elizabeth Kenny

I have a message to give to the world, and I shall not be thwarted.

Australian Celebrity

Adam Grant

Creativity may be hard to nurture, but it's easy to thwart.

American Author

Often used when someone actively tries to prevent another's action, with effort and intent.

Active Opposition

Commonly found in contexts where there is a conflict of interests or a competition.

Conflict Context

Implies an interruption or blocking of a goal, not just a delay.

Goal Interruption

Used to describe literal crossing from one side to another of an object.

Physical Crossing

Imagine an X drawn through an object; 'thwart' is along that line.

Visualize the Position

Describes something placed in a way that cuts through or obstructs.

Obstructive Position

Thwart implies a perpendicular or transverse placement rather than parallel.

Perpendicular Placement

 for Kennedy's and Khrushchev's ability to diplomatically solve the crisis. But the disturbing lesson was that a slight communication error, or split-second decision by a commander, could have thwarted all their efforts, as it nearly did if not for Vasili Arkhipov's courageous choice.

The history of the Cuban...

 seabirds, fish, and even other squid. Indeed, squid themselves are fearsome ocean predators. But their most extraordinary adaptations are those that have evolved to help them thwart their predators. Squid, which can be found mainly in estuarine, deep-sea, and open-water habitats,

How squids outsmart...

 by criminals, by stalkers and by foreign intelligence agencies. And I don't want to live in that kind of world. And so right now, you probably have the tools to thwart many kinds of government surveillance already on your phones and already in your pockets,

How to Avoid Surveillance...

 Ultimately, this is the poet's balancing act, learning when to repeat and when to riff, when to satisfy expectations, and when to thwart them, and in that balance, it may be enough to remember we all live in a world of wild variation

The pleasure of poetic...

 If there is a sinew in our family, it runs through the women. Given who we were and how life had shaped us, we can now see that the men that might have come into our lives would have thwarted us. Defeat would have come too easily.

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 help cut produce keep its color by thwarting the enzyme that causes browning. Some compounds like sulfites can multitask. They're both antimicrobials and antioxidants. Sulfites may cause allergy symptoms in some people,

Are food preservatives...

 blocking Greeks from crossing. so we can thwart them by moving either one a column left into this square. and the same principle applies to the bottom arm. Your effort maintains the peace for the final 5 days.

Can you solve the Trojan...

 The egg is the largest cell in the body and is protected by a thick, extracellular shell of sugar and protein called the zona pellucida. The zona thwarts the entry and fusion of more than one sperm,

How in vitro fertilizatio...

 middle a deadly proboscis concealed within the tip is a lethal weapon a harpoon loaded with the neurotoxic mix so complex there is no anti-venom to thwart it

Killer Cone Snails PIPE...

 in an attempt to thwart garbage Raiders rubbish collection continues around the clock but raccoons equipped to take advantage

Thwart

Stop someone or something from doing what they wanted or planned to do.

Often appears as...

From one side to the other of something.

Usage tips

Sitting or standing in the direction that cuts something into half from one side to the other.

Active Opposition

Conflict Context

Goal Interruption

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