Definitions
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
Word origin
From Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert (“obstinate, perverse”), from Old Norse þvert, neuter of þverr (“transverse”).
Used in a sentence
“[…] and it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]”
“Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.”
“The police thwarted the would-be assassin.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Prevent success”6 letters
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