hamper
verb/ˈhæmpər/
Frequency rank: #9,955 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to hinder or obstruct someone or something
Example sentence
The heavy rain began to hamper our progress on the hiking trail.
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