IMPELLENTS Antonyms

• a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy

• prevents access or progress

• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

• render unsuitable for passage

• obstruct access to

• impose a blockade on

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• tending to deter

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• a substance that retards or stops an activity

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented)

• One who, or that which, prevents.

• An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.

• Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.