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Impede

/ˌɪˈmpid/
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(verb) To get in the way of; to hinder.

Obstructions near doors can impede people in an emergency.
He has tried to impede an official investigation.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The heavy morning fog began to significantly ____ travel for the early commuters on the highway.

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