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   thwart

   /θwɔːt/

   verb

   • 1. prevent (someone) from accomplishing something: "he never did anything to thwart his father"
   • ▪ oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully: "the government had been able to thwart all attempts by opposition leaders to form new parties"

   noun

   • 1. a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.

   preposition

   • 1. from one side to another side of (an area); across: archaic, literary "a pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore"

   adverb

   • 1. from one side to another side of an area. archaic, literary

   Word Origin Middle Englishthwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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