"thwart : (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent. (transitive, obsolete) To place..."

“thwart : (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
(transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
(transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.”

- https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thwart#English

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