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Adjective: impeded  `im'pee-did
  1. Made difficult or slow
    "we blamed our impeded progress on lack of money"
Verb: impede  im'peed
  1. Be a hindrance or obstacle to
    "She is impeding the progress of our project"
    - hinder
     
  2. Block passage through
    "impede the path"
    - obstruct, obturate, occlude, jam, block, close up

See also: impediment, obstructed

Type of: keep, prevent

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