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| adjourn | to stop or put off until another time. to move from one place to another; guests adjourned to the living room. |
| cease | to put an end to; discontinue; the factory ceased production. to come to an end; stop: the noise ceased. the stopping of something. |
| decisive | having the power to settle something; conclusive: a decisive argument. characterized by decision and firmness: a decisive person. |
| detain | to delay by holding back; keep from proceeding. to keep in custody; confine. |
| hinder | to get in the way of: hamper: interfere with. |
| prolong | to stretch out in time or extent; lengthen; extend: to prolong a vacation. |
| repress | to control by holding back; restrain; stifle; to repress a laugh. to control by crushing: to repress a rebellion. to keep from the conscious mind: to repress an unhappy memory. |
| shackle | to keep from moving freely; restrct; hamper. to chain to. a metal ring put around the ankle or wrist and attached to a chain. anything that confines or restrains: the shackles of ignorance. |
| tarry | to delay or be late in going or coming; linger. to stay temporarily: to tarry in mexico. |
| undermine | to weaken bit by bit; drain; disable. |
