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[advance, growing, tide, rise, outbreaks, pandemic, influx, impact, extinction]

1 Pharmaceutical interventions alone cannot be relied upon to stem the tide of pandemic ___.
2 She was ordered to be confined to a nunnery when the emperor died, but that failed to stem her ____ to power.
3 We need to protect nature to stem the ____ crisis.
4 Political detentions without trial will not stem the ____ flood of discontent and dissension.
5 Even the change from monarchy to republic did not stem the ___ of unrest.
6 YouTube and Twitter have issued stern policies to stem the tide of ____ misinformation.
7 Hungary deploys police to stem the ___ of refugees and other migrants.
8 Restrictions on travel, gatherings, and non-essential interaction with other people are strictly enforced to stem the ___ of
COVID-19.
9 Universities and colleges have a critical part to play in the national and global effort to stem the ___ of climate change.
[continually, which, protracted, speech, succession, economy, continuing, series, stunt(ed)]
1 The coronavirus delta variant hasn’t stunted the U.S. ___ so far.
2 Injuries have ____ hampered his progress.
3 Yet a ____ of ankle injuries have disrupted his progress.
4 Illness ___ his progress towards the end of the season.
5 He suffered from a _____ defect which hindered his progress at school.
6 She was sensitive and shy, ____ hindered her progress at school.
7 He played for Chelsea between 2010 and 2013, but a ____ of injuries hampered his progress.
8 Conflicts and ____ crises hamper progress made to end hunger in the Near East and North Africa.
9 With the illness _____ to hamper his progress, he decided to take yet more time out, withdrawing for the rest of the season.
10 Music theory does not ____ your imagination, but feeds it!

Prevent stop someone from doing something or something from being done
• A snowstorm may prevent a train from running. (the train does not run at all)

Hinder make more difficult for someone to do something or for something to happen. It often implies stopping or
prevention.

• The travelers were hindered by storms.


• The deep snow hindered the ambulances from being able to travel.
And it may imply either active interference or an accidental action or condition, stressing causing harmful or
annoying delay or interference with progress.
• Nothing hindered the doctor from his patients.
• Overcrowded schoolrooms hinder the education of our children.
• The child's crying hindered the doctor from completing his examination.

Hamper to make movement difficult = to hinder by or as if by fastening or entangling:


• His clothes hampered his efforts to swim to safety.
• The long tight dress hampered her movements.

Obstruct stop someone or something from moving forward by blocking their path. It implies the presence of obstacles.
• The road is obstructed by fallen trees.
• A building obstructed our view of the mountains.
• That obstructed all traffic flow through the canal until March 29, 2021.
• They successfully obstructed all traffic from driving onto the bridge at the eastern end.
Stem 1 stop the flow or spread of something (usually liquid)

• You'll need to put pressure on the wound to stem the blood loss.
• The doctor stemmed the flow of blood by applying pressure to the wound.
2 to stop the progress or spread of (something)
• They did their utmost to stem the advance of the enemy.
• The attempt to stem the advance of Fascism had not been in vain.
• Voters hope that the proposition will stem the tide of illegal immigration.
• Money alone would not be sufficient to stem the dramatic decline in the economy.

Stunt to stop (someone or something) from growing or developing

• Poor soil can stunt a plant's growth.


• Children love daydreaming, and there's no reason you need to stunt your imagination in your adult life.

Inhibit make someone unable to express themselves freely


• Her presence inhibited me from saying what I wanted to.
• Don't be inhibited by fear of looking foolish.

Prohibit (formal or legal) forbid someone from doing something, usually by law or regulation
• Smoking is strictly prohibited.
• Cell phones, cameras, and video recorders are prohibited from use in the court rooms.
• Arkansas prohibited the sale of liquor by free Negroes to slaves in 1853.

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