Meaning & use
Stymy
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To block, hinder, or prevent the progress of someone or something.
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Bad weather stymied the rescue effort for two days.
The new regulations threatened to stymy small businesses.
A note on using this word
A less common variant spelling of 'stymie,' a word that originated in golf, where an opponent's ball blocking a putt was called a stymie.
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