thwarten

Verb

thwarten (third-person singular simple present thwartens, present participle thwartening, simple past and past participle thwartened)

1. (ambitransitive) To be positioned contrary to; be set against; oppose; hinder
   • It is e.g. frivolous — and in the longer run thwartens the wishes of the tax stabilizers — if accidental declines in expenditures are without much justification used for new (and more or less permanent) tasks.1967, International Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Study of Fiscal Policy and Related Problems
   • Small scale magnetic turbulence may quench the instability; the galactic differential rotation also tends to thwarten the growth of the longest modes.1981, T. D. Guyenne, G. Lévy, Plasma astrophysics