How to use "impede" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "impede" in popular movie and book plots

  • As he negotiates the harrowing 75-mile trails, race organizers make strenuous attempts to impede Holman or force him out of the competition before the finish line.  - On the Edge (1986 film)
  • Immediately suspicious of Jang’s "inspection mission", Lim attempts to impede his comrade’s investigation and orders his staff to monitor the new arrivals closely.  - Operation Chromite (film)
  • But people of the society impede them; even those two corpse do not get any government land.  - Gangajatra
  • While the student council tries to impede his progress, Yamada restores the memories of the witches with a kiss, and gathers the seven witches for a ceremony where he wishes for the powers to go away.  - Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
  • In order to do so, Shovel Knight must fight the members of "The Order of No Quarter," who have been dispatched by the Enchantress to impede him.  - Shovel Knight
  • Indeed the social differences and their irreconcilable political leanings would impede the development of their relationship.  - Amore amaro
  • They also discover Carmelita being held hostage by Toothpick, a self-proclaimed "gunslinger" armadillo posing as the town's new sheriff, under the orders of a black-market art dealer skunk named Cyrille Le Paradox, who sent her back in time to impede her investigation of him.  - Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
  • The taunting escalates into harassment as they make crude remarks towards Amy and play loud music to annoy David and impede his work on his screenplay.  - Straw Dogs (2011 film)
  • Later, alone in Hotchkiss' office, Van Ponder splits into two separate replicas of the scientist to extend his ability to impede Sigma.  - War of the Satellites
  • However, the silence of people who know, and subsequent deaths, impede his investigation.  - The White Tiger (Nathan novel)
  • At the station Beano is brought before a magistrate and claims he was defending his property, refusing to be separated from the corpse and claiming that to do so would impede the progress of art.  - The Imposter (short story)
  • Langford orders Sgt McKenzie to execute the informer and then announces that the British wounded are to be left behind so as not to impede the group's progress back to Allied territory.  - Yesterday's Enemy
  • After three days of riding, the Arab reminds the Babylonian that he tried to make him lose his way in his labyrinth, and says that he will now show him his, "which has no stairways to climb, nor door to force, nor wearying galleries to wander through, nor walls to impede thy passage".  - The Two Kings and the Two Labyrinths
  • Upon their return to Paris, Cynthia's love for Harry and her desire not to impede the excitement-addicted Harry's travels as a successful journalist and author lead her to bring about a miscarriage so their child won't slow down Harry's career.  - The Snows of Kilimanjaro (1952 film)
  • Both the Allies and the Axis find themselves facing key shortages that impede their ability to win the war.  - The Rhinemann Exchange
  • Musa believes in waging a war against all the Kaafir (unbelievers) who may impede the Moro’s goal of independence.  - Bagong Buwan
  • With the help of painkillers and regular plasma transfusions, they continue their trek, but Dax's injuries impede their progress, and eventually she loses the ability to walk.  - Change of Heart (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
  • Narissa sends Nathaniel to follow and impede Edward.  - Enchanted (film)
  • The golem is aided by Jasaad Duthane, leader of the Desert Lords, who has worked to impede Rynn in her quest throughout the game.  - Drakan: The Ancients' Gates
  • Adding humor to the proceedings is a highly stereotypical rude gay designer who tries to impede Chanel's success.  - Coco (musical)
  • As he shows her around the office, Michael tries to impress her while doing his best to impede the chances of any other office male.  - Hot Girl (The Office)
  • Returning to L'Isle's mansion to steal the box, LeMarchand discovers that Jacques has killed L'Isle and taken control over Angelique, who agrees to be his slave so long as he does not impede the wishes of Hell.  - Hellraiser: Bloodline
  • Armageddon's brutality and drive is explained that he operated on his own brain to remove lesser emotions which would impede his intentions to make "The Mekaka the greatest tribe on Earth".  - Metalzoic
  • Upset by that, he stresses that he won't let Wesley impede his efforts at a good personal and working relationship with Fred.  - Loyalty (Angel)
  • Things get hot when Aunt Dahlia gets a neighbourhood poacher to steal the cat in the hope to impede his horse friend, embroiling Bertie in the to-do.  - Aunts Aren't Gentlemen
  • Inspector Dix and Constable Bully of Scotland Yard are convinced that Fog is the thief who robbed the Bank of England, and the wicked and conniving Transfer, a saboteur, was hired by mr Sullivan to impede Fog's journey in any way.  - Around the World with Willy Fog
  • Jiger lets nothing impede that hunt as she splits two ships in half and starts tearing through Osaka.  - Gamera vs. Jiger
  • To impede his progress, outlaw Buford Tannen has other plans.  - Back to the Future Part II & III
  • Although Venus is invoked, Marandro assures his friend Leoncio that true love (as opposed to Roman lust) does not impede his duties as citizen and soldier.  - The Siege of Numantia
  • Diana has a pre-nuptial understanding with her husband that should either of them fall in love with someone else, the other will do nothing to impede the romance.  - White Mischief (film)
  • Caleb is a cynical, sarcastic, somewhat sadistic man, taking pleasure in killing almost anything that may impede his quest.  - Blood (video game)
  • The Portuguese colonials seek to enslave the natives, and as the independent Jesuit missions might impede this, Papal emissary Cardinal Altamirano (Ray McAnally), a former Jesuit priest himself, is sent from the Vatican to survey the missions and decide which, if any, should be allowed to remain.  - The Mission (1986 film)
  • However they did not consider his relation with Father Grande, a more liberal thinker, to impede his conservatism.  - Romero (film)
  • During the mission, the peasants impede it and sometimes try to seize the gold.  - The Hidden Fortress

Example sentences for "impede" in interesting articles

  • This week, it made good on its promise to object. The new standards envisioned by ACTA "could short-change legal process, impede legitimate competition and shift the escalated costs of enforcing private commercial rights to governments, consumers and taxpayers," said an Indian representative at the World Trade Organization.  - India makes good on vow to sabotage ACTA
  • India’s naval advantage might allow it, for example, to impede oil traffic heading for China through the Malacca Strait.China and India are both rapidly developing their navies from coastal defence forces into instruments that can project power further afield; within this decade, they expect to have three operational carrier groups each.  - India as a great power
  • Otherwise unremarkable. The floor menaces with spikes of iron! Stepping onto a spiked panel will hurt Liz by one heart, but she only takes damage upon entering the tile. Locked doors impede progress in your adventure.  - Forth Warrior: A Programming Puzzle Game
  • “I defer to [the NSA inspector general’s] conclusion that obtaining such an estimate was beyond the capacity of his office and dedicating sufficient additional resources would likely impede the NSA’s mission,” McCullough wrote. The changes to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 2008 — which President Obama, then in the Senate, voted for — relaxed the standards under which communications with foreigners that passed through the United States could be collected by the spy agency.  - NSA: It Would Violate Your Privacy to Say if We Spied on You
  • She told Wolf Blitzer:AdvertisementAdvertisementAnd of course, there were all of the cyberbots that took out after us that were trying to say ‘no you can’t do that, you’re going to impede our free speech.’ We said ‘no we’re trying to keep the roadway clear and to keep some of these bad actors out of the system.’Yeah, that’s idiotic.  - The Turds Who Voted to Sell Out Your Online Privacy Get Their Faces Plastered
  • “How long do I have to do this? What are the rules?” Advertisement Continue reading the main story The federally funded Safe Routes to School program has been working with communities to address problems that impede children from walking or biking to school.  - Why Can’t She Walk to School?
  • And if we really are intent on school improvement, we must reduce the appalling rates of child poverty that impede success in school and in life.There is a clash of ideas occurring in education right now between those who believe that public education is not only a fundamental right but a vital public service, akin to the public provision of police, fire protection, parks, and public libraries, and those who believe that the private sector is always superior to the public sector.  - The Myth of Charter Schools
  • They may serve the same purpose, but they certainly aren't poor reproductions in the way that a GooApple phone is a crappy iPhone. The Chinese government takes a hard stance on piracy but does little to actual impede it.  - Living in China, let me tell you what life is like with restricted internet
  • They said including an interception capability from the start was less likely to inadvertently create security holes than retrofitting it after receiving a wiretap order. They also noted that critics predicted that the 1994 law would impede cellphone innovation, but that technology continued to improve.  - U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretaps on the Internet
  • The aim of #youbroketheinternet is to impede mass surveillance, not targeted operations, therefore this type of architecture is sufficient from our point of view.  - You broke the internet. We'll make ourselves a GNU one
  • Whenever possible, introduce new facts or clues designed and manufactured to conflict with opponent presentations -- as useful tools to neutralize sensitive issues or impede resolution.  - Techniques for dilution, misdirection and control of a internet forum (2012)

Meaning of "impede" in English

  • block passage through
  • be a hindrance or obstacle to

Meaning of "impede" in Hindi

  • रोकना ( Rokana, rokanaa)
  • अटकाना ( Atakana, atakanaa)
  • विघ्न डालना ( Vighn dalana, vighn daalanaa, wighn dalana)
  • बाधा डालना ( Badha dalana, baadhaa daalanaa)
  • अड़चन डालना ( Adachan dalana, adachan daalanaa)
  • बाधा पहुँचाना ( Badha pahunchana, baadhaa pahunchanaa)
  • अड़चन लाना ( Adachan lana, adachan lanaa)
  • अवरुद्ध करना ( Avaruddh karana, avaruddh karanaa, awaruddh karana)
  • अवबाधित करना ( Avabadhit karana, avabaadhit karanaa, awabadhit karana)
  • स‌ंरुद्ध करना ( Sanruddh karana, sanruddh karanaa)

Synonyms of "impede"

  • close up
  • block
  • jam
  • hinder
  • obstruct
  • occlude
  • obturate

Antonyms of "impede"

  • disengage
  • free

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