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Present participle for to severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of

Present participle for to cause to be ineffective or immobilized

Present participle for to physically injure or cripple someone or an animal

Present participle for to cause to be ineffective or deactivated

Verb

Present participle for to severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of

interfering with

short-circuiting

standing in the way of

throwing a spanner in the works

throwing a monkey wrench in the works of

cramping one's style

getting in the way of

putting a brake on

getting in the way

neutralizing^US

neutralising^UK

putting a stop to

giving a hard time

putting an end to

dissuading from

putting the kibosh on

nipping in the bud

putting at a disadvantage

placing at a disadvantage

dragging your feet

bringing to screeching halt

tying someone's hands

inconveniencing

preventing from making progress

keeping waiting

putting straitjacket on

setting limits on

imposing limits on

throwing monkey wrench in

putting a crimp in

causing to wait

causing to stay

giving disadvantage

putting out of commission

tiing one's hands

keeping within the limits of

throwing a spoke in the wheel of

destabilizing^US

inflicting a handicap on

telling against

treating unfavourably

treating harshly

doing a disservice to

putting in an unfavourable position

treating unfairly

giving a disadvantage to

demoralizing^US

destabilising^UK

demoralising^UK

dragging through the mud

queering the pitch of

poking full of holes

clipping one's wings

raining on someone's parade

putting the lid on

upsetting the applecart

giving the run around

dashing one's hope

defending against

putting paid to

procrastinating

circumnavigating

steering clear of

bringing to an end

cracking down on

stemming the flow of

putting on hold

putting on back burner

playing for time

putting the stopper on

counterplotting

throwing cold water on

bringing to a standstill

pouring cold water on

putting a damper on

putting a spoke in someone's wheel

heading off at pass

getting in before

second-guessing

beating someone to the draw

getting ahead of

providing against

beating someone to the punch

stealing a march on

beating someone to it

straitjacketing

making impossible

strangling at birth

taking wind out of

keeping from happening

making difficult

getting bogged down

putting the damper on

throwing a curve

standing in the way

keeping in check

bringing to end

bringing to a halt

employing delaying tactics

slackening pace

keeping under control

keeping a lid on

taking wind out of sails

getting the better of

putting the mockers on

causing setback

putting on brakes

kicking the can down the road

letting down flaps

putting the brakes on

hitting the brakes

resisting attack

holding the line

holding the fort

throwing a monkey wrench into

closing one's doors to

keeping at arm's length

working against

making a mess of

putting at risk

bringing to naught

rendering ineffective

playing havoc with

blowing a hole in

putting on the back burner

taking a rain check on

holding in abeyance

putting in cold storage

laying on the table

giving rain check

bringing to a close

bringing to a stop

blowing the whistle on

putting a cork in

pulling the plug on

clamping down on

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“Incidents such as these hamstring our ability to develop the necessary infrastructure needed.”

Verb

Present participle for to cause to be ineffective or immobilized

immobilising^UK

immobilizing^US

clipping one's wings

putting out of action

bringing someone to their knees

making impotent

making helpless

taking it out of

making powerless

wearing to a frazzle

sapping your strength

rendering infirm

confining to bed

sapping the strength of

unstrengthening

removing the sting from

reducing the powers of

depriving of force

confining to a wheelchair

hospitalising^UK

hospitalizing^US

losing strength

running out of gas

tiring yourself out

wearing oneself to a shadow

wearing oneself to a frazzle

wearing yourself out

running into the ground

draining of energy

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“The new protections would leave professors vulnerable to arbitrary dismissal and would hamstring the system's faculty-recruitment efforts.”

Verb

Present participle for to physically injure or cripple someone or an animal

“I must not inflict injury on the good name of my professional brother for the very same reason that I must not hamstring his horse, or burn his house, or fire on him from a thicket at midnight.”

Verb

Present participle for to cause to be ineffective or deactivated

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