thwart

1. (transitive)To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.

   Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.

   The police thwarted the would-be assassin.

   durchkreuzen, entgegenwirken, vereiteln

   мешать исполнениюmešát’ ispolnéniju, препя́тствоватьprepjátstvovatʹ, воспрепя́тствоватьvosprepjátstvovatʹ

2. (obsolete, transitive)To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.

3. (also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.

4. (ambitransitive, obsolete)To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.

   An arrow thwarts the air.

   пересекатьperesekatʹ

1. Tom tried to thwart their plans.

   ruТом пытался сорвать их планы. — odexed

   deTom versuchte, ihre Pläne zu durchkreuzen. — raggione

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2. I won't let Tom thwart my plans.

   ruЯ не позволю Тому помешать моим планам. — odexed

   deIch lasse Tom nicht meine Pläne durchkreuzen. — raggione

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3. Tom tried to thwart Mary's plans.

   deTom versuchte, Marias Pläne zu durchkreuzen. — raggione

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4. Tom tried to thwart her plans.

   ruТом пытался сорвать её планы. — odexed

   deTom versuchte, ihre Pläne zu durchkreuzen. — raggione

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5. He's always thwarting my nefarious plans.

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