Affect and Impede

Affect

Affect verb - To act upon (a person or a person's feelings) so as to cause a response.

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Impede and affect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Impede" instead a verb "Affect".

Impede verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.

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Affect and impede are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affect" instead a verb "Impede".

Nearby Words: impediment, impeding

ability	affect ability	impede ability
party	affect party	impede party
character	affect character	impede character
life	affect life	impede life
Other words: performance, development, story, plans, player, units, abilities.

Before that, the bombs used by the Children of the Forest fail to impede or even affect the White Walkers' march on the cave.

Source: Recap / Game Of Thrones S 6 E 5 The Door

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