Aid
Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sought to aid her in her search for a dachshund puppy by looking online
Thwart
Thwart verb - To prevent from achieving a goal.
Usage example: a coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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For greater Bad Ass-itude, he later calls out Big Bad Sauron via Palantír, saying much the same (except for the aid or thwart me bit).
Source: My Name Is Inigo Montoya -
She really kicks the dog when she sends her monsters to try to thwart the Changemen from getting medical aid to the victims.
- Then when things start going your way he tries to thwart you and aid the slaver race but Durandal has tipped the scales too far in his favor for Thoth to make a difference at that point.
Source: Stupid Neutral
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