Hinder
Hinder verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.
Support
Support verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
Usage example: sent reinforcements to support the troops deployed overseas
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In Modern Warfare 2, during the attack on the Gulag, the jets that appear to support (and sometimes hinder) the assault are F-15's.
Source: Video Game / Modern Warfare -
He also uses the rules to support Kenton rather than bend them to hinder him, like Praxton tries to do.
Source: Comic Book / White Sand -
Animal Wrongs Group - The Neo-Toronto campaign features First Nations groups who support the Angels and try to hinder NERV Canada, believing the creatures are manifestations of nature come to seek revenge on the white man.
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