Impede and Impair

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Impede

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

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Impair and impede are semantically related in disrupt topic. In some cases you can use "Impair" instead a verb "Impede".

Nearby Words: impediment, impeding

Impair

Impair verb - To reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of.

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Impede and impair are semantically related in damage topic. Sometimes you can use "Impede" instead a verb "Impair", if it concerns topics such as disrupt.

Nearby Words: impairment, impairing

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Common collocations

ability	impede ability	impair ability
character	impede character	impair character
movement	impede movement	impair movement
progress	impede progress	impair progress
Other words: performance, vision, function, recovery, running, operations, mobility, players, abilities, movements.

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