Prevented
Strangled
Strangled adjective - Held in check with difficulty.
Prevented and strangled are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Prevented" instead a verb "Strangled".
Nearby Word: strangling
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- The nature of being an MMORPG strangled the story, and prevented a lot of story threads from being resolved properly.
Source: Dork Age / Video Games
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