impeded; impeding
: to interfere with or slow the progress of
impeder
noun
Examples of impede in a Sentence
He claims that economic growth is being impeded by government regulations.
The soldiers could not impede the enemy's advance.
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The affair did not impede Smotrich’s ascent as a settler activist and politician.
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Any action that impedes these dynamics should be flatly rejected because unnecessarily regulating a competitive marketplace will only harm consumers.
—Michael Santorelli, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Also, heat exchange in the cooler tends to create an insulating vapor layer between the liquid and the cooler’s inner surface, which can impede cooling performance, due to a phenomenon, Noctua explained, known as the Leidenfrost effect.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
The tactic focuses federal resources at the main place sanctuary rules have impeded the work of immigration agents — county jails and state prisons.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
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Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Any action that impedes these dynamics should be flatly rejected because unnecessarily regulating a competitive marketplace will only harm consumers.
—Michael Santorelli, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
Also, heat exchange in the cooler tends to create an insulating vapor layer between the liquid and the cooler’s inner surface, which can impede cooling performance, due to a phenomenon, Noctua explained, known as the Leidenfrost effect.
—John Burek, PC Magazine, 28 May 2025
The tactic focuses federal resources at the main place sanctuary rules have impeded the work of immigration agents — county jails and state prisons.
—Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for impede
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“Impede.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/impede. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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impede
verb
im·pede
im-ˈpēd 
impeded; impeding
: to interfere with the movement or progress of
impeder
noun
Etymology
from Latin impedire "to hinder, get in the way of," literally, "to bind or hold the feet of," derived from im-, in- "in, into" and ped-, pes "foot" — related to pedestrian
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