thwart

On-Yomi: — Kun-Yomi: はば.む

Koohii stories:

1) [dingomick] 25-12-2007(201): In a last ditch effort to thwart the invaders of The Pinnacle, they push glass shelves over the edge onto their heads below.

2) [raulir] 30-12-2006(69): The shortness of the Japanese thwarts their attempts to reach the topmost (pinnacle) shelf without grabbing a chair.

3) [tristanthorn] 18-3-2009(26): The Pinnacle keeps its pantry shelves locked at nighttime, to thwart midnight snackers. No fatties allowed here!

4) [mantixen] 10-7-2009(16): Keeping porn on the pinnacle of a bookshelf can thwart snooping kids (thanks bodhisamaya).

5) [bihzad] 1-5-2008(12): To thwart attacks on the Pinnacle, their shelves are always full of various magical weapons.