LAUNCHER Antonyms

• a structure or object that impedes free movement

• any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

• anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

• a movable iron plate that regulates the draft in a stove or chimney or furnace

• a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations

• a depressing restraint

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• tending to deter

• a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

• something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

• any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome

• the act of hindering or obstructing or impeding

• a substance that retards or stops an activity

• any structure that makes progress difficult

• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

• the act of obstructing

• getting in someone's way

• a chemical that is added to a photographic developer in order to retard development and reduce the amount of fog on a film

• a person who directs and restrains

• a small ring-shaped friedcake

• a weight that sinks (as to hold nets or fishing lines under water)

• a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate

• an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

• a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

• (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit

• blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

• close or secure with or as if with a stopper

• someone who suppresses

• a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

• an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents

• One who, or that which, prevents.

• An arrangement, made with ropes and blocks, that prevents the boom of a sailing boat from performing a jibe.

• Any of various lines set up to reinforce or relieve ordinary running or standing rigging.

• Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)