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frustrate

To frustrate is to hinder someone's plans or efforts, or to make someone feel annoyed because you are hindering their efforts or refusing to cooperate. (verb)

  1. When all the necessary tools are not available to complete a specific project, this is an example of a way to frustrate a job.
  2. When you keep trying to talk to your friend and he keeps interrupting you which annoys you, this is an example of a time when your friendfrustrates you.

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See frustrate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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