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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Ethan Stone, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Six citizens were arrested for impeding and threatening to kill agents.
—Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Martinez has pleaded not guilty to a charge of assaulting, resisting, and impeding officers.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Purposefully impeding access to federal buildings and law enforcement is dangerous and is not peacefully protesting.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 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 29 Oct. 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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