Frustrate

a.	1.	Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
v. t.	1.	To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. [imp. & p. p. Frustrated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Frustrating.] Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine ? - Milton.
	2.	To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.

Verb	1.	frustrate - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" Synonyms: queer, scotch, thwart, foil, baffle, bilk, cross, spoil
	2.	frustrate - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" Synonyms: bedevil, dun, rag, torment, crucify

annul, anticipate, arrest, balk, bar, beat, bilk, blast, block, brave, bring to nothing, buffalo, buffer, cancel, cancel out, cast down, challenge, check, checkmate, come to nothing, confound, confront, conquer, contravene, counter, counteract, counterbalance, countermand, counterwork, cripple, cross, dash, deceive, defeat expectation, defy, destroy, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, discourage, dish, disillusion, disrupt, dissatisfy, elude, evade, exasperate, flummox, forbid, forestall, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, halt, hamper, hamstring, impede, inhibit, interrupt, invalidate, knock the chocks, let down, lick, negate, negativate, negative, neutralize, nonplus, nullify, obstruct, obviate, offset, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, overcome, overreach, pass the buck, perplex, preclude, prevent, prohibit, redress, repel, repulse, ruin, sabotage, scotch, spike, spoil, stonewall, stop, stultify, stump, stymie, tantalize, tease, undo, upset, victimize, vitiate, void

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