What does 阻む mean?
阻む is a Japanese verb meaning “to keep someone from doing, to stop, to oppose” in English. It is written as 阻む in kanji, はばむ in hiragana, and habamu in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
彼らは大きな川に前進を阻まれた。
Their progress was stopped by a wide river.