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1. Act or process of interfering in the affairs of others when it is unwanted or annoying
   "she was annoyed by the neighbour's interference";
   - intrusion, meddling
    
2. A policy of intervening in the affairs of other countries
   - intervention
    
3. The act of hindering, obstructing or impeding
   - hindrance, hinderance
    
4. Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication
   - noise, disturbance
    
5. Any obstruction that impedes or is burdensome
   - hindrance, hinderance, hitch, preventive, preventative, encumbrance, incumbrance
    
6. (American football) blocking a player's path with your body
   "he ran interference for the quarterback"

Derived forms: interferences

Type of: act, block, blocking, deed, foreign policy, human action, human activity, impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstruction, obstructor, trouble

Antonym: noninterference

Encyclopedia: Interference, Inc