THWART and ATHWART have the same meaning...TH(throw)+WARt....when you throw(Do suddenly) war with someone, you obviously OPPOSE him.....
athwart ~at war~imagine a person at war ,when a person fires he shouts an oblique angle looking at his protractor and the projectile land on the person who fired it!!
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