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ob⋅struct

  [uhb-struhkt]
Use obstruct in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
2. to interrupt, hinder, or oppose the passage, progress, course, etc., of.
3. to block from sight; to be in the way of (a view, passage, etc.).
Origin:
1605–15; < L obstructus (ptp. of obstruere to build or pile up in the way, bar). See ob-, construct

Related forms:
ob⋅struct⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
ob⋅struct⋅er, ob⋅struc⋅tor, noun
ob⋅struct⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
ob⋅struc⋅tive, adjective
ob⋅struc⋅tive⋅ly, adverb
ob⋅struc⋅tive⋅ness, ob⋅struc⋅tiv⋅i⋅ty  [ob-struhk-tiv-i-tee] , noun

Synonyms:
1. stop, choke, clog, hinder, impede, prevent; check, slow, retard, arrest.

Antonyms:
1. encourage, further.
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ob·struct   (əb-strŭkt', ŏb-)   
tr.v.   ob·struct·ed, ob·struct·ing, ob·structs

  1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.

  2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress. See Synonyms at hinder1.

  3. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.


[Latin obstruere, obstrūct- : ob-, against; see ob- + struere, to pile up; see ster-2 in Indo-European roots.]
ob·struct'er, ob·struc'tor n., ob·struc'tive adj., ob·struc'tive·ly adv., ob·struc'tive·ness n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ob·struct
Pronunciation: &b-'str&kt, äb-
Function: transitive verb
: to block or close up by an obstacle obstructed by clots>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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obstruct ob·struct (əb-strŭkt', ŏb-)
v. ob·struct·ed, ob·struct·ing, ob·structs
To block or close a body passage so as to hinder or interrupt a flow.

ob·struc'tive adj.

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