Nearby Words
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; < Latin obstructus (past participle of obstruere to build or pile up in the way, bar). See ob-, construct
1605–15; < Latin obstructus (past participle 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
EXPANDnon·ob·struc·tive, adjective
non·ob·struc·tive·ly, adverb
non·ob·struc·tive·ness, noun
pre·ob·struct, verb (used with object)
un·ob·struct·ed, adjective
un·ob·struc·tive, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. stop, choke, clog, hinder, impede, prevent; check, slow, retard, arrest.
1. stop, choke, clog, hinder, impede, prevent; check, slow, retard, arrest.
Antonyms
1. encourage, further.
1. encourage, further.
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Obstructing
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
obstruct
1610s, from L. obstructus, pp. of obstruere "to block, to stop up" (see obstruction). Related: Obstructed; obstructing.
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Medical Dictionary
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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