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obstruct

Canada, US, UK/əbˈstɹʌkt/Australia, New Zealand/əbˈstɹɐkt/

verb

What it means

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

    Synonyms: block

  2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.

    They obstructed my progress.

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

In a sentence

They obstructed my progress.

Where it comes from

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).

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