obstruct
- To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
- To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
- To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/əbˈstɹʌkt/
Etymology
From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).
Hinder
block the way
interfere with
be in the way
stand in the way of
obstruer
ostruire
versperren
obstruir
obstruir
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