Obstruct
verb
To block or fill with objects or to make it difficult for something to move or progress.
The accident obstructed traffic for several hours.
Often appears as...
- obstruct view
- obstruct path
verb
To prevent or hinder someone from doing something or to interrupt or delay a process or action.
They were accused of obstructing the police in the performance of their duties.
Often appears as...
- obstruct justice
- obstruct investigation
verb
To block or close up with an obstacle, make difficult to pass.
Our view was obstructed by the man sitting in front of us.
Often appears as...
- obstruct view
- obstruct pathway
verb
To block or close a body passage, restricting normal flow or passage of a substance.
The tumor could obstruct the esophagus, making it difficult to swallow.
Often appears as...
- obstruct airflow
- obstruct blood flow
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Technical
verb
To block or fill with objects or to make it difficult for something to move or progress.
The accident obstructed traffic for several hours.
Often appears as...
- obstruct view
- obstruct path
verb
To prevent or hinder someone from doing something or to interrupt or delay a process or action.
They were accused of obstructing the police in the performance of their duties.
Often appears as...
- obstruct justice
- obstruct investigation
verb
To block or close up with an obstacle, make difficult to pass.
Our view was obstructed by the man sitting in front of us.
Often appears as...
- obstruct view
- obstruct pathway
verb
To block or close a body passage, restricting normal flow or passage of a substance.
The tumor could obstruct the esophagus, making it difficult to swallow.
Often appears as...
- obstruct airflow
- obstruct blood flow
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barriers
Often used when something physically stops movement or visibility.
A fallen tree obstructed the hiking trail.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe non-physical barriers to progress or success.
Bureaucratic red tape can often obstruct innovation.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Obstruction
Implies a deliberate action to block something.
The protester obstructed the road intentionally.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barriers
Often used when something physically stops movement or visibility.
A fallen tree obstructed the hiking trail.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe non-physical barriers to progress or success.
Bureaucratic red tape can often obstruct innovation.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Obstruction
Implies a deliberate action to block something.
The protester obstructed the road intentionally.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barriers
Often used when something physically stops movement or visibility.
A fallen tree obstructed the hiking trail.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
Can describe non-physical barriers to progress or success.
Bureaucratic red tape can often obstruct innovation.
Pro Tip 3/3Active Obstruction
Implies a deliberate action to block something.
The protester obstructed the road intentionally.
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has suggested that we can actually direct their evolution through simple disease-control methods. By mosquito-proofing houses, establishing clean water systems, or staying home when we get a cold, we can obstruct the transmission strategies of harmful germs while creating a greater dependence on host mobility.
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Daniel Libeskind's 17...
that have obstructed the mind in moving forward and of course what is radical is to confront them. And I think our architecture is a confrontation with our own senses. Therefore I believe it should not be cool. There is a lot of appreciation for the kind of cool architecture.
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How the Suez Canal...
But in the Suez Canal, it was a global crisis. This vessel wasn’t just blocking other ships— It was obstructing the flow of international trade through one of the world’s most important waterways. The site of the Suez Canal has been of interest to rulers of this region
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What is Alzheimer's...
to pass through freely. But in Alzheimer's disease, the protein collapses into twisted strands or tangles, making the tubes disintegrate, obstructing nutrients from reaching the nerve cell and leading to cell death. The destructive pairing of plaques and tangles
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How to escape...
It shouldn't obstruct it, which of course it often does. So in place of curiosity, what we have is a culture of compliance. Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than to excite that power of imagination and curiosity.
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Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
She got pregnant, ran to the bush to have the baby, but you know, her body was very immature, and she ended up having obstructed labor. The baby died, and she ended up with a fistula. So that meant she was incontinent; she couldn't control her wastes.
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How blood pressure works...
it causes a stroke. Dangerously clogged blood vessels can be widened by a procedure called an angioplasty. There, doctors thread a wire through the vessel to the obstructed site, and then place a deflated balloon catheter over the wire.
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How this disease changes...
A pileup in the lungs can produce fevers and difficulty breathing. A clog near the eye can cause vision problems and retinal detachment. And if the obstructed vessels supply the brain the patient could even suffer a stroke.
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How do ventilators work?...
Asthma can lead to inflamed airways which obstruct oxygen. And pneumonia, often triggered by bacterial or viral infections, attacks the alveoli themselves. Invading pathogens kill lung cells,
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Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
eat here he is still looking at something and I'm just going to now move a little bit afraid so that we don't see we don't get obstructed by the other vehicle who are also looking for a
Video examples
How do germs spread (and...
has suggested that we can actually direct their evolution through simple disease-control methods. By mosquito-proofing houses, establishing clean water systems, or staying home when we get a cold, we can obstruct the transmission strategies of harmful germs while creating a greater dependence on host mobility.
Video examples
Daniel Libeskind's 17...
that have obstructed the mind in moving forward and of course what is radical is to confront them. And I think our architecture is a confrontation with our own senses. Therefore I believe it should not be cool. There is a lot of appreciation for the kind of cool architecture.
Video examples
How the Suez Canal...
But in the Suez Canal, it was a global crisis. This vessel wasn’t just blocking other ships— It was obstructing the flow of international trade through one of the world’s most important waterways. The site of the Suez Canal has been of interest to rulers of this region
Video examples
What is Alzheimer's...
to pass through freely. But in Alzheimer's disease, the protein collapses into twisted strands or tangles, making the tubes disintegrate, obstructing nutrients from reaching the nerve cell and leading to cell death. The destructive pairing of plaques and tangles
Video examples
How to escape...
It shouldn't obstruct it, which of course it often does. So in place of curiosity, what we have is a culture of compliance. Our children and teachers are encouraged to follow routine algorithms rather than to excite that power of imagination and curiosity.
Video examples
Sheryl WuDunn: Our...
She got pregnant, ran to the bush to have the baby, but you know, her body was very immature, and she ended up having obstructed labor. The baby died, and she ended up with a fistula. So that meant she was incontinent; she couldn't control her wastes.
Video examples
How blood pressure works...
it causes a stroke. Dangerously clogged blood vessels can be widened by a procedure called an angioplasty. There, doctors thread a wire through the vessel to the obstructed site, and then place a deflated balloon catheter over the wire.
Video examples
How this disease changes...
A pileup in the lungs can produce fevers and difficulty breathing. A clog near the eye can cause vision problems and retinal detachment. And if the obstructed vessels supply the brain the patient could even suffer a stroke.
Video examples
How do ventilators work?...
Asthma can lead to inflamed airways which obstruct oxygen. And pneumonia, often triggered by bacterial or viral infections, attacks the alveoli themselves. Invading pathogens kill lung cells,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 261 PIPE...
eat here he is still looking at something and I'm just going to now move a little bit afraid so that we don't see we don't get obstructed by the other vehicle who are also looking for a
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John le Carre
English Writer
The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.
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J. Edgar Hoover
American Public Servant
I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.
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Kevin Olusola
American Musician
With an arena, it sounds so big and full sometimes it can obstruct the way we sing because we're hearing so much slapback and things like that.
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Steven Weber
American Actor
If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on its own merits.
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Margaret Cavendish
English Writer
For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.
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Sophia Loren
Italian Actress
A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
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James Mill
English Historian
Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
While Democrats spent the year of 2019 obstructing, President Trump spent the year achieving.
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Pete Buttigieg
American Politician
We've never been a party to obstruct for obstruction sake.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.
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John le Carre
English Writer
The longing we have to communicate cleanly and directly with people is always obstructed by qualifications and often with concern about how our messages will be received.
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J. Edgar Hoover
American Public Servant
I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce.
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Kevin Olusola
American Musician
With an arena, it sounds so big and full sometimes it can obstruct the way we sing because we're hearing so much slapback and things like that.
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Steven Weber
American Actor
If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on its own merits.
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Margaret Cavendish
English Writer
For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.
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Sophia Loren
Italian Actress
A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view.
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James Mill
English Historian
Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all.
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Kayleigh McEnany
American Public Servant
While Democrats spent the year of 2019 obstructing, President Trump spent the year achieving.
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Pete Buttigieg
American Politician
We've never been a party to obstruct for obstruction sake.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.
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