English > obstruct: 3 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrass |
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| Narrower | bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction |
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| check | Block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey |
| filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying |
| hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury |
| stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
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| Spanish | apenar, bloquear, dificultar, entorpecer, estorbar, impedir, obstaculizar, obstruir |
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| Catalan | dificultar, obstaculitzar, obstruir |
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| Nouns | obstruction | the act of obstructing / obstructing |
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| obstructor, obstructer | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |
English > obstruct: 3 senses > verb 2, contact| Meaning | Block passage through. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "obstruct the path" |
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| Synonyms | obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up |
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| Narrower | barricade, barricado | block off with barricades |
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| barricade | prevent access to by barricading |
| barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar | Render unsuitable for passage |
| blockade, block off | obstruct access to |
| clog, choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul | Become or cause to become obstructed |
| dam, dam up | obstruct with, or as if with, a dam |
| land up, earth up | Block with earth, as after a landslide |
| screen, block out | prevent from entering |
| suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke | impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of |
| tie up | Restrain from moving or operating normally |
| Broader | impede, hinder | Be a hindrance or obstacle to |
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| Opposite | free, disengage | Free or remove obstruction from |
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| Spanish | bloquear, entorpecer, estorbar, obstaculizar, obstruir, ocluir |
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| Catalan | blocar, obstruir |
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| Adjectives | obstructive | preventing movement |
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| Nouns | obstruction | the act of obstructing / obstructing |
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| obstructor, obstructer | any structure that makes progress difficult |
