Meaning | Shut off to passage or view or hindered from action. |
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Examples | - "a partially obstructed passageway"
- "an obstructed view"
- "justice obstructed is not justice"
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Narrower | barricaded, barred, blockaded | preventing entry or exit or a course of action |
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blocked, plugged | Completely obstructed or closed off |
choked, clogged | stopped up |
deadlocked, stalemated | At a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions |
impeded | made difficult or slow |
occluded | Closed off |
stopped, stopped-up, stopped up | (of a nose) blocked |
stuffy | affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction |
thrombosed | affected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood |
See also | closed | not open or affording passage or access |
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Opposite | unobstructed | Free from impediment / impediment or obstruction or hindrance |
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Spanish | obstruido |
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