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Antonyms for obstructed
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uhb-struhkt |
Phonetic Transcription : əbˈstrʌkt |
Definition of obstructed
Origin :- 1610s, a back-formation from obstruction or else from Latin obstructus, past participle of obstruere "to block, to stop up" (see obstruction). Related: Obstructed; obstructing.
- verb prevent, restrict
- After a time it was obstructed by the top of a fallen basswood.
- Extract from : « Blazed Trail Stories » by Stewart Edward White
- There was a collision, the track was obstructed, and only the 7th and 8th Georgia got through.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- The window opened to the east, and the view was obstructed only by the boughs of the tree.
- Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
- The position was entrenched, and the approaches were obstructed by felled timber.
- Extract from : « From Fort Henry to Corinth » by Manning Ferguson Force
- It is hard to discover why either play should have been obstructed.
- Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson
- The others could not follow, because of Big Waller and the artist, who obstructed the path.
- Extract from : « The Wild Man of the West » by R.M. Ballantyne
- At full gallop the force started for the entrance, now not obstructed.
- Extract from : « A Lieutenant at Eighteen » by Oliver Optic
- He obstructed the draft as adroitly as he could, claiming inequities.
- Extract from : « Between the Lines » by Henry Bascom Smith
- If your obstructed mind could but comprehend your father's thoughts!
- Extract from : « Foma Gordyeff » by Maxim Gorky
- The chimney may be obstructed by soot or some foreign material.
- Extract from : « The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) » by Various
Synonyms for obstructed
- arrest
- bar
- barricade
- block
- check
- choke
- clog
- close
- congest
- crab
- curb
- cut off
- drag one's feet
- fill
- foul up
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- hang up
- hide
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- mask
- monkey with
- obscure
- occlude
- plug
- restrain
- retard
- sandbag
- shield
- shut off
- slow down
- stall
- stonewall
- stop
- stopper
- stymie
- terminate
- throttle
- thwart
- trammel
- weigh down
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