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Obstruct

//əbˈstɹʌkt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
  2. 2
    block passage through wordnet
  3. 3
    To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.

    "They obstructed my progress."

  4. 4
    shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight wordnet
  5. 5
    To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
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  1. 6
    hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of wordnet

Etymology

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).

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