Pass on, please, and do not obstruct the way.
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Obstruct
//əbˈstɹʌkt//
Synonyms for "obstruct" (191 found)
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Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (57)
Related words (95)
hold offhold upinhibitinterfere withinterruptjamkeepkeep at baykeep backkeep offlaglet downlet uplocklose groundlose momentumlose speedmake latemoderateobstipate
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obturateoccludeopposepackparryplugplug upprecludeprohibitpush backput backrebuffreefreinrein inrelaxrepelrepulseresistrestrainsabotagescreenset backshroudshut offshut outshut tightslack offslack upslackenslowslow downslow upspilesqueezesqueeze shutstallstanchstand in the waystave offstaystenchstiflestopstop upstopperstopplestranglestrangulatestuffstuff upsuffocatesuppresstake in sailthrottlethrottle downtrammeltraverseturn asideward off
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94 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سد verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Asturian
4 entries- ancultar verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
- desapaecer verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
- entorgar verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- entupecer verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Bulgarian
4 entries- запречвам verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- затруднявам verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- преграждам verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- преча verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Catalan
2 entries- obstruir verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- obstruir verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 擋住 /挡住 verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- 阻擋 /阻挡 verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Czech
4 entries- bránit verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- překážet verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- ucpat verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- zablokovat verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Dutch
1 entries- zicht belemmeren verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
Finnish
3 entries- estää verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- peittää verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
- tukkia verb (To block or fill (a passage))
French
4 entries- bloquer verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- interférer verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- obstruer verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- obstruer verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
German
2 entries- behindern verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- versperren verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Hawaiian
4 entries- hoʻokeʻa verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- hoʻokeʻa verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- keʻa verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- keʻa verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Irish
1 entries- cuir isteach ar verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Italian
3 entries- ostacolare verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- ostruire verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- ostruire verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
Japanese
1 entries- ふさぐ verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Korean
1 entries- 먹통 verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Latin
4 entries- obstruō verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- obstō verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- obstō verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- officio verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Māori
4 entries- kōpeka verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- whakaapi verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- whakaapi verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- whakahōtaetae verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Portuguese
4 entries- entupir verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- esconder verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
- obstruir verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- obstruir verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Romanian
4 entries- astupa verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- bloca verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- obtura verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- împiedica verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Russian
4 entries- загора́живать verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- загора́живать verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
- загороди́ть verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- заслони́ть verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- ometati verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- zakloniti verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
- zapriječiti verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Sikkimese
2 entries- བཀག verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- བཀག verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Spanish
4 entries- atorar verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- entorpecer verb (To block or fill (a passage))
- entorpecer verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
- esconder verb (To get in the way of so as to hide from sight)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chắn verb (To block or fill (a passage))
Yiddish
1 entries- אָבסטרויִרן verb (To impede, retard, or interfere with)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
One of the visitors cried out to obstruct the proceedings.
Source: tatoeba (321110)
It's a natural process of ageing that can obstruct or block the flow of urine.
Source: tatoeba (10756559)
The charges of conspiracy to obstruct justice, withholding and corruptly concealing a document or record, and concealing a document in a federal investigation carry up to 20 years in prison.
Source: tatoeba (12055275)
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