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Another word for obstruct

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obstruct

v.

To impede with an obstruction
hinder, stop, interfere, terminate; see hinder, prevent, restrain 1.
To place an obstruction
block, clog, barricade; see bar 1. See syn. study at hinder.

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Another word for obstruct

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To interfere with the progress of:
bog (down), encumber, hinder, hold back, impede. Idiom: get in the way of. See help, open
To stop or prevent passage of:
bar, block, dam, impede. Idiom: be (or stand) in the way of. See open
To cut off from sight:
block (out), conceal, hide¹, obscure, screen, shroud, shut off (or out). See show

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"You cannot obstruct Death," Gabriel warned.
The same methods enabled them to obstruct the election of Republican and Independent candidates.
Through an orifice in the outlet pipe (which is closed during the distillation by a loose plug) a hot iron rod can be introduced from time to time to clear away any solid zinc that may threaten to obstruct it.
It is greatest, about 53 in., on the east slope of Catoctin Mountain, owing to the elevations which obstruct the moisture-bearing winds, and is above the average along the middle of the shores of the Chesapeake.
By this arrangement the long cross tube becomes unnecessary, and neither the pier nor the observatory obstruct the view of objects above the horizon near lower transit as is the case in Loewy's form.

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