obstruct

Meaning

Verb

  • To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
  • To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
  • To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

Origin

  • From Latin past participle stem obstructus, from verb obstruere, from ob + struere

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