Synonyms for obstruct
əbˈstrʌktob·struct

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1. obstruct

   To obstruct is literally to build up against; the road is obstructed by fallen trees; the passage of liquid through a tube is obstructed by solid deposits. We may hinder one's advance by following and clinging to him; we obstruct his course by standing in his way or putting a barrier across his path. Anything that makes one's progress slower, whether from within or from without, impedes; an obstruction is always from without. To arrest is to cause to stop suddenly; obstructing the way may have the effect of arresting progress. Compare HINDER; IMPEDIMENT.

   Synonyms:
   arrest, bar, barricade, check, choke, clog, embarrass, hinder, impede, interrupt, oppose, retard, stay, stop

   Antonyms:
   accelerate, advance, aid, clear, facilitate, forward, free, further, open, pave the way for, promote

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1. obstruct

   Synonyms:
   bar, block, choke, hinder, impede, interrupt, retard, clog

   Antonyms:
   open, clear, pave, facilitate, expedite, further, advance, promote, accelerate, aid

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1. obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie, stymy, embarrassverb

   hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

   "His brother blocked him at every turn"

   Synonyms:
   block up, lug, immobilize, seal off, obturate, handicap, jam, block off, close up, blank out, freeze, abash, deflect, parry, embarrass, kibosh, draw a blank, hamper, hinder, impede, block, forget, stop, stuff, stymy, blockade, immobilise, bar, occlude, barricade, halt, choke up, stymie

   Antonyms:
   free, disengage

2. obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close upverb

   block passage through

   "obstruct the path"

   Synonyms:
   immobilize, close, button up, fold, block up, crush, lug, halt, ram, obturate, jam, pile, pack, block off, close up, blank out, mob, freeze, deflect, parry, stop, embarrass, shut up, kibosh, draw a blank, hinder, impede, block, clam up, forget, chock up, throng, stuff, stymy, blockade, immobilise, bar, be quiet, occlude, barricade, dummy up, cram, wad, keep mum, choke up, jampack, stymie, shut down, belt up, close down

   Antonyms:
   free, disengage

3. obstruct, blockverb

   shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

   "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"; "The trees obstruct my view of the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   stuff, kibosh, choke up, blockade, immobilise, hinder, freeze, block off, stymie, obturate, blank out, close up, lug, barricade, block, stymy, impede, bar, halt, block up, forget, draw a blank, parry, stop, deflect, embarrass, immobilize, jam, occlude

   Antonyms:
   disengage, free

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1. choke (verb)

   stop growth

   plants can be choked by grass, and grass can be choked off by weeds

   Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019  

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1. obstructverb

   Synonyms:
   close, bar, stop, blockade, barricade, block up, dam up

2. obstructverb

   Synonyms:
   hinder, impede, oppose, retard

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1. obstructverb

   Synonyms:
   impede, oppose, retard, barricade, blockade, clog, interrupt, bar, restrain

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1. List of paraphrases for "obstruct":

   hinder, impede, hamper, block, clog, prevent, inhibit

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How to use obstruct in a sentence?

1. Sir John Sawers:

   That's much harder to stop and obstruct as an intelligence service.

2. Robert Dunham:

   2019 came close to being the year of executing the innocent, our courts and public officials too frequently flat out ignore potentially deadly mistakes, and often take steps to obstruct the truth.

3. Jesse Evans:

   That is not the standard the court must look at, prosecutor Jesse Evans must look at whether the defendant had the intention of obstructing and influencing the investigation, and that is the purpose of Gregory McMichael phone call, to show that he wanted to influence and obstruct this.

4. Donald Trump:

   I also learned -- and this is very sad, because we have a country that we have to take care of -- the Democrats have been totally obstructionist. Chuck Schumer has turned out to be a bad leader. He's a bad leader for the country. And the Democrats are extremely obstructionist, all they do is obstruct. All they do is delay.

5. Robert Dunham:

   Our courts and public officials too frequently flat out ignore potentially deadly mistakes, and often take steps to obstruct the truth, that is one of the reasons why public support for the death penalty continues to fall.