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RELATED WORDS : intestinal obstruction obstruction of justice

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Obstruction has 5 senses

• obstruction(n = noun.artifact) impediment, impedimenta, obstructer, obstructor - any structure that makes progress difficult; Array
has particulars: bar, barrier, blockade, block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage, encumbrance, hinderance, hindrance, hitch, incumbrance, interference, preventative, preventive, obstacle, tumbler
is a kind of construction, structure

• obstruction(n = noun.state) blockage - the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction; Array
is a kind of physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
has particulars: ileus, intestinal obstruction, tamponade, tamponage

• obstruction(n = noun.cognition) obstacle - something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan"
is a kind of balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment
has particulars: barrier, roadblock, hang-up, hitch, rub, snag, hurdle, stymie, stymy

• obstruction(n = noun.act) Array - the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"
is a kind of hinderance, hindrance, interference
has particulars: blockage, closure, occlusion, stall, stalling, obstruction of justice
Derived forms verb obstruct₂, verb obstruct₁

• obstruction(n = noun.act) Array - getting in someone's way; Array
is a kind of maneuver, manoeuvre, play
has particulars: block, blocking, check

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THESAURUS

Obstruction

afterthought, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, bar, barrier, bind, blank wall, blind alley, blind gut, block, blockade, blockage, blocking, bottleneck, bureaucratic delay, catch, cecum, cessation, check, checking, choking, choking off, clog, clogging, closing up, closure, congestion, constipation, constraint, constriction, cordon, costiveness, cramp, cul-de-sac, curtain, dead end, deceleration, delay, delayage, delayed reaction, detainment, detention, determent, deterrent, difficulty, double take, drag, dragging, drawback, ease-off, ease-up, embolism, embolus, fixation, flagging, foot-dragging, forbiddance, forbidding, gorge, halt, halting, hamper, hampering, hang-up, hazard, hindering, hindrance, hitch, holdback, holdup, hurdle, impasse, impediment, impeding, infarct, infarction, inhibition, interference, interim, interruption, jam, joker, lag, lagging, let, letdown, letup, limitation, limiting, logjam, minus acceleration, moratorium, mountain, negativism, nuisance value, objection, obstacle, obstipation, obstructionism, obstructive, occlusion, one small difficulty, opposition, paperasserie, pause, proscription, red tape, red-tapeism, red-tapery, repression, reprieve, resistance, respite, restraint, restriction, retardance, retardation, retardment, rub, sealing off, setback, slack-up, slackening, slow-up, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowness, slowup, snag, squeeze, stay, stay of execution, stop, stoppage, stopping, stranglehold, strangulation, stricture, stumbling block, stumbling stone, suppression, suspension, tie-up, time lag, wait

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Hindrance

N hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes, hindrance, prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage, embolus, embolism, infarct, interruption, interception, interclusion, hindrance, impedition, retardment, retardation, embarrassment, oppilation, coarctation, stricture, restriction, restraint, inhibition, blockade, interference, interposition, obtrusion, discouragement, discountenance, impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag, check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil, bar, stile, barrier, turnstile, turnpike, gate, portcullis, beaver dam, trocha, barricade, wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne, bulkhead, block, buffer, stopper, boom, dam, weir, burrock, drawback, objection, stumbling-block, stumbling-stone, lion in the path, snag, snags and sawyers, encumbrance, incumbrance, clog, skid, shoe, spoke, drag, drag chain, drag weight, stay, stop, preventive, prophylactic, load, burden, fardel, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta, dead weight, lumber, pack, nightmare, Ephialtes, incubus, old man of the sea, remora, difficulty, insuperable, obstacle, estoppel, ill wind, head wind, trammel, tether, hold back, counterpoise, damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot, killjoy, party pooper, party crasher, interloper, trail of a red herring, opponent, hindering, obstructive, obstruent, impeditive, impedient, intercipient, prophylactic, impedimentary, in the way of, unfavorable, onerous, burdensome, cumbrous, cumbersome, obtrusive, hindered, windbound, waterlogged, heavy laden, hard pressed, unassisted &c (assist), single-handed, alone, deserted, occurrent nubes.

Closure

N closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper, closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable, invious, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug.

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