obstruct.
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
Meaning & usage
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
They obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
Where this word comes from
From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).
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