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What (who) is OBSTRUCTED - definition
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Obstruct; Obstructions; Obstructs; Obstructed; Obstructing; Obstructor; Obstruction (disambiguation)
Obstructed
·Impf & ·p.p. of Obstruct.
obstruct
(obstructs, obstructing, obstructed)
1.
If something obstructs a road or path, it blocks it, stopping people or vehicles getting past.
Tractors and container lorries have completely obstructed the road.
= block
VERB: V n
2.
To obstruct someone or something means to make it difficult for them to move forward by blocking their path.
A number of local people have been arrested for trying to obstruct lorries loaded with logs...
= block
VERB: V n
3.
To obstruct progress or a process means to prevent it from happening properly.
The authorities are obstructing a United Nations investigation.
VERB: V n
4.
If someone or something obstructs your view, they are positioned between you and the thing you are trying to look at, stopping you from seeing it properly.
Claire positioned herself so as not to obstruct David's line of sight.
= block
VERB: V n
obstruct
¦ verb
1. be in the way of; block.
2. prevent or hinder.
Derivatives
obstructor noun
Origin
C16: from L. obstruct-, obstruere 'block up'.
Examples of use of OBSTRUCTED
1. Police stopped traffic using the obstructed part of the road.
2. Had she obstructed the investigation by hiding the billing records?
3. Ambulances and police cars battled to reach the injured as wrecked vehicles obstructed the way.
4. His point is simple: "We are being obstructed because we can win.
5. Their return should not be hampered or obstructed‘‘ by the authorities, the court said.