obstructed

Examples

• All

• The risks of fistula, as I mentioned, are obstructed delivery and a lack of emergency obstetric care.

  YaleCourses

• In a case like that where it's obstructed, you have no fans.

• And unfortunately, the airflow is going to be largely obstructed in a few key regions.

• meaning the road that's going on high and not being obstructed by all sorts of other things.

• So we took that out and lowered the little shelf so that the handles weren't getting obstructed or pushed down.

• Only when they got to the park and sat down in seats behind a pillar that let him see half the field if he craned to the right, did he realize the letters stood for Obstructed View.

  Fiction book (1992)

• A competent home birth midwife will constantly screen for possible common issues like infection, cord entanglement, fetal distress, obstructed labor, etcetera.

• A SLOW SCAN, someone's OBSTRUCTED POV of Hell.

  Fiction book (2000)

• The fallen tree completely obstructed the road, making it impossible for cars to pass.

• During the storm, the heavy rain obstructed visibility, causing many drivers to slow down.

Synonyms

I

impenetrable

vsobstructed

19 7.3

Not possible to enter or go through

is broader and can mean partial hindrance, not always absolute denial

I

impassable

vsobstructed

13 5.3

A road, path, or area you cannot travel through

describes difficulty of access more broadly, not only travel impossibility

C

clogged

vsobstructed

6 2.8

Stopped from moving or flowing because something is blocking it

covers general difficulty of movement or access, not only slowed flow

B

blocked

vsobstructed

1.7

Closed so nothing can pass through, for example a nose or road

allows broader hindrance of view or action rather than total stoppage

B

barred

vsobstructed

4.1

Prevented from entering or leaving by a barrier

is a general hindrance term, not necessarily caused by barriers

B

barricaded

vsobstructed

5.5

Barriers block a place so people cannot enter or leave

is a wider hindering idea, not only deliberate barrier sealing

O

occluded

vsobstructed

• Specialized

8.0

Stopped so nothing can pass through, like a pipe or a blood vessel

is general hindering, not limited to specific passages or medical use

B

blockaded

vsobstructed

7.2

Unable to enter or leave because barriers block the way, often by force

is any hindrance, not necessarily an enforced or military closure

Antonyms

U

unobstructed

9 4.6

Not blocked so you can see or move through

How Blocked

impassable

13 5.3

obstructed

4.6

narrowed

2.7

unobstructed

9 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology