obstruction

Examples

• All

• She has an obstruction that is not allowing the normal peristalsis of the smooth muscle to continue.

  Manglehorn (2015)

• Anyway, I did manage to clear the obstruction out of your outlet pipe.

  Rare Birds (2001)

• - Can you get rid of this obstruction?

  Brute Sanity (2018)

• - It's a traffic obstruction.

  The Theory of the Leisure Class (2001)

• Would you mind removing that obstruction, please.

  Agatha (1979)

• I just want to make sure she doesn't have any obstruction that requires surgery.

  Miracles from Heaven (2016)

• Captain Lynch has informed us that there will be a delay... ...due to an obstruction on the runway.

  Big Trouble (2002)

• Determine if there are any obstructions that block sunlight and shade the installation area.

  Academic text (2012)

• And so they did an ultrasound and the ultrasound showed an obstruction in her bowels.

  Molly Burke

• There was an obstruction in the tunnel, causing the train to stop for hours.

Synonyms

O

obstacle

vsobstruction

298 3.4

A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal

is narrowly about a physical stop of passage or flow rather than any difficulty

B

barrier

vsobstruction

172 2.8

A thing that blocks movement or keeps places apart

is specifically about blocking a passage or flow rather than general separation

I

impediment

vsobstruction

49 7.0

Something that stops or slows progress

is focused on a physical stoppage of a passage or flow rather than general slowness

B

blockage

vsobstruction

34 4.1

Something that blocks a pipe or blood vessel and stops flow

is about a physical thing that stops passage or flow rather than abstract trouble

R

roadblock

vsobstruction

32 3.9

A problem that stops progress or makes a goal hard to reach

is specifically a physical stoppage of a passage or flow rather than a general condition

C

closure

vsobstruction

30 4.4

A blockage that stops liquid or air moving through a pipe

is the physical thing that prevents passage or flow rather than the closing action

B

bottleneck

vsobstruction

21 4.6

A narrow place, like where lanes merge, that slows movement

is any physical stoppage, not only narrow points that cause delays

H

hindrance

vsobstruction

21 5.7

A thing that makes it difficult to do something, like an injury or traffic

is about a concrete physical stoppage of a passage or flow rather than general difficulty

C

clogging

vsobstruction

4 4.6

Something that blocks the normal flow of liquid or traffic

is the actual physical stoppage of passage or flow rather than the causing process

B

barrier to progress

vsobstruction

1 3.9

Something that stops a project or work from moving forward

is a concrete physical stoppage of passage or flow, not a metaphorical prevention

H

hinderance

vsobstruction

1 7.1

Something that makes progress slow or difficult

is a physical thing that stops passage or flow rather than an action or delay

S

stopblock

vsobstruction

1 5.7

A block that keeps a vehicle from moving past the end of a track

is the physical stoppage of a passage or flow rather than just a placed device

O

obstructer

vsobstruction

1 5.8

Someone or something that blocks progress

is limited to a physical stoppage of a passage or flow rather than actions alone

S

stymie

vsobstruction

1 8.4

An obstacle that stops progress

is specifically the physical stoppage of a passage or flow rather than a situational barrier

O

obstructor

vsobstruction

8.1

An object that blocks a path or movement

refers specifically to physical stopping of a passage or flow rather than general slowing

Antonyms

A

access

∞ 2.6

The right to enter and use something like a building or online service

O

opening

101 1.0

A space that lets people move through, for example a door

C

clearance

13 4.2

The amount of space between two things so they do not touch

Compounds

O

obstruction of justice

• Formal

75 8.6

A crime of blocking police or court work on purpose, for example hiding evidence, lying to investigators

I

intestinal obstruction

• Specialized

1 5.8

A blockage in the intestine that stops food and waste moving through

How Obstructive

wall

∞ 1.0

barrier

172 2.8

barricade

71 4.8

obstruction

37 4.4

blockage

34 4.1

narrowing

1 4.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology