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obstruct

/əbˈstɹʌkt/

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Australia/əbˈstɹɐkt/

obstruct verb: to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.

Verb

obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)

  1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
    Synonyms:
    block
  2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
    • They obstructed my progress.
  3. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

obstruct meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

obstruct in Hindi

to obstruct, interfere, block
अड़ाना aṛānā

obstruct in Tamil

குறுக்கிடு, தடையளி, மறி, தடை செய், முட்டுக்கட்டை போடு, இடைஞ்சல் விளை

obstruct in Marathi

अडथळा आणायला

obstruct in Urdu

آڑے آنا, مزاحم ہونا, پچر مارنا, پخ لگانا, راہ میں روڑے ڈالنا, رخنہ ڈالنا
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obstruct in Bengali
বাধা দেওয়া, পথ রোধ করা
obstruct in Telugu
అడ్డగించు aḍḍagiñcu
obstruct in Malayalam
ഉടക്കുക uṭakkuka
obstruct in Kannada
ತಡೆ taḍe
obstruct in Odia
ଖଣ୍ଡିବା khaṇḍibā, ରୁହାଇବା ruhāibā
obstruct in Sanskrit
रुध् rudh
obstruct in Vietnamese
chắn

Examples of obstruct in a sentence

  • Angioplasty is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins.
  • The gossypiboma obstructed the patient's bowel.
  • Pousha obstruct the enemy’s path and spell-wind forces with their infatuative power.

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Synonyms of obstruct

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Antonyms

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Forms of obstruct

third-person singular presentobstructs
present participleobstructing
past participleobstructed
pastobstructed

Past tense of obstruct: obstructed

Origin of obstruct

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).

Words formed from obstruct

Words that rhyme with obstruct

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Questions about obstruct

What does obstruct mean?
Obstruct means to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
What is obstruct in Hindi?
Obstruct in Hindi is अड़ाना (aṛānā). See Obstruct meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is obstruct?
Obstruct is a verb.
How do you pronounce obstruct?
Obstruct is pronounced /əbˈstɹʌkt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of obstruct?
The past tense of obstruct is obstructed.

Words near obstruct in the dictionary

  1. obstringed
  2. obstropalous
  3. obstropolous
  4. obstropulous
  5. obstropulousness
  6. obstruct
  7. obstruct the field
  8. obstructable
  9. obstructant
  10. obstructants
  11. obstructed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: obstruct (page history and authors); अड़ाना (Hindi) (page history and authors); obstruct (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obstruct (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); obstruct (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Obstruct (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అడ్డగించు (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഉടക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ತಡೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ଖଣ୍ଡିବା (Odia) (page history and authors); रुध् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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