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unobstruct

unobstruct verb: to free from an obstruction.

Verb

unobstruct (third-person singular simple present unobstructs, present participle unobstructing, simple past and past participle unobstructed)

  1. (transitive) To free from an obstruction.
    • […] a pivoted device movable in one direction by the plunger, and means for moving said pivoted device in the other direction to engage the head of a nail when the plunger is moved to unobstruct the feed channel.1909, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 30

Forms of unobstruct

third-person singular presentunobstructs
present participleunobstructing
past participleunobstructed
pastunobstructed

Origin of unobstruct

From un- + obstruct.

Questions about unobstruct

What does unobstruct mean?
Unobstruct means to free from an obstruction.
What part of speech is unobstruct?
Unobstruct is a verb.
What is the past tense of unobstruct?
The past tense of unobstruct is unobstructed.

Words near unobstruct in the dictionary

  1. unobsessive
  2. unobsessively
  3. unobsolete
  4. unobstinate
  5. unobstreperous
  6. unobstruct
  7. unobstructable
  8. unobstructed
  9. unobstructedly
  10. unobstructedness
  11. unobstructible

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