obstruct (redirected from obstructiveness)

obstruct verb bar, barricade, block, brake, bridle, bring to a standstill, check, choke, circumscribe, congest, countervail, cramp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, disable, embar, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, impede, impedite, inhibit, innerfere with, interrupt, intervene, limit, occlude, oppilate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, restrain, retard, slow down, snag, stall, stand in the way, stay, stem, stop, stop up, stymie, suppress, suspend, terminate, thwart, trammel, trap
Associated concepts: obstruct a lawful authority, obstruct an investigation, obstruct justice, obstructing governmental administration

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See also: abrogate, annul, arrest, balk, ban, bar, block, check, clog, condemn, constrain, constrict, contain, control, counter, counteract, curb, debar, defer, delay, detain, deter, disadvantage, discontinue, disrupt, estop, fight, foil, forbid, forestall, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, interdict, interfere, interpose, interrupt, keep, lock, obturate, occlude, oppose, oppugn, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repulse, resist, restrain, restrict, shut, stall, stave, stay, stem, stifle, stop, suppress, thwart, toll, trammel, withstand