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   obstruction

   /əbˈstrʌkʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed: "walkers could proceed with the minimum of obstruction"
   • ▪ a thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress; an obstacle or blockage: "the tractor hit an obstruction"
   • ▪ (in various sports) the action of unlawfully obstructing a player in the opposing team.
   • ▪ blockage of a bodily passage, especially the gut: "they presented with severe intestinal obstruction"
   • ▪ the action of impeding the movement of traffic on a highway: "they were held for obstruction and other public order offences"
   • ▪ the action of deliberately hindering the police in their duties: "he was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin obstructio(n-), from the verb obstruere (see obstruct).

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   How to use obstruction in a sentence. the state of being obstructed; especially : a condition of being clogged or blocked; an act of obstructing; something that obstructs… See the full definition

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   OBSTRUCTION definition: 1. something that blocks a road, passage, entrance, etc. so that nothing can go along it, or the…. Learn more.

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   Obstruction definition: something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance. See examples of OBSTRUCTION used in a sentence.

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   OBSTRUCTION meaning: 1. something that blocks a road, passage, entrance, etc. so that nothing can go along it, or the…. Learn more.

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   An obstruction blocks things, like a roadblock prevents drivers to enter a street or a piece of food cuts off your windpipe.

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   5 meanings: 1. a person or thing that obstructs 2. the act or an instance of obstructing 3. delay of business, esp in a.... Click for more definitions.

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   the obstruction of justice He was arrested for obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty. The asylum seekers had to contend with continued bureaucratic obstruction.