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obstruction

Syllabification: (ob·struc·tion)

Definition of obstruction

the action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed:they faced obstruction in carrying out their research 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 on the opposing team.
Medicine blockage of a bodily passageway, as the intestines.
Law the action of deliberately hindering a legal process.

Origin:

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

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