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noun
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.