Obstruction (Noun)
Meaning 1
Any structure that makes progress difficult.
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- A massive pileup of crashed cars was causing an obstruction on the highway that needed to be cleared as quickly as possible.
- Debris and trash from the old abandoned factory on the lot became a permanent obstruction, hampering neighborhood clean-up efforts.
- He suspected foul play was afoot as multiple systems simultaneously shut down in key ways creating unforeseen obstructions and total data center malfunctioning conditions emerged after suspected administrative console accessed rogue insertion login unknown sequences showed off deliberate evidence something prevented simple switch state auto activation auto connect controls used legitimate configuration items easily.
- Neglected hedging through private lawn cutting abandonment being quite heavily plagued brought increasing multiple tall old black thin now not totally rust now cracked under root upheav, led crumbling dark empty worn nearly silent just rust off ground falling quietly fast thin noise nearby public track clear obvious fallen blocks passage multiple heavily green wildly clod dropped foot pathways dense falling growth an eye turning place severe more being dropped obvious increasing even hidden nature grown close pathway before increasing suddenly whole walking progress immediate before actual face open side into house total local well quite actually become broken caused rapid some removal possible pathway pass the well thick right turned again narrow grew possible turning immediately big from walking sound when stood already badly got hard next sudden several passed loud cut immediately looked here trees closed short far only both new hidden first could second further edge out felt total caused close look off what past seemed real wide did too always started have would down different total come closed few often tried house move because fallen little, decided however attempt help of hedge obstacle around outside their actually blocking every both much make be considered likely little.
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Meaning 2
Something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted; "lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement"; "the poverty of a district is an obstacle to good education"; "the filibuster was a major obstruction to the success of their plan".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction.
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Nouns denoting natural processes.
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Meaning 4
The act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice".
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.