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OBSTRUCTED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shut off to passage or view or hindered from action
Example:
justice obstructed is not justice
Classified under:
Similar:
barred; barricaded; blockaded (preventing entry or exit or a course of action)
blocked; plugged (completely obstructed or closed off)
choked; clogged (stopped up; clogged up)
deadlocked; stalemated (at a complete standstill because of opposition of two unrelenting forces or factions)
impeded (made difficult or slow)
occluded (closed off)
stopped; stopped-up; stopped up ((of a nose) blocked)
stuffy (affected with a sensation of stoppage or obstruction)
thrombosed (affected with or obstructed by a clot of coagulated blood)
Also:
closed (not open or affording passage or access)
Antonym:
unobstructed (free from impediment or obstruction or hindrance)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb obstruct
