Obstruction
[əb'strʌkʃ(ə)n]
Definition
(noun.) getting in someone's way.
(noun.) the act of obstructing; 'obstruction of justice'.
(noun.) any structure that makes progress difficult.
(noun.) the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction.
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Definition
(n.) The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
(n.) That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
(n.) The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Hinderance, obstacle, impediment, barrier, check, difficulty.
Typist: Waldo
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Hinderance, obstacle, impediment,[See OBSTACLE]
Editor: Winthrop
Examples
- Safety clutches are numerous, by which the machine is quickly and automatically stopped by the action of electro-magnets should a workman or other obstruction be caught in the machinery. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Corporation laws, however, give less obstruction to the free circulation of stock from one place to another, than to that of labour. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Isolation of subject matter from a social context is the chief obstruction in current practice to securing a general training of mind. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The obstruction which corporation laws give to the free circulation of labour is common, I believe, to every part of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- His first important invention was the duplex, by which two messages could be sent over the same wire in opposite directions at the same time without any confusion or obstruction to each other. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The river being high the rush of water through the cut was so great that in a very short time the entire obstruction was washed away. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were at once the deepest puzzle, the strongest obstruction, and the keenest stimulus, I had ever felt. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Smith and McCall found no obstruction in the way of their advance until they came up to the succession of ponds, before describes, at Resaca. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- How far we traversed the tunnel in this manner I do not know, but presently we came to an obstruction which blocked our further progress. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- She was aware of him sitting silently there, an unthinkable evil obstruction. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Think of meeting this style of obstruction in a narrow trail. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- At the power house the canal is furnished with a gate, and with cribs to keep back the obstructions, such as sticks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Hooker was off bright and early, with no obstructions in his front but distance and the destruction above named. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
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