obstruct
(verb)
verb
1. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
Similar word(s): block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, stymie, stymy
Definition categories: social, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
2. block passage through
- obstruct the path
Similar word(s): block, impede, jam, obturate, occlude
Definition categories: contact, hinder, impede
3. shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
- The trees obstruct my view of the mountains
Similar word(s): block
Definition categories: perception, conceal, hide