"obstruction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-obstruction.wav [Southern-England] Forms: obstructions [plural]
Etymology: From Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*strew-}}, {{der|en|la|obstructio||hindrance}} Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), {{m|la|obstruo||build against, block, stop}} obstruo (“build against, block, stop”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} obstruction (countable and uncountable, plural obstructions)
  1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of obstructing): խոչընդոտում (xočʿəndotum) (Armenian), խափանում (xapʿanum) (Armenian), преграждане (pregraždane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), блокиране (blokirane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), obstrucció [feminine] (Catalan), belemmering [feminine] (Dutch), obstructie [feminine] (Dutch), estäminen (Finnish), obstruction [feminine] (French), Obstruktion [feminine] (German), Verhinderung [feminine] (German), Blockierung [feminine] (German), Störung [feminine] (German), akadályozás (Hungarian), obstrukció (english: filibustering) (Hungarian), obstruksi (Indonesian), ostruzione [feminine] (Italian), obstructiō [feminine] (Latin), अडथळा (aḍathḷā) [masculine] (Marathi), अवरोध (avrodh) [masculine] (Marathi), obstrução [feminine] (Portuguese), împiedicare (Romanian), obstrucționare (Romanian), blocare [feminine] (Romanian), obstrucție [feminine] (Romanian), препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) [neuter] (Russian), обстру́кция (obstrúkcija) [feminine] (Russian), препя́тствование (prepjátstvovanije) [neuter] (Russian), amaladh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), opstrukcija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ometanje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), obstrucción [feminine] (Spanish), engel olma (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-obstruction-en-noun-O~bUvcCZ Disambiguation of 'the act of obstructing': 81 8 11
  2. Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: obstacle, impediment, hindrance Translations (that which obstructs or impedes): пречка (prečka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), затруднение (zatrudnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), obstrucció [feminine] (Catalan), obstructie [feminine] (Dutch), obstakel [neuter] (Dutch), hindernis [neuter] (Dutch), este (Finnish), tukkeuma (Finnish), obstruction [feminine] (French), Sperre [feminine] (German), Hindernis [neuter] (German), Verschluss [masculine] (German), akadály (Hungarian), ostruzione [feminine] (Italian), obstructiō [feminine] (Latin), hōtaetae (Maori), obstrução [feminine] (Portuguese), obstrucție [feminine] (Romanian), препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) [neuter] (Russian), amaladh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), opstrukcija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ometalo [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), obstrucción (Spanish), ఆటంకం (āṭaṅkaṁ) (Telugu), అడ్డం (aḍḍaṁ) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-obstruction-en-noun-JxqlhqCN Disambiguation of 'that which obstructs or impedes': 12 75 13
  3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-obstruction-en-noun-adXCuqGB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English links with redundant alt parameters, English links with redundant wikilinks Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 22 44 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 31 22 47 Disambiguation of English links with redundant alt parameters: 32 23 45 Disambiguation of English links with redundant wikilinks: 32 23 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: block, hindrance, impedance, roadblock, stop Derived forms: bowel obstruction, deobstruction, intestinal obstruction, nasal obstruction, obstruction of justice, pseudo-obstruction

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          "sense": "the act of obstructing",
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          "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
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          "word": "este"
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          "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
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          "word": "Sperre"
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          "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
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          "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
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          "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
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          "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
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          "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
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          "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
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          "lang": "Telugu",
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          "word": "ఆటంకం"
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          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "aḍḍaṁ",
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          "word": "అడ్డం"
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        "The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death."
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}
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    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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      "word": "bowel obstruction"
    },
    {
      "word": "deobstruction"
    },
    {
      "word": "intestinal obstruction"
    },
    {
      "word": "nasal obstruction"
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          "word": "hindrance"
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          "vital",
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      "ipa": "/əbˈstɹʌk.ʃən/",
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      "word": "block"
    },
    {
      "word": "hindrance"
    },
    {
      "word": "impedance"
    },
    {
      "word": "roadblock"
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    {
      "word": "stop"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xočʿəndotum",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "խոչընդոտում"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "xapʿanum",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "խափանում"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pregraždane",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "преграждане"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blokirane",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "блокиране"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstrucció"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "belemmering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstructie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "estäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstruction"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Obstruktion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verhinderung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Blockierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Störung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "akadályozás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "filibustering",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "obstrukció"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "obstruksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostruzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstructiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "aḍathḷā",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अडथळा"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "avrodh",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अवरोध"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstrução"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "împiedicare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "obstrucționare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blocare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstrucție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvije",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "препя́тствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obstrúkcija",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "обстру́кция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvovanije",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "препя́тствование"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amaladh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opstrukcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ometanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstrucción"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the act of obstructing",
      "word": "engel olma"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prečka",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "пречка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zatrudnenie",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "затруднение"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstrucció"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstructie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "obstakel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hindernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "word": "este"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "word": "tukkeuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstruction"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sperre"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hindernis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Verschluss"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "word": "akadály"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ostruzione"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstructiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "word": "hōtaetae"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstrução"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "obstrucție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvije",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "препя́тствие"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amaladh"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "opstrukcija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ometalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "word": "obstrucción"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "āṭaṅkaṁ",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "word": "ఆటంకం"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "aḍḍaṁ",
      "sense": "that which obstructs or impedes",
      "word": "అడ్డం"
    }
  ],
  "word": "obstruction"
}

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