Synonyms for obstruction
əbˈstrʌk ʃənob·struc·tion

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1. obstructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   impedance, stopnoun, hindrance, roadblock, blocknoun

2. obstructionnoun

   The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

   Synonyms:
   blocknoun, stopnoun, hindrance, impedance, roadblock

3. obstructionnoun

   That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.

   Synonyms:
   roadblock, stopnoun, hindrance, impedance, blocknoun

4. obstructionnoun

   The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.

   Synonyms:
   impedance, hindrance, blocknoun, stopnoun, roadblock

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1. obstruction

   A bar is something that is or may be firmly fixed, ordinarily with intent to prevent entrance or egress; as, the bars of a prison cell; the bars of a wood-lot. A barrier obstructs, but is not necessarily impassable. Barrier is used of objects more extensive than those to which bar is ordinarily applied. A mountain range may be a barrier to exploration; but a mass of sand across the entrance to a harbor is called a bar. Discovered falsehood is a bar to confidence. Barricade has become practically a technical name for an improvised street fortification, and, unless in some way modified, is usually so understood. A parapet is a low or breast-high wall, as about the edge of a roof, terrace, etc., especially, in military use, such a wall for the protection of troops; a rampart is the embankment surrounding a fort, on which the parapet is raised; the word rampart is often used as including the parapet. Bulwark is a general word for any defensive wall or rampart; its only technical use at present is in nautical language, where it signifies the raised side of a ship above the upper deck, topped by the rail. Compare BOUNDARY; IMPEDIMENT.

   Synonyms:
   bar, barricade, barrier, breastwork, bulwark, hindrance, obstacle, parapet, prohibition, rampart, restraint, restriction

   Antonyms:
   admittance, entrance, opening, passage, road, thoroughfare, transit, way

   Preposition:
   A barrier to progress, against invasion; a barrier between nations.

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1. obstruction

   Synonyms:
   hinderance, obstacle, impediment

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1. obstruction, obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimentanoun

   any structure that makes progress difficult

   Synonyms:
   impediment, obstructor, baulk, obstructionist, deterrent, impedimenta, handicap, balk, check, blockage, thwarter, hinderance, hindrance, resister, obstructer, obstacle

2. obstruction, blockagenoun

   the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

   Synonyms:
   impedimenta, block, closure, obstructer, stop, obstructor, occlusion, impediment, obstacle, blockage, stoppage

3. obstacle, obstructionnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   obstructer, impediment, obstacle, obstructor, blockage, impedimenta

4. obstructionnoun

   the act of obstructing

   "obstruction of justice"

   Synonyms:
   impediment, obstacle, obstructor, blockage, impedimenta, obstructer

5. obstructionnoun

   getting in someone's way

   Synonyms:
   impediment, obstacle, obstructor, blockage, impedimenta, obstructer

Matched Categories

1. • Hindrance
   • Maneuver
   • Physical Condition
   • Structure

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1. obstructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   hinderance, obstacle, impediment, barrier, check, difficulty

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1. obstructionnoun

   Synonyms:
   obstacle, impediment, barrier, blockade, restraint

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1. List of paraphrases for "obstruction":

   occlusion, blockage, filibuster, obstructionism, obstacle, obstructionist, obstructive, hindrance, impediment, filibustering, fouling, barrier, obstructions

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1. Jay Bratt:

   In this case, the court has found probable cause there's a violation of one of the obstruction statutes, and that evidence of obstruction would be found at Mar-a-Lago.

2. Steve Bannon:

   You turn over every document, and if he doesn't turn it over, you give him 24 hours. If he doesn't turn it over, I would fire him, and that's not obstruction of justice, that's giving a law enforcement officer a direct order to turn over documents to Capitol Hill, and if he doesn't do it, I would fire him.

3. Donald Trump:

   No, I'm not going to be watching, probably, maybe I'll see a little bit of it, i'm not going to be watching Mueller because you can't take all those bites out of the apple. We had no collusion, no obstruction.

4. Michael Gableman:

   The legal defense funds and strategies facilitated obstruction and may very well violate Wisconsin law.

5. Doug Collins:

   Could Justice Department be that the attorney general failed to accommodate the chairman's demands for information ? No. He offered to let the chairman and five other Democrat leaders review the less redacted report at the Department of Justice, including 99.9 % unredacted volume on obstruction, in an odd move for anyone demanding access to information, the chairman and other elected Democrats given access have declined to view that report.