obstruct
verb
[ əbˈstrʌkt ]
• block (an opening, path, road, etc.); be or get in the way of.
• "she was obstructing the entrance"
Similar:
block,
block up,
clog,
clog up,
get/stand in the way of,
cut off,
shut off,
jam,
bung up,
gum up,
choke,
barricade,
bar,
dam up,
gunge up,
cumber,
occlude,
obturate,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin obstruct- ‘blocked up’, from the verb obstruere, from ob- ‘against’ + struere ‘build, pile up’.
