obstruct

transitive verb

To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.

transitive verb

To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: synonym: hinder.

transitive verb

To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen). synonym: block.

To block up; stop up or close, as a way or passage; fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent passing.

To hinder from passing; stop; impede in any way; check.

To retard; interrupt; delay: as, progress is often obstructed by difficulties, though not entirely stopped.

Synonyms To bar, barricade, blockade, arrest, clog, choke, dam up, embarrass, See obstacle.

noun

An obstruction.

transitive verb

To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing

transitive verb

To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard