1
as in impeding
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
this would go much faster if you would stop obstructing me with your constant interruptions
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as in blocking
to prevent passage through by filling with something
at the moment the city's only tunnel between downtown and the airport is obstructed by an overturned tanker truck
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Recent Examples of obstructing
According to officers, Kerley was obstructing their investigation and was told to step away.
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Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
The gates opened about an hour later, but large buses obstructing the road blocked the authorities’ passenger cars from advancing.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The first, a 26-year-old man named Johan Mason, was arrested during a protest in November, when he was charged with obstructing traffic and, like Hernandez, resisting arrest.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
She was additionally charged with four counts of resisting or obstructing a police officer.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
Kaitlyn Hall, 25, and James Hamilton, 26, are each charged with two counts of obstructing justice.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
His arrest was related to allegations of obstructing the collection of evidence, the Federal Police said in a statement.
—Thiago Mostazo and Maycron Abade, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
The arrest made on Saturday stemmed from allegations of obstructing the collection of evidence, the Federal Police said in a statement.
—Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
The gates opened about an hour later, but large buses obstructing the road blocked the authorities’ passenger cars from advancing.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 3 Jan. 2025
The first, a 26-year-old man named Johan Mason, was arrested during a protest in November, when he was charged with obstructing traffic and, like Hernandez, resisting arrest.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
She was additionally charged with four counts of resisting or obstructing a police officer.
—Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2025
Kaitlyn Hall, 25, and James Hamilton, 26, are each charged with two counts of obstructing justice.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 22 Dec. 2024
Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
His arrest was related to allegations of obstructing the collection of evidence, the Federal Police said in a statement.
—Thiago Mostazo and Maycron Abade, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2024
The arrest made on Saturday stemmed from allegations of obstructing the collection of evidence, the Federal Police said in a statement.
—Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Obstructing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obstructing. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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