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| baffle |
to obstruct or deflect the movement of (gases, sound waves, light, liquid, or the like). [1/4 definitions] |
| bar1 |
to hinder or obstruct (one's entry), or to keep out by hindering or obstructing. [1/13 definitions] |
| barricade |
to obstruct or block with or as if with a barricade. [1/3 definitions] |
| block |
to hinder or obstruct. [3/19 definitions] |
| blockade |
to obstruct by means of a blockade. [1/3 definitions] |
| choke |
to stop or obstruct the breathing of, esp. by squeezing, blocking, or irritating the windpipe. [2/9 definitions] |
| close |
to obstruct; block. [1/23 definitions] |
| crimp |
to obstruct or hamper. [1/7 definitions] |
| crowfoot |
an iron ball with four projecting spikes, designed to obstruct the advance of enemy cavalry and vehicles; caltrop. [1/2 definitions] |
| dam1 |
to construct a dam on, in, or across; obstruct with a dam. [2/4 definitions] |
| forbid |
to obstruct or make impossible. [1/4 definitions] |
| foul |
to jam or obstruct (a gun barrel or the like). [1/21 definitions] |
| hinder |
to interfere with or obstruct the functioning or progress of. [2/3 definitions] |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). [1/5 definitions] |
| oppose |
to think, act, or be against; resist or obstruct. [1/3 definitions] |
| restrain |
to limit or obstruct the activity, growth, or progress of. [1/3 definitions] |
| road hog |
one who drives so as to obstruct other traffic moving in the same direction, as by occupying parts of both lanes simultaneously. |
| sabotage |
a secret operation or act, esp. one carried out by an insider, to damage property, obstruct operations, undermine negotiations, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| Sedition Act of 1918 |
a short-lived amendment to the U.S. Espionage Act of 1917 that listed offenses deemed criminal when the country is at war, including to willfully obstruct military recruitment and to print, write, or publish any disloyal or abusive language about the form of the U.S. federal government. |
| snow |
to cover, close, or obstruct with snow (usu. fol. by in, under, or over). [1/8 definitions] |
| spike1 |
to obstruct or frustrate. [1/9 definitions] |
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