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obstruct

verb
/əbˈstɹʌkt/CA/əbˈstɹɐkt/

Etymology

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).

  1. derived from past participle stem obstruct- — “blocked up”

Definitions

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

  2. To impede, retard, or interfere with

    To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.

    • They obstructed my progress.

  3. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

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Derived

deobstruct, disobstruct, obstructed, obstructedly, obstructer, obstructive, obstruct the field, unobstruct, unobstructed, unobstructedly

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at obstruct. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01obstruct02hinder03difficult04uncooperative05cooperative06cooperate07unobstructed08obstructed

A definitional loop anchored at obstruct. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at obstruct

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA