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obstruct
obstruct:
see
structure
obstruct (v.)
1610s, a back-formation from
obstruction
or else from Latin
obstructus
, past participle of
obstruere
"to block, to stop up" (see
obstruction
). Related:
Obstructed
;
obstructing
.