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Obstruct

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; as, to obstruct a street; to obstruct the channels of the body.

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Verb group 10

Bar 84% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

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Bar 84% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Barricade 84% connected

A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Barricade 84% connected

A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Block 84% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Block 84% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Blockade 84% connected

The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Blockade 84% connected

The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stop 84% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Stop 84% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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Manner of action 18

Asphyxiate 76% connected

To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bar 76% connected

A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especi…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Barricade 76% connected

A fortification, made in haste, of trees, earth, palisades, wagons, or anything that will obstruct the progress or attack of an enemy. It is usually…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Barricado 76% connected

See Barricade.

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Block 76% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Blockade 76% connected

The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Choke 76% connected

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Clog 76% connected

That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

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Congest 76% connected

To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

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Dam 76% connected

A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

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Filibuster 76% connected

A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers infesting the Spanish American c…

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Foul 76% connected

A bird.

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Hang 76% connected

To suspend; to fasten to some elevated point without support from below; -- often used with up or out; as, to hang a coat on a hook; to hang up a sig…

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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

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Stifle 76% connected

The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…

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Stop 76% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Suffocate 76% connected

Suffocated; choked.

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Broader term 9

Conceal 76% connected

To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forbid 76% connected

of Forbid

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Foreclose 76% connected

To shut up or out; to preclude; to stop; to prevent; to bar; to exclude.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Forestall 76% connected

To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate.

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Hide 76% connected

To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete.

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Hinder 76% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Impede 76% connected

To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Preclude 76% connected

To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Prevent 76% connected

To go before; to precede; hence, to go before as a guide; to direct.

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Derivationally related 6

Block 74% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Block 74% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blockage 74% connected

The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blockage 74% connected

The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

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Obstruction 74% connected

The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Obstruction 74% connected

The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.

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Synonym 7

Block 92% connected

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Blockade 92% connected

The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of th…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Embarrass 92% connected

To hinder from freedom of thought, speech, or action by something which impedes or confuses mental action; to perplex; to discompose; to disconcert;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hinder 92% connected

Of or belonging to that part or end which is in the rear, or which follows; as, the hinder part of a wagon; the hinder parts of a horse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impede 92% connected

To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Jam 92% connected

A kind of frock for children.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Occlude 92% connected

To shut up; to close.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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