Obstruction is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for OBSTRUCTION in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the state of being obstructed
• the action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed
• a thing that impedes or prevents passage or progress; an obstacle or blockage
• (in various sports) the action of unlawfully obstructing a player in the opposing team.
• blockage of a bodily passage, especially the gut
• the action of impeding the movement of traffic on a highway
• the action of deliberately hindering the police in their duties
• The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
• That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance.
• The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
• any structure that makes progress difficult
• the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction
• something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted
• getting in someone\'s way
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• the state of being obstructed; a condition of being clogged or blocked; an act of obstructing

Words related to OBSTRUCTION

obstructional17 obstructionally22 obstructions16

How to use OBSTRUCTION in a sentence

• It asserted not only the power of the Federal government to incorporate a bank, but also the freedom of such a bank from the taxation, control, or obstruction of any State.
• Hannibal then entered with his infantry, ordering his cavalry to stay behind, that they might be able to bring their assistance wherever it was required without obstruction.
• But the leaf-tree wall was an obstruction behind which the men worked.
• The valve can then be taken out and the obstruction removed.
• The fugitive, catching in some obstruction, was thrown flat upon his face, but quickly recovered himself.
• Local Government Board clerks roused themselves to judicial obstruction.
• The obstruction caused by bulky apparatus is another inconvenience, upon which it is unnecessary to dwell.
• The only obstruction was from a silk curtain, drawn across the window to keep out the glare.
• The arrangement is such that the rising vapors can regularly and without obstruction traverse these materials of wide surface.
• We did not relish the idea of running aground perhaps, and of having the ebbing waters leave our craft to settle and wreck herself upon some hidden obstruction.
• In the meanwhile I offer no further obstruction to the course which you propose taking.
• The low roof of the hothouse became an obstruction to further growth, and had to be removed.
• In such forests there is little obstruction of brushwood, and over knoll and hollow, between the trunks, the oxen laboured on.
• Fortunately, the obstruction may sometimes be removed by vigorous coughing, and relief is then obtained.
• Enough for a man of his type to find an obstruction in his path.
• The towering flames surmounted every obstruction and rose to the evening skies one huge and burning beacon, seen far and wide through the adjacent country.
• When a stationary wagon or other obstruction sent me out into the road, it enabled me to pick up the curb again unerringly.
• The towering flames had now surmounted every obstruction, and rose to the evening skies, one huge and burning beacon, seen far and wide through the adjacent country.
• He went very slowly, and finally his outstretched hand touched an obstruction.
• The next instant he kicked against an obstruction, staggered, fought madly to recover himself, tripped a second time, and with a yell of rage fell headlong.
• The importance of keeping the level fields of the Vale properly drained is obvious, for a permanent obstruction might easily mean the flooding of a considerable area.
• Under that lever, obstruction eventually gives way.
• It should be open at both ends, and so free from obstruction that a cat, a chimney-swallow or a summer breeze could pass through it without difficulty.
• She said the same as that I had been the cause of the great obstruction in the school.
• In the fraction of a second all three were drenched to the skin, the water pouring from them in sheets, as if they had been some slight obstruction in the path of a waterfall.
• The obstruction may be invisible, and yet be powerful enough to cause friction, which hinders the working of the engine and throws everything out of gear.

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