obstruction
something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
an act or instance of obstructing.
the state of being obstructed.
the delaying or preventing of business before a deliberative body, especially a legislative group, by parliamentary contrivances.
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- pre·ob·struc·tion, noun
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How to use obstruction in a sentence
The danger for Republicans in total obstruction, however, is that today, Democrats have a much better understanding of how the GOP strategy works and what it produces.
Republicans have a strategy to take back power. Here’s why it could fail. | Paul Waldman | January 27, 2021 | Washington PostIn court papers, FBI agents say Gieswein — charged with assaulting police, civil disorder and obstruction of police and government — runs a private paramilitary training group and is affiliated with the Three Percenters.
FBI probes possible connections between extremist groups at heart of Capitol violence | Devlin Barrett, Spencer Hsu | January 19, 2021 | Washington PostWhat the NFL apparently got instead is bullying obstruction and unrepentant dodging.
Today in D.C.: Headlines to start your Wednesday in D.C., Maryland and Virginia | Dana Hedgpeth, Teddy Amenabar | December 10, 2020 | Washington PostRush is charged with being drunk in public and obstruction of justice.
Authorities looking for woman who fled scene after her car hit a Virginia State Police vehicle on I-66 | Luz Lazo | November 8, 2020 | Washington PostOf course, if a single senator is filibustering a crucial bill, the supermajority will simply wait out the obstruction and vote for eventual cloture.
The state has argued that this law is necessary to prevent obstruction and congestion going into the abortion clinics.
Anti-Free Speech Zones Used to Silence Pro-Lifers Could Come Back to Haunt Liberals | Kirsten Powers | January 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTDemocrats, their backs up, have altered Senate rules on filibusters in the face of Republican obstruction.
The South Has Indeed Risen Again and It’s Called the Tea Party | Jack Schwartz | December 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA year's worth of Republican obstruction have pushed Harry Reid to consider the "nuclear option" and end the judicial filibuster.
Harry Reid Prepares to Go "Nuclear" on the Judicial Filibuster | Jamelle Bouie | November 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHis nominations have faced an unprecedented level of obstruction, leading to widespread vacancies and judicial emergencies.
Republicans Continue to Refuse to Confirm Obama's Judicial Nominations | Jamelle Bouie | November 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe simple—too simple—explanation for the French obstruction?
Why France Is to Blame for Blocking the Iran Nuclear Agreement | Christopher Dickey | November 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLarger amounts are very rarely found, and generally point to obstruction in the duodenum.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddPutty-colored or "acholic" stools occur when bile is deficient, either from obstruction to outflow or from deficient secretion.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThenceforth, it ebbed, though it raged madly for a while in the effort to sweep away the obstruction.
The Red Year | Louis TracyHe calmly inserted the bodkin in the second cake; seemed to meet with some obstruction, and laid the ball down upon the counter.
Dope | Sax RohmerOf course one or two will express their readiness to jump over so small an obstruction.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for obstruction
/ (əbˈstrʌkʃən) /
a person or thing that obstructs
the act or an instance of obstructing
delay of business, esp in a legislature by means of procedural devices
sport the act of unfairly impeding an opposing player
the state or condition of being obstructed
Derived forms of obstruction
- obstructional, adjective
- obstructionally, adverb
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