obstruct
verb (used with object)
to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass.
obstructiveness
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a word derived from
obstruct.
Example Sentences
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The shutdown and eventual nationalisation of Orano's operations have been surrounded by mutual recrimination, with the government and the company accusing each other of obstructiveness.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
Never has a collegiate women’s player possessed the combination of Griner’s size, mobility, soft shooting touch, effortless dunking and elegant obstructiveness, which allows her to block shots while hardly ever drifting into foul trouble.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2012
The Utilitarians saw in the dogged obstructiveness of Eldon and his like the one great obstacle to reform.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Sir Leslie Stephen
He stood with a large obstructiveness in the doorway.
From The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Mellersh had had to be mentioned, because of his obstructiveness, but she had carefully kept him from overflowing outside the limits of necessity.
From The Enchanted April by Elizabeth
