obstructor

American  

[uhb-struhkt-er] / əbˈstrʌkt ər /

noun

• obstructors
  plural

1. a person or thing that obstructs or blocks.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• obstructors
  plural

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Example Sentences

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obstructor obstructors

He told Bell he'd like to see Priebus tell the obstructor, Virginia's Bob Goodlatte, to "stop blocking the bill."

From US News ● Sep. 22, 2016

Be so good as to let me pass, sir,” she added, looking her obstructor steadily in the face.

From Anna the Adventuress by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

The great obstructor of the Queen's bounty was removed, and Spenser might hope that now, at last, the hour of his prosperity was come.

From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Edmund Spenser

He may have been a war-god, like the scald-crow goddesses of Ireland, and he is also spoken of in the Triads as an "obstructor of slaughter" or "support of battle."

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch

Adair's prophecy that President Colbrith would prove himself an obstructor of the stubbornest was amply fulfilled during the short interval which remained for decisive action.

From Empire Builders by Jay Hambidge

A few of her presumed obstructors cannot be named here for legal reasons.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016

Arulpragasam keeps a Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy-style list in her head, identifying potential enemies, obstructors.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 11, 2016

He did battle with the polite requirements, as a man must; shaking hands or exchanging a word with one and another of the obstructors only as he had to.

From The Grafters by Francis Lynde

Obstruction to the truth recoils upon the obstructors.

From Practical Essays by Alexander Bain

And therefore it is that whether they will or no they are oppressors, or, at best, obstructors.

From A Modern Symposium by G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes) Dickinson

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