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DAMS |
Obstructs |
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HAMPERS |
Obstructs |
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INTERCEPTS |
Obstructs and catches |
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FORESTALLS |
Prevents or obstructs an event |
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OBSTRUCTER |
One who obstructs or hinders. |
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SABOTEUR |
One who deliberately destroys or obstructs something |
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BAR |
Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an
obstruction; a barrier. |
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OBSTRUCTION |
That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an
impediment; a hindrance. |
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STOP |
That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; as obstacle; an
impediment; an obstruction. |
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OBSTRUCTIONIST |
One who hinders progress; one who obstructs
business, as in a legislative body. |
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DISENCUMBER |
To free from encumbrance, or from anything which
clogs, impedes, or obstructs; to disburden. |
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PREVENTER |
One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which
hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease. |
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PHARYNGOTOMY |
The operation of making an incision into the pharynx,
to remove a tumor or anything that obstructs the passage. |
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PREVENTIVE |
That which prevents, hinders, or obstructs; that which
intercepts access; in medicine, something to prevent disease; a
prophylactic. |
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ESOPHAGOTOMY |
The operation of making an incision into the
esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that
obstructs the passage. |
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RAFT |
A collection of logs, fallen trees, etc. (such as is formed
in some Western rivers of the United States), which obstructs
navigation. |
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STOPPER |
One who stops, closes, shuts, or hinders; that which stops
or obstructs; that which closes or fills a vent or hole in a vessel. |
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OBSTRUENT |
Anything that obstructs or closes a passage; esp., that
which obstructs natural passages in the body; as, a medicine which acts
as an obstruent. |
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TRAVERSE |
Something that thwarts, crosses, or obstructs; a cross
accident; as, he would have succeeded, had it not been for unlucky
traverses not under his control. |
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BLINKER |
A blinder for horses; a flap of leather on a horse's
bridle to prevent him from seeing objects as his side hence, whatever
obstructs sight or discernment. |
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THE GAPES |
...ded with
much gaping. It is caused by a parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus
trachealis), in the windpipe, which obstructs the breathing. See
Ga... |
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OBSTRUCT |
...sing;
to stop; to impede; to retard; as, the bar in the harbor obstructs the
passage of ships; clouds obstruct the light of the sun; unwise rule... |