Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to obstruct
Participle: obstructed
Gerund: obstructing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | obstruct |
| you | obstruct |
| he;she;it | obstructs |
| we | obstruct |
| you | obstruct |
| they | obstruct |
Perfect
| I | have obstructed |
| you | have obstructed |
| he;she;it | has obstructed |
| we | have obstructed |
| you | have obstructed |
| they | have obstructed |
Past
| I | obstructed |
| you | obstructed |
| he;she;it | obstructed |
| we | obstructed |
| you | obstructed |
| they | obstructed |
Pluperfect
| I | had obstructed |
| you | had obstructed |
| he;she;it | had obstructed |
| we | had obstructed |
| you | had obstructed |
| they | had obstructed |
Future
| I | will obstruct |
| you | will obstruct |
| he;she;it | will obstruct |
| we | will obstruct |
| you | will obstruct |
| they | will obstruct |
Future Perfect
| I | will have obstructed |
| you | will have obstructed |
| he;she;it | will have obstructed |
| we | will have obstructed |
| you | will have obstructed |
| they | will have obstructed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | obstruct |
| you | obstruct |
| he;she;it | obstruct |
| we | obstruct |
| you | obstruct |
| they | obstruct |
Perfect
| I | have obstructed |
| you | have obstructed |
| he;she;it | have obstructed |
| we | have obstructed |
| you | have obstructed |
| they | have obstructed |
Imperfect
| I | obstructed |
| you | obstructed |
| he;she;it | obstructed |
| we | obstructed |
| you | obstructed |
| they | obstructed |
Pluperfect
| I | had obstructed |
| you | had obstructed |
| he;she;it | had obstructed |
| we | had obstructed |
| you | had obstructed |
| they | had obstructed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would obstruct |
| you | would obstruct |
| he;she;it | would obstruct |
| we | would obstruct |
| you | would obstruct |
| they | would obstruct |
Perfect
| I | would have obstructed |
| you | would have obstructed |
| he;she;it | would have obstructed |
| we | would have obstructed |
| you | would have obstructed |
| they | would have obstructed |
Imperative
| you | obstruct |
| we | Let's obstruct |
| you | obstruct |
Verbs conjugated like 'obstruct'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'obstruct'
abstract,
abstrict,
construct,
deobstruct,
destruct,
instruct,
substruct,
abstrude,
adstrict,
astrict,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle
- behedge, forestay, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, incommode, overslaugh, prevene, prevent, restrict, retard, slow down, stay, thwart, thwarten, umbeset, undermine
- impede
- throttle, arrest, interfere, bar, terminate, barricade, block, check
Antonyms
- impede
- help, aid, assist, facilitate
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).
Sample Sentences
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[...] who (praise be to Heaven ) has no young children like him ! An enormous ditch, sometimes two or three miles wide, running liquid mud, six miles an hour: its strong and frothy current choked and obstructed everywhere by huge logs and whole forest trees: now twining themselves together in great rafts, from the interstices of which a sedgy, lazy foam works up, to float upon the water 's top; now rolling [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)