obstructions

noun

getting in someone's way

the act of obstructing

something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted

the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

any structure that makes progress difficult

Roots

struostruct- · Latin · build

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The word obstructions breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root struct-, from Latin struo (“build”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.