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      obstructs
      verb
      To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle.
      To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
      To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
      Roots
      obob- · Latin · against, towardstruo-struct · Latin · build
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      The word obstructs breaks down into 2 roots of Latin origin: ob-, from Latin ob (“against, toward”); and -struct, from Latin struo (“build”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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