Crossword-Solution: OBSTRUCTION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Obstruction | n. | The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. |
| Obstruction | n. | That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. |
| Obstruction | n. | The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death. |
We have 48 clues for the answer “OBSTRUCTION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| the state of being obstructed | 1 answer |
| getting in someone's way | 1 answer |
| any structure that makes progress difficult | 1 answer |
| Thing in the way | 1 answer |
| Sand trap or bunker, for example. | 1 answer |
| MONKEY wrench, so to speak | 1 answer |
| A dam is one, essentially | 1 answer |
| BRICK wall | 3 answers |
| HINDRANCE to progress | 7 answers |
| logjam | 7 answers |
| Blocking | 8 answers |
| bottomland | 11 answers |
| gaining time | 18 answers |
| Blind spot? | 20 answers |
| disability | 21 answers |
| Bottleneck | 21 answers |
| drawback | 27 answers |
| Deadlock | 30 answers |
| Halting | 31 answers |
| grading | 32 answers |
| -- impasse | 38 answers |
| Dam | 40 answers |
| Barricade | 41 answers |
| Blockage | 42 answers |
| cavil | 42 answers |
| closure | 43 answers |
| hurdle | 48 answers |
| Barrier | 55 answers |
| Fence | 56 answers |
| Chunk | 57 answers |
| Inconvenience | 59 answers |
| Obstacle | 59 answers |
| Hunk | 60 answers |
| deterrent | 61 answers |
| Hedge-___ | 62 answers |
| complexity | 62 answers |
| Handicap | 63 answers |
| Interruption | 66 answers |
| Blockade | 69 answers |
| Impediment | 73 answers |
| Complication | 76 answers |
| Hazard | 77 answers |
| Block | 84 answers |
| Jam | 85 answers |
| Drag | 86 answers |
| Hitch | 91 answers |
| Hindrance | 100 answers |
| Bar | 109 answers |
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Sentences with OBSTRUCTION (5)
There were {scram switch}es located at numerous places around the room that could be thwacked if something undesirable was about to occur, such as a train going full-bore at an obstruction.
How far we traversed the tunnel in this manner I do not know, but presently we came to an obstruction which blocked our further progress.
Should this enveloping force be interrupted in any direction a delicate instrument immediately apprehends the irregularity, at the same time imparting an impulse to a magnetic device which in turn actuates the steering mechanism, diverting the bow of the flier away from the obstacle until the craft’s radio-activity sphere is no longer in contact with the obstruction, then she falls once more into her normal course.
Sometimes this log would lodge, and stay right across our nose, and back the Mississippi up before it; we would have to do a little craw-fishing, then, to get away from the obstruction.
Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current , or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar.
Quotes with OBSTRUCTION (3)
Believing in negative thoughts is the single greatest obstruction to success.
In the days after my heart attack & before I began to write again, all I could think about was dying. I'd been spared again, and only after the danger had passed did I allow my thoughts to unravel to their inevitable end. I imagined all the ways I could go. Blood clot to the brain. Infarction. Thrombosis. Pneumonia. Grand mal obstruction to the vena cava. I saw myself foaming at the mouth, writhing on the floor. I'd wake up in the night, gripping my throat. And yet. No matter…
Every poet... finds himself born in the midst of prose. He has to struggle from the littleness and obstruction of an actual world into the freedom and infinitude of an ideal.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NYT, Universal.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1955–2018).