Usually means: Hinder, block, or impede progress.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word obstruct:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. obstruct: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. obstruct: Merriam-Webster
  3. obstruct: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. obstruct: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. obstruct: Collins English Dictionary
  6. obstruct: Vocabulary.com
  7. Obstruct, obstruct: Wordnik
  8. obstruct: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. obstruct: Wiktionary
  10. obstruct: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. obstruct: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. obstruct: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. obstruct: Dictionary.com
  14. obstruct: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Obstruct: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Obstruct: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. obstruct: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. obstruct: Rhymezone
  19. obstruct: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. obstruct: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. obstruct: FreeDictionary.org
  22. obstruct: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. obstruct: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obstruct: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. obstruct: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. obstruct: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Obstruct: MedFriendly Glossary
  3. obstruct: Medical dictionary

(Note: See obstructed as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
verb:  To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
verb:  To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

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