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obstruct
I verb bar, barricade, block, brake, bridle, bring to a standstill, check, choke, circumscribe, congest, countervail, cramp, cripple, curb, debar, delay, disable, embar, encumber, estop, forbid, frustrate, halt, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hinder, impede, impedite, inhibit, interfere with, interrupt, intervene, limit, occlude, oppilate, preclude, prevent, prohibit, restrain, retard, slow down, snag, stall, stand in the way, stay, stem, stop, stop up, stymie, suppress, suspend, terminate, thwart, trammel, trap associated concepts: obstruct a lawful authority, obstruct an investigation, obstruct justice, obstructing governmental administration II index abrogate (annul), arrest (stop), balk, ban, bar (hinder), block, check (restrain), clog, condemn (ban), constrain (restrain), constrict (inhibit), contain (restrain), control (restrain), counter, curb, debar, defer (put off), delay, detain (restrain), deter, disadvantage, discontinue (break continuity), disrupt, estop, fight (counteract), foil, forbid, forestall, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up (delay), impede, inconvenience, inhibit, interdict, interfere, interpose, interrupt, keep (restrain), lock, obturate, occlude, oppose, oppugn, preclude, prevent, prohibit, repulse, resist (oppose), restrain, restrict, shut, stall, stave, stay (halt), stem (check), stifle, stop, suppress, thwart, toll (stop), trammel, withstand

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006