transitive verb. To block or fill (a passage or opening) with obstacles or an obstacle.

transitive verb. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: synonym: hinder.

transitive verb. To be or get in the way of (a view or something to be seen). synonym: block.

To block up; stop up or close, as a way or passage; fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent passing.

To hinder from passing; stop; impede in any way; check.

To retard; interrupt; delay: as, progress is often obstructed by difficulties, though not entirely stopped.

Synonyms To bar, barricade, blockade, arrest, clog, choke, dam up, embarrass, See obstacle.

noun. An obstruction.

transitive verb. To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing

transitive verb. To be, or come, in the way of; to hinder from passing; to stop; to impede; to retard

verb. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.

verb. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.

verb. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

verb. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

verb. shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight

verb. block passage through

"Obviously, the Republicans 'desire to obstruct is not based on concerns about qualifications, or, in some cases, even ideology."

hinder  to obstruct process  

conceal  hide  

abduct  bucked  chucked  conduct  construct  

arrest  backpedal  backwater  bar  barricade  

obstructed  obstructing  obstructional  obstructively  obstructs