obstruct (verb)
101HEBREW LANGUAGE — This entry is arranged according to the following scheme: pre biblical biblical the dead sea scrolls mishnaic medieval modern period A detailed table of contents precedes each section. PRE BIBLICAL nature of the evidence the sources phonology… …
102bar — 1 / bär/ n often attrib 1 a: the railing in a courtroom that encloses the area around the judge where prisoners are stationed in criminal cases or where the business of the court is transacted in civil cases compare bench 1, dock …
103encumber — en·cum·ber also in·cum·ber /in kəm bər/ vt bered, ber·ing: to burden with a claim (as a mortgage or lien) encumber ed the land with a mineral lease Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …
104delay — I noun cunctatio, cunctation, dalliance, deceleration, deferment, demurral, detainment, detention, dilatoriness, impediment, intermission, interruption, lag, lateness, cessatio, mora, moratorium, pause, postponement, procrastination, prolongation …
105block — I verb arrest, avert, ban, bar, barricade, blockade, bridle, check, choke, clog, close, cohibit, constrict, cramp, curb, dam, debar, delay, encumber, estop, exclude, fend off, forbid, foreclose, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hobble, impede,… …
106barricade — I noun bar, barrier, blockade, bulwark, damper, dike, embankment, fortification, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, protection, rampart, restraint, stockade, wall II (hinder) verb bar, block, check, deter, enjoin, halt, hamper, impede, lock,… …
107stall — I verb arrest, avert, bar, block, bog, break down, bring to a standstill, check, dally, dawdle, defer, delay, detain, dillydally, disable, filibuster, halt, hamper, hinder, hold up, impede, incapacitate, inhibit, interrupt, keep back, lag, linger …
108stem — I (check) verb arrest, balk, bear up against, block, bung, checkmate, choke, clog, coercere, cohibere, cork, counteract, curb, dam up, deadlock, deter, foil, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, hold back, impede, intercept, interrupt, keep at bay,… …
109justice — noun 1 fairness ADJECTIVE ▪ distributive, economic, environmental, natural, racial (esp. AmE), social ▪ rough ▪ He saw it as rough …
110clog — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. obstruct, block, congest, choke; hamper, encumber, jam, impede, restrain. See hindrance, closure. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stop up, seal, obstruct, jam; see bar 1 , close 2 , hinder , plug . III… …
