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Obstructive

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WordDefinition
hinderingHarmful; that hinders.
preventivenounPreventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
preventativenounAlternative form of preventive. [Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.]
impedingpreventing movement
cloggingnounThe situation of something being clogged.

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WordDefinition
hinderingHarmful; that hinders.
cloggingnounThe situation of something being clogged.
preventivePreventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
preventativeAlternative form of preventive. [Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.]
impedingpreventing movement
obstructionnounThe act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
obstructionistPertaining to obstructionism.
obstructionismnounA deliberate policy of obstructing something, especially a political process or body.
blockagenoun(uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
cloggedHaving an obstructed flow; blocked.
repressiveServing to repress or suppress; oppressive
obscurationnounThe state of being obscured.
counterproductiveMore of a hindrance than a help.
foulingnounThe adhesion of a foreign material onto a surface, especially so as to reduce its functionality.
filibusternoun(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
filibusteringnounThe act of one who filibusters.
barriernounA structure that bars passage.
blockingnounThe act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
hamperingnounThat which hampers; an impediment.
interferingnouninterference

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