Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which obstructs, hinders, or retards. Also
obstructor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who obstructs or hinders.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
obstructs ,agent noun ofobstruct
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any structure that makes progress difficult
- noun someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take
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Examples
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" I was extraordinarily mistrustful of District Attorney Rice ' s sudden change from obdurate obstructer to newfound champion of justice " during her campaign, said Friedman attorney Ron Kuby .
Review Slated for Abuse Case Sean Gardiner 2010
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McConnell is a notable Senate obstructer and stay-the-course agent for Bush.
Poll: Majority of Kentuckians Disapprove of McConnell on Iraq 2009
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Surely it cannot be Mr. Otis's position that no first-offending, non-violent, non-greedy obstructer of justice ought to do jail time.
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Surely it cannot be Mr. Otis's position that no first-offending, non-violent, non-greedy obstructer of justice ought to do jail time.
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Surely it cannot be Mr. Otis's position that no first-offending, non-violent, non-greedy obstructer of justice ought to do jail time.
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How can you call call upon troops to conduct themselves with honor and integrity when you make lame excuses for the conduct of a convicted perjurer and obstructer of justice like Scooter Libby?
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In addition, while Senator McCain was certainly correct in the debate when he claimed that Colombia and its President, Alvaro Uribe, constitute the U. S.'s number one ally in the region, HRW's new report paints a picture of Uribe as a major obstructer of the process to cut the fatal ties between the Colombian government and the murderous paramilitaries in that country.
Dan Kovalik: Obama & Human Rights Watch -- Colombia Must Improve Human Rights 2008
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Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the obstructer of the earlier climate change legislation, echoed Domenici's crocodile tears about the pain at the pump while ridiculing "those who think we can tax our way out of this problem."
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The obstructer is then the adequate cause of the injury.
Causation in the Law Honoré, Antony 2005
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And after Vikarna's flight, Satruntapa, unable to repress his ire, began to afflict Partha, that obstructer of foes and achiever of super-human feats, by means of a perfect shower of arrows.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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