different between nullify vs obstruct

nullify

English

Etymology

null +? -ify.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?l?fa?/

Verb

nullify (third-person singular simple present nullifies, present participle nullifying, simple past and past participle nullified)

  1. (transitive, law) To make legally invalid.
  2. To prevent from happening.
  3. To make of no use or value; to cancel out.

Synonyms

  • (to make legally invalid): annul, cancel

Related terms

  • null
  • nullification
  • nullifiable
  • annihilate

Translations

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obstruct

English

Etymology

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (blocked up), from verb obstruere, from ob (against) + struere (pile up, build)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?st??kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

  1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
  2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
  3. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

  • deobstruct
  • obstructed
  • obstructedly
  • unobstructed
  • unobstructedly

Related terms

Translations

obstruct From the web:

  • what obstructs marine flow
  • what obstruction means
  • what obstructive sleep apnea
  • what obstructs wifi signals
  • what obstruction of justice
  • what obstructive jaundice
  • what restrictions
  • what restrictions apply to provisional licenses
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