different between obstruct vs derail
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)
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- To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
- To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
- 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:
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- what obstruction means
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- what obstruction of justice
- what obstructive jaundice
- what restrictions
- what restrictions apply to provisional licenses
derail
English
Etymology
From French dérailler (“to go off the rails”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d???e?l/, /?di???e?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
derail (plural derails)
- A device placed on railway tracks causing a train to derail.
- The derail was placed deliberately so that the train would fall into the river.
- An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic.
Verb
derail (third-person singular simple present derails, present participle derailing, simple past and past participle derailed)
- (transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.
- (intransitive) To come off the tracks.
- (intransitive, figuratively) To deviate from the previous course or direction.
- (transitive, figuratively) To cause to deviate from a set course or direction.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:derail.
Synonyms
- unrail
Derived terms
- derailment
Translations
Anagrams
- Adriel, Dariel, Lérida, dialer, earlid, laired, railed, re-laid, redial, relaid
derail From the web:
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- what derailleur do i need
- what derail means
- what derails a train
- what derails you
- what derailleur do i have
- what derails a team
- what derailed leaders
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