Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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obstruction | Yes | No | No | No |
closure | Yes | No | Yes | No |
obstruction (noun) | closure (noun) |
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getting in someone's way | termination of operations |
the act of obstructing | the act of blocking |
any structure that makes progress difficult | approaching a particular destination; a coming closer; a narrowing of a gap |
something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted | an obstruction in a pipe or tube |
the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction | a Gestalt principle of organization holding that there is an innate tendency to perceive incomplete objects as complete and to close or fill gaps and to perceive asymmetric stimuli as symmetric |
something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making | |
a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body |
obstruction (verb) | closure (verb) |
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terminate debate by calling for a vote |