OBSTRUCT Copy link • OBSTRUCTTo block up, claudere (shut in); obstruere, obsepire, intercludere. To obstruct the way, viam praecludere; viam obstruere (barricade); iter obsepire; iter intercludere, interrumpere. To be an obstacle in the way of, impedire aliquem ab aliqua re, or merely aliqua re (never in aliqua re); impedimento esse alicui (alicui rei); ad aliquid (never in aliqua re) impedimentum afferre alicui rei faciendae; obstare or officere alicui and alicui rei alicujus.