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 Translation for 'to obstruct' from English to Dutch
VERB   to obstruct | obstructed | obstructed
obstructing | obstructs
SYNO to block | to blockade | to close up | ...
belemmerento obstruct
obstruerento obstruct
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Translation for 'to obstruct' from English to Dutch

to obstruct
belemmeren

obstrueren
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Usage Examples English
  • It is a simple mechanical sliding cover that allows the user to obstruct the webcam's view.
  • He uses seduction as Zorro and coyness as Don Diego de la Vega, tricking his opponents to obstruct easy access to his true identity by using deception as masterful skill.
  • Courses are populated with various objects and enemies designed to obstruct the player.
  • A defender is permitted to use their body to obstruct the motion of a player with the ball, and this may be part of a successful tackle.
  • In defending Trump, Starr also claimed he was wrong to have called for impeachment against Clinton for abuse of executive privilege and efforts to obstruct Congress and also stated that the House Judiciary Committee was right in 1998 to have rejected one of the planks for impeachment he had advocated for.

  • While reluctant to work with the government, Norwegian business leaders also recognized the dangers of appearing to obstruct the implementation of the Marshall Plan.
  • The Act made picketing a federal courthouse a felony if intended to obstruct the court system or influence jurors or other trial participants.
  • Around this time, Sun Quan also had his generals destroy a number of levees near the border with Wei, creating large areas of flooding, in order to obstruct potential attacks from Wei.
  • The prosecutors said that Hashim Thaci and Kadri Veseli repeatedly tried to obstruct and undermine the work of the KSC (Special Court of Kosovo), "in an attempt to ensure that they do not face justice".
  • It is selected for its ability to obstruct pores in the skin and prevent sweat from leaving the body.

  • The simplest, and very ancient, valve is simply a freely hinged flap which swings down to obstruct fluid (gas or liquid) flow in one direction, but is pushed up by the flow itself when the flow is moving in the opposite direction.
  • Sony's part of the fine was raised by a third for trying to obstruct the investigation by refusing to answer inquiries made by the EU officials and shredding of evidence during the multiple law-enforcement raids.
  • However, great care must be taken to obstruct the Sun from sight because of the extreme risk for eye damage.
  • Should the project go ahead, the connecting tunnels could be constructed without the need to obstruct rail services on the existing route.
  • It was to be separated from the city by an area of about 500 metres in which construction was not allowed as not to obstruct the canons in Fort Amsterdam.

  • as "two or more persons organized for the purpose of supporting any politically motivated activity intended to obstruct or deter any person from participating in an activity involving animals or an activity involving natural resources."
  • Eisenhower to take over the Arkansas National Guard if Faubus misused it to obstruct the implementation of federal court orders.
  • Congress has been to obstruct and to waste taxpayer dollars on trumped up investigations that have led nowhere."
  • Furthermore, some 19th-century working women may have used chastity belts for protective reasons, as a "rape shield" to obstruct sexual assault from predatory bosses or male colleagues; the belts were not worn for a long time uninterruptedly, however, since sanitary and hygiene reasons prevented this before the modern invention of stainless-steel belts.
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