Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deobstruct

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-ob-struct
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To clear (something) of obstructions.

Example Sentences

"[…] we humbly desire of God […] [that] he will be pleas’d to convey to them [the people of Ireland] the notices of their danger, and their sin, and to deobstruct the passages of necessary truth to them,"
"[…] such as carry off the Foeces and Mucus, deobstruct the Mouths of the Lacteals, so as the Chyle may have a free Passage into the Blood."
"[…] he exhibited an instrument which he had invented for deobstructing the Fallopian tubes in such cases."

Etymology

From de- + obstruct.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Inflected Forms

deobstructs (present, singular) deobstructing (participle, present) deobstructed (participle, past) deobstructed (past)

Frequently Paired Words

deobstruction deobstructive

Synonyms

unblock

Questions

What does deobstruct mean?: To clear (something) of obstructions.
Where does deobstruct come from?: From de- + obstruct.

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