Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deobstructive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-ob-struc-tive
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).

noun

Something that has the effect of deobstructing.

Example Sentences

"In the weaker and finest bodies Manna may be sufficient, […] or my Deobstructive powder, which I have observed hath done singularly well."
"1860, uncredited translator, The Epigrams of Martial, London: Henry G. Bohn, Epigram 47, p. 153, There coleworts might you see of noblest shoot; There might admire each lettuce, leek, and root; But, above all, the deobstructive beet;"
"[…] to regulate the bowel, by diet and mechanical methods (including, if necessary, deobstructive surgery);"
"[…] by setting up currents through the kidneys […] it [turpentine] has acted as a renal deobstructive."

Etymology

From de- + obstructive.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Inflected Forms

more deobstructive (comparative) most deobstructive (superlative) deobstructives (plural)

Questions

What does deobstructive mean?: Having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).
Where does deobstructive come from?: From de- + obstructive.

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