Obstruct vs Rebuke - What's the difference?
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To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
A harsh criticism.
* 2012 , July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited,
To criticise harshly; to reprove.
Obstruct is a related term of rebuke.
As verbs the difference between obstruct and rebuke
is that obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle see synonyms at block while rebuke is to criticise harshly; to reprove.As a noun rebuke is
a harsh criticism.obstruct
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* See alsorebuke
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(en noun)Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- There was the sternness of an old-fashioned Tour patron in his rebuke to the young Frenchman Pierre Rolland, the only one to ride away from the peloton and seize the opportunity for a lone attack before being absorbed back into the bunch, where he was received with coolness.