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Obstruct vs Cutoff - What's the difference?

obstruct | cutoff |

As a verb obstruct

is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle see synonyms at block.

As a noun cutoff is

the point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.

obstruct

English

Verb

  • 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.
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    cutoff

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The point at which something terminates or to which it is limited.
  • A road, path of channel that provides a shorter or quicker path; a shortcut.
  • A device that stops the flow of a current.
  • A cessation in a flow or activity.
  • (poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the preflop in Texas hold 'em.
  • (chiefly, in the plural) shorts made by cutting off the legs from trousers
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