Synonym: barrier, block, catch, deterrent, hindrance, hitch, impediment, obstruction, snag, stoppage. Antonym: help. Similar words: spectacle, obstreperous, manacle, miracle, stack, substance, substantial, substantially. Meaning: ['ɑbstəkl /'ɒb-] n. 1. something immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmounted 2. an obstruction that stands in the way (and must be removed or surmounted or circumvented).
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61. The simplest involves racing down a mountain, while the most complicated requires you to perform tricks on an obstacle course.
62. While the implacable opposition of Gen Aoun is the main obstacle in his path, there are plenty of other difficulties.
63. The lack of sharp focus in this field is a serious obstacle to comparison of analyses and to proper explanation.
64. He demonstrated, for example, how to navigate your way over an obstacle like a gate, without disturbing the bird.
65. For Fleet, which has recently made big acquisitions, the move clears an obstacle in integrating its multi-state operations.
66. But they add that Washington knows the Senate will be a difficult obstacle to overcome.
67. It builds character. As we overcame obstacle after obstacle, our pride grew.
68. The only major obstacle remaining, mutual recognition, has clinched the deal.
69. The final fence is usually an inviting, straight forward obstacle but it can still cause problems.
70. The technical obstacle relates to ring-fencing of local government money.
71. The nuclear programme, because of its sudden appearance and because of the passions it arouses, has encountered its greatest obstacle in people.
72. The lack of a Leninist party constitutes the greatest single obstacle to the victory of the world revolution.
73. Now she placed the obstacle of her nose between Anwar and Changez so that neither could get at the other.
74. Sales v Credit Sales people often view the credit department as an obstacle to overcome in getting a sale.
75. He has cleared the first obstacle cleanly but knows others will present greater problems.
76. Further down the scale the monarchic principle constitutes an obstacle to precisely that sense of responsibility about which we hear so much.
77. As the last obstacle between you and safety, no short measures should be taken in protecting the passage.
78. The main obstacle to the widespread use of abatement techniques is the significant and variable national costs which are incurred.
79. But as folklore will tell you, the Net treats censorship like an obstacle to go around.
80. The lack of money could also be a major obstacle.
81. When parents encounter this obstacle, they finally get off the dime and have their kids vaccinated.
82. Getting people to care-enough to bother doing some-thing-seems to be the real obstacle.
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83. The first obstacle is, of course, to show that the defect caused the accident.
84. Stark gave Izzard the warmest of welcomes and seems to have put no obstacle in the way of a biography.
85. Long-time leader Mweenish would almost certainly have held on had he cleared the final obstacle without error.
86. Perhaps his biggest obstacle has been his instrument -- the flute, never taken seriously as a jazz instrument.
87. From the 1970s onwards, the cold war increasingly became an obstacle to economic and political stability.
88. Modern censures on Herodotos for failing to mention this obstacle have, here as often, been proved unjustified.
89. This is likely to provide a further obstacle to clear and stable objectives for rail transport.
90. I re-emphasise that the policy of settlements in the occupied territories is a serious obstacle to a peace settlement.
More similar words: spectacle, obstreperous, manacle, miracle, stack, substance, substantial, substantially, a class, observe, observer, abstract, observation, abstinence, intact, attach, tackle, attack, tactic, get across, attach to, uncle, clerk, clear, cycle, cut across, put across, muscle, circle, clear up.