unobstruct

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ obstruct

Verb[edit]

unobstruct (third-person singular simple present unobstructs, present participle unobstructing, simple past and past participle unobstructed)

  1. (transitive) To free from an obstruction.
    • 1909, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, page 30:
      [] a pivoted device movable in one direction by the plunger, and means for moving said pivoted device in the other direction to engage the head of a nail when the plunger is moved to unobstruct the feed channel.