Converse of object

• become: Immediate feedback is encouraged, however, so that interpersonal friction does not become obstructive in the work of the group.

Preposition: in

• way: They were certainly not intended to be obstructive in any way.

Modifies a noun

• apnea: The most common is ' obstructive apnea ' , which is linked to obesity.

• apnea: Surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea in children with Down syndrome.

• jaundice: Sharon says, " Hannah had pale yellow stools and bright yellow urine - classic symptoms of obstructive jaundice.

• cardiomyopathy: Five years ago, Julian Wort collapsed and died, aged 28, from hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.

• uropathy: These events were thought to be indicative of an episode of acute on chronic renal failure secondary to a period of obstructive uropathy.

• disease: Up to 6,000 deaths a year from chronic obstructive lung diseases may be related to work.

Modifying Another Word

• deliberately: Dissent can be deliberately obstructive, aimed at holding back the process of decision-making.

• particularly: They are of little help to expat borrowers and are particularly obstructive to existing borrowers looking to extend their terms, or borrowing levels.

• very: The Community Health Services Joint Committee has been made aware of anecdotal cases but also evidence where employing trusts have been very obstructive.

• not: Those held in this type of facility are usually compliant and not obstructive to the way the regime operates.

• even: However, the support we receive from the union tops is passive or even obstructive.

• sometimes: The approach of the building inspector was highly critical and sometimes obstructive.

Used with adjective complement

• become: They have unfortunately become increasingly obstructive in providing such data.

• prove: However, by the Monday after the Run the gear shift was proving quite obstructive.