Deobstructive
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Deobstructive is an adjective meaning Having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).
Meaning
Having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).
More Meanings
- Something that has the effect of deobstructing.
Example Sentences
[…] by setting up currents through the kidneys […] it [turpentine] has acted as a renal deobstructive.
[…] to regulate the bowel, by diet and mechanical methods (including, if necessary, deobstructive surgery);
In the weaker and finest bodies Manna may be sufficient, […] or my Deobstructive powder, which I have observed hath done singularly well.
1860, uncredited translator, The Epigrams of Martial, London: Henry G. Bohn, Epigram 47, p. 153, There coleworts might you see of noblest shoot; There might admire each lettuce, leek, and root; But, above all, the deobstructive beet;
Word Forms
- deobstructives
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include obliterative, obfuscate, deletive, obscured, declogging, disinhibiting.
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