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Having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions)..
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;
In the weaker and finest bodies Manna may be sufficient, […] or my Deobstructive powder, which I have observed hath done singularly well.
[…] to regulate the bowel, by diet and mechanical methods (including, if necessary, deobstructive surgery);
[…] by setting up currents through the kidneys […] it [turpentine] has acted as a renal deobstructive.
Use deobstructive when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Deobstructive means Having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions)..
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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;
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