Home › Words › D › deobstructivedeobstructivedeobstructive means having the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).EtymologyFrom de- + obstructive.adjHaving the effect of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).e.g.“In the weaker and finest bodies Manna may be sufficient, […] or my Deobstructive powder, which I have observed hath done singularly well.” — 1672, Edmund Borlase, Latham Spaw in Lancashire with Some Remarkable Cases and Cures Effected by It, London: Robert Clavel, page 27:nounSomething that has the effect of deobstructing.e.g.“[…] by setting up currents through the kidneys […] it [turpentine] has acted as a renal deobstructive.” — 1885, Samuel M. Bemiss, “Malarial Fevers”, in William Pepper, editor, A System of Practical Medicine, Philadelphia: Lea Brothers, Volume 1, Chapter , p. 613:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.deobstruction 87% match — The act of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions). vs deobstructive →deobstruct 85% match — To clear (something) of obstructions. vs deobstructive →disobstruct 79% match — To clear away an obstruction. vs deobstructive →deobstruent 76% match — Removing obstructions; having the power to clear or open the natural ducts of the fluids and secretions of the body vs deobstructive →disobstruction 76% match — The removal of an obstruction vs deobstructive →antiobstructive 74% match — That counters obstruction vs deobstructive →unobstructive 72% match — not obstructive vs deobstructive →obstructional 69% match — Being or relating to an obstruction. vs deobstructive →