Keep and Obstruct

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Keep verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Usage example: at least try to keep your temper during the holiday meal

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Obstruct is a synonym for keep in delay topic. In some cases you can use "Obstruct" instead a verb "Keep", when it comes to topics like prevent.

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Obstruct verb - To create difficulty for the work or activity of.

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Keep is a synonym for obstruct. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Obstruct".

relationship	keep relationship	obstruct relationship
team	keep team	obstruct team
way	keep way	obstruct way
face	keep face	obstruct face
Other words: characters, ship, players, enemies.

A bunch of bananas keep appearing in front of you, and a bunch of letters from the credits fall down to obstruct your attempts to get the bananas.

Source: That One Level / Super Monkey Ball
In the Legends of Dune prequel, The Machine Crusade, a village of Zenshiites on the planet IV Anbus decide to obstruct the plans of a group of League soldiers, trying to keep a mechanized army from passing through their canyon village on its way to the capital.

Source: Ungrateful Townsfolk
But when that ship finally arrives, Benteen is less than willing to give up his position of leadership and authority, and tries to obstruct the efforts of the rescuers and keep them from taking "his people" back to Earth.

Source: Wasteland Elder

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