Obstacle
Obstacle noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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At another, a similar thing happens in reverse, with the player speeding up a vertical obstacle course to avoid a sea of Fuzzies.
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Ultimately, summoning Shoggoths just creates one more obstacle to get in your way when you're running through the levels in reverse at the end of the area.
Source: Videogame / Eldritch -
Private's cuteness works like this: it starts off as an obstacle for him to be respected by the others, but eventually powers Dave's gun to reverse the effects of the Medusa Serum.
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Reverse and Obstacle. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/obstacle/reverse
Obstacle & Reverse. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/obstacle/reverse>.
Reverse or Obstacle. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/obstacle/reverse.
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