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deobstruction

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The act of deobstructing (clearing a passage, etc. of obstructions).

uncountable

Examples

“[…] in case, that they who had thus diverted and obstructed these Water-courses, were not able to repair⟳ them again; then to distrain all such to give⟳ assistance therein, as by such reducing them to their former Chanels, and deobstruction of those stops, should receive⟳ benefit and safeguard.”
“1861, James Yearsley, On Throat Deafness and the Pathological Connexions of the Throat, Nose, and Ear, London: John Churchill, 9th edition, Cases, p. 81, The proper treatment of such a case was immediately apparent; namely, the deobstruction of the nasal and Eustachian passages.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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