deobstruct
To clear (something) of obstructions.
Verb
- To clear (something) of obstructions.
- […] we humbly desire of God […] [that] he will be pleas’d to convey to them [the people of Ireland] the notices of their danger, and their sin, and to deobstruct the passages of necessary truth to them, - 1664, Jeremy...
- […] such as carry off the Foeces and Mucus, deobstruct the Mouths of the Lacteals, so as the Chyle may have a free Passage into the Blood. - 1732, John Arbuthnot, Practical Rules of Diet, London: J. Tonson, Chapter 1,...
- […] he exhibited an instrument which he had invented for deobstructing the Fallopian tubes in such cases. - 1850, Edward Tilt, chapter 5, in On Diseases of Menstruation and Ovarian Inflammation, London: John Churchill,...
Synonyms: unblock
Origin
From de- + obstruct.