Etymological root

struere

Latin

# struere

**Type:** Etymological root
**Language:** Latin
**Slug:** struere

## Words From This Root
- reconstruct - to build again or to piece together how something happened
- instructive - useful in providing knowledge or information; enlightening
- obstruct - to block or hinder the passage, movement, or progress of
- obstruction - a thing that blocks a way or passage; the act of hindering
- destroyer - one who destroys, or a fast, lightly armoured warship
- constructive - serving to build up or improve; helpful rather than destructive
- constructor - one who builds or assembles something, or a routine that initializes an object
- construe - to interpret or understand something in a particular way
- destructible - capable of being destroyed
- indestructible - impossible to destroy or break down
- instructer - one who teaches or instructs (variant spelling of instructor)
- instrumentalist - a person who plays a musical instrument; an adherent of instrumentalist philosophy
- instrumentation - the arrangement of music for instruments, or the set of instruments used in a system

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Words from this root(13)

reconstruct C2+

/ˌrikənˈstrʌkt/ to build again or to piece together how something happened Meaning Off Sound Off

instructive C2+

/ɪnˈstrʌktɪv/ useful in providing knowledge or information; enlightening Meaning Off Sound Off

/əbˈstrʌkt/ to block or hinder the passage, movement, or progress of Meaning Off Sound Off

obstruction C2+

/əbˈstrʌkʃən/ a thing that blocks a way or passage; the act of hindering Meaning Off Sound Off

/dɪˈstrɔɪɚ/ one who destroys, or a fast, lightly armoured warship Meaning Off Sound Off

constructive C2+

/kənˈstrʌktɪv/ serving to build up or improve; helpful rather than destructive Meaning Off Sound Off

constructor C2+

/kənˈstrʌktɚ/ one who builds or assembles something, or a routine that initializes an object Meaning Off Sound Off

/kənˈstru/ to interpret or understand something in a particular way Meaning Off Sound Off

destructible C2+

/dɪˈstrʌktəbəl/ capable of being destroyed Meaning Off Sound Off

indestructible C2+

/ˌɪndɪˈstrʌktəbəl/ impossible to destroy or break down Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɪnˈstrʌktɚ/ one who teaches or instructs (variant spelling of instructor) Meaning Off Sound Off

instrumentalist C2+

/ˌɪnstrəˈmɛntəlɪst/ a person who plays a musical instrument; an adherent of instrumentalist philosophy Meaning Off Sound Off

instrumentation C2+

/ˌɪnstrəmɛnˈteɪʃən/ the arrangement of music for instruments, or the set of instruments used in a system Meaning Off Sound Off

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