Thesaurus / stricture
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As the days turn into weeks turn into months, the strictures become harder to tolerate.
Assisted living facilities emerged as a third way, rejecting the clinical strictures of a medical institution in favor of a more informal, dormlike setting.
“WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO IS DEAD OR ALIVE”: TRAPPED INSIDE AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY DURING THE PANDEMICBY AVA KOFMANNOVEMBER 30, 2020PROPUBLICA
The longtime activist for women and girls held a high post in the Hamid Karzai government but was forced to step down after opponents called her the “Salman Rushdie of Afghanistan” for criticizing the strictures of Sharia law.
A NOBEL PURSUIT GONE WRONG?TRACY MORANOCTOBER 11, 2020OZY
The principal stricture passed on the virtuoso was that he played too softly, or, rather, too delicately.
FREDERICK CHOPIN AS A MAN AND MUSICIANFREDERICK NIECKS
The common sequence is stricture of the gullet, combined with feeble digestion, and in a few instances stricture of the pylorus.
POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTIONALEXANDER WYNTER BLYTH
The gullet is most affected at its lower part, and it is this part which is mostly subject to stricture.
POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTIONALEXANDER WYNTER BLYTH
The first recorded operation for external urethrotomy for the relief of stricture is mentioned in Wiseman's writings.
AN EPITOME OF THE HISTORY OF MEDICINEROSWELL PARK
Rec′toscope, a speculum for rectal examination; Rectot′omy, the operation for dividing a rectal stricture.
Unfortunately, as in all cases of stricture, there is a tendency for it to recur.
I have not been told that my taste was corrupted, and my morals, I believe, have also escaped serious stricture.
THE PROMISED LANDMARY ANTIN
WORDS RELATED TO STRICTURE
- Bronx cheer
- animadversion
- aspersion
- bad press
- blast
- brickbats
- call down
- carping
- cavil
- caviling
- censure
- critical remarks
- cut
- denunciation
- disparagement
- faultfinding
- flak
- hit
- knock
- nit-picking
- objection
- opprobrium
- pan
- panning
- put down
- quibble
- rap on knuckles
- reproof
- roast
- slam
- slap
- slap on wrist
- static
- stricture
- swipe
- vitriol
- zapper
- black list
- blackball
- blame
- boo
- boycott
- brickbat
- call down
- castigation
- catcall
- censure
- criticism
- denunciation
- deprecation
- disapprobation
- discontent
- disfavor
- dislike
- disparagement
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- hiss
- nix
- objection
- opprobrium
- ostracism
- reproach
- reproof
- slap on wrist
- stricture
- thumbs down
- vitriol
- zing
- Catch-22
- bar
- barricade
- barrier
- block
- blockage
- bottleneck
- burden
- catch
- chain
- check
- clog
- cramp
- curb
- dead weight
- defect
- delay
- deterrent
- detriment
- difficulty
- disadvantage
- drag
- drawback
- encumbrance
- fault
- flaw
- handicap
- hazard
- hitch
- holdup
- hurdle
- inhibition
- load
- manacle
- millstone
- obstacle
- prohibition
- red tape
- restraint
- restriction
- retardation
- retardment
- road block
- rub
- setback
- shackle
- snag
- stoppage
- stricture
- stumbling block
- tie
- trammel
- wall
- Catch-22
- bar
- barricade
- barrier
- block
- blockage
- bottleneck
- burden
- catch
- chain
- check
- clog
- cramp
- curb
- dead weight
- defect
- delay
- deterrent
- detriment
- difficulty
- disadvantage
- drag
- drawback
- encumbrance
- fault
- flaw
- handicap
- hazard
- hitch
- holdup
- hurdle
- inhibition
- load
- manacle
- millstone
- obstacle
- prohibition
- red tape
- restraint
- restriction
- retardation
- retardment
- road block
- rub
- setback
- shackle
- snag
- stoppage
- stricture
- stumbling block
- tie
- trammel
- wall
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