obstruct vs rule out

obstruct

verb
  • To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder. 

  • To get in the way of so as to hide from sight. 

  • To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block. 

rule out

verb
  • To disallow. 

  • To reject an option from a list of possibilities. 

  • To make something impossible. 

  • To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler. 

  • To make unavailable. 

How often have the words obstruct and rule out occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )