Occlude synonyms and antonyms

ə-klo͝od'

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block
To shape or mold on or as on a block
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curb
To force to "bite the curb" (hit the pavement curb); see curb stomp.
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impede
To bar or hinder the progress of; obstruct or delay
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close (related)
To draw or bind together the edges of:
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prevent (related)
Prevent is defined as to stop something from happening.
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absorb
The definition of absorb means to completely have someone’s attention.
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clog
To fill with obstructions or with thick, sticky matter; stop up; jam
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obstruct
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
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plug
To stop up or fill (a hole, gap, etc.) by inserting a plug
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seal
To close or fasten with a seal:
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allow (antonym)
(Dial.) To think; give as one's opinion
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permit (antonym)
To give opportunity or possibility
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help (antonym)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
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obturate
To close or obstruct.
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jam
To fill or block (a passageway, river, etc.) by crowding or squeezing in
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close-up
To move people closer together.
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ethmoid (related)
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invagination (related)
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posteriorly (related)
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  • The lower canine can then occlude lateral to the displaced lip and cause excoriation or punctures.

  • Cylinder-shaped toys of 1-inch (2.5-cm) diameter (the size of a regular hot dog) are the most dangerous size because they can occlude the trachea (windpipe) if they are aspirated.

  • They also can seriously occlude your vision in dark dance halls, not to mention reduce your peripheral vision, both of which could prove disastrous in a fast-paced couples dance.

  • In the encrusting type, which is found in a large proportion of the genera, the zooids are usually in a single layer, with their orifices facing away from the substratum; but in certain species the colony becomes multilaminar by the continued superposition of new zooids over the free surfaces of the older ones, whose orifices they naturally occlude.

  • In many cases the colour-production is dependent on certain definite conditions - temperature, presence of oxygen, nature of the food-medium, &c. Ewart's important discovery that some of these lipochrome pigments occlude oxygen, while others do not, may have bearings on the facultative anaerobism of these organisms.

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