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1. The act of obstructing or deflecting someone's movements
   - block

1. Render unsuitable for passage
   "block the way"; "block off the streets"; "block up the streets";
   - barricade, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar
    
2. Hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
   "His brother blocked him at every turn";
   - obstruct, blockade, hinder, stymie, stymy [rare], embarrass
    
3. Prevent from happening or developing
   "Block his election";
   - stop, halt, kibosh [informal], kybosh [informal]
    
4. Interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
   "block the signals emitted by this station";
   - jam
    
5. Run on a block system
   "block trains"
    
6. Interrupt the normal function of by means of anaesthesia
   "block a nerve"; "block a muscle"
    
7. Shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
   "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage";
   - obstruct
    
8. Stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
   "block the book cover"
    
9. Obstruct
   "Her arteries are blocked";
   - stuff, lug, choke up
    
10. Block passage through
    "block the path";
    - obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, close up
     
11. Support, secure, or raise with a block
    "block a plate for printing"; "block the wheels of a car"
     
12. Impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
    "block an attack";
    - parry, deflect
     
13. Be unable to remember
    "You are blocking the name of your first wife!";
    - forget, blank out, draw a blank, disremember [US, informal]
     
14. Shape by using a block
    "Block a hat"; "block a garment"
     
15. Shape into a block or blocks
    "block the graphs so one can see the results clearly"
     
16. Prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
    "Blocked funds";
    - freeze, immobilize, immobilise [Brit]

Derived forms: blockings

Type of: anaesthetise [Brit], anaesthetize [Brit, Cdn], anesthetise [Brit], anesthetize [N. Amer], back up, boss, break up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, conceal, congest, cut off, disrupt, emboss, entrammel [literary], fence, fetter [literary], forbid, foreclose, forestall, form, foul, hide, hinder, hold, hold up, impede, interrupt, keep back, obstruction, operate, preclude, prevent, put out, put under, run, shape, stamp, support, sustain, trammel [literary], withhold

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