Verb: obturate 'ób-t(y)u,reyt
- Block passage through
"The debris obturated the pipe, causing a blockage";
- obstruct, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Derived forms: obturated, obturates, obturating
Type of: entrammel [literary], fetter [literary], hinder, impede, trammel [literary]
Encyclopedia: Obturate