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Verb: obturate  'ób-t(y)u,reyt
  1. Block passage through
    "obturate the path";
    - obstruct, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up

Derived forms: obturated, obturating, obturates

Type of: entrammel [literary], fetter [literary], hinder, impede, trammel [literary]

Encyclopedia: Obturate

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