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Verb: occlude  u'klood
  1. Block passage through
    "The debris occluded the pipe, causing a blockage";
    - obstruct, obturate, impede, jam, block, close up

Derived forms: occluded, occludes, occluding

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

Encyclopedia: Occlude