English > block up: 1 sense > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Render unsuitable for passage. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, bar |
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| Narrower | close | bar access to |
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| shut off, block off, close off | block off the passage through |
| Broader | obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up | Block passage through |
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| Similar to | obstruct, block | shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight |
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| Spanish | bloquear, obstruir |
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| Catalan | blocar, bloquejar, obstruir |
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