blockagenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈblɒk.ɪdʒ/us/ˈblɑː.kɪdʒ/something that stops something else passing through, or the act of stopping something passing through:
His death was caused by a blockage in one of his arteries.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatches idiom
- block sth off
- block sth up
- dam sth up
- dark
- ensconce
- ensconced
- gum
- gum sth up
- jam
- occlude
- seal
- shut (sth) off
- shutter
- silt (sth) up
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn idiom
- wedge
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