"occlude" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

is a type of: hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to
subtypes:
- block off, blockade - obstruct access to
- barricade, barricado - block off with barricades
- barricade - prevent access to by barricading
- asphyxiate, choke, stifle, suffocate - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
- tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally
- dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam
- block out, screen - prevent from entering
- earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslide
- bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade, stop - render unsuitable for passage
- back up, choke, choke off, clog, clog up, congest, foul - become or cause to become obstructed
same as: block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate