as in to obstruct
to prevent passage through by filling with something
a blood clot had occluded a major artery in his body
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The ability to occlude the thumb is the key to the magic trick, so the thumb must be opposable.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2023
But while their mouths may be smaller than wolves, their palates remain relatively large, which means that even mouth breathing is partly occluded.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
In front of an audience, the words shriek and occlude, like a closet full of bats that has unfortunately been opened.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Even grief itself seems to be occluded or numbed by screen life, which retains the same quality of distortion, confusion and repetition.
—Dionne Brand Anne Boyer, New York Times, 29 June 2023
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 4 Apr. 2023
But while their mouths may be smaller than wolves, their palates remain relatively large, which means that even mouth breathing is partly occluded.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
In front of an audience, the words shriek and occlude, like a closet full of bats that has unfortunately been opened.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
Even grief itself seems to be occluded or numbed by screen life, which retains the same quality of distortion, confusion and repetition.
—Dionne Brand Anne Boyer, New York Times, 29 June 2023
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“Occlude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occlude. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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