BLOCKAGE Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

blockage

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Definition of blockage

as in barrier

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Recent Examples of blockage Even if a large storm has disrupted power lines or internet access, a high-quality walkie-talkie should transmit your communications, as long as there are no severe obstructions or blockage. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 Aug. 2026 Pearl was taken to the hospital, according to the news story, and died there with what today would be described as septic shock from a bowel blockage. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026 If your dog swallows these fibers, it can get caught up in the digestive tract like hair in plumbing and create a blockage. — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026 Hopes for an imminent US-Iran deal to end the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz added to optimism that oil and gas, along with other key products, would again start flowing freely after more than five months of war. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for blockage

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Noun

Rice lipids and jojoba oil seal in moisture and replenish the skin barrier, while 2% ectoin soothes redness and protects against water loss.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 6 Sep. 2026
The Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund was created to support semiconductor research and development investments, reduce barriers to innovation, and address growing global competition in the semiconductor industry.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of barrier

Noun

The broadcast also reported that Castro’s grandson had participated earlier this year in talks with the United States, which has imposed an oil and financial blockade on the island nation since January.

— Andrea Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2026
For now, the naval blockade has proved to be a potent economic weapon, and Iranian officials have admitted that conditions are dire and suggested time is running out.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of blockade

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Investigators accused him of obstruction of justice, unlawful contracting and, among other things, claiming $127,630 in expenses linked to fictitious missions and plane tickets for nearly a dozen trips.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
The prosecutor, Matthew Evans, was fired on Thursday and is now under investigation for alleged obstruction of a grand jury probe, the person said.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of obstruction

Noun

Separated by a stone wall, the family dining area is a more casual space.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026
Their names—Judge, Hercules Posey, Christopher Sheels, Austin, Richmond, Giles, Moll, Paris, and Joe—are still carved into a stone wall in huge letters.

— John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

Definition of stone wall

Noun

Getting around interference The biggest technical hurdle in spectrum sharing is interference – what happens when two signals overlap and scramble each other, like two people shouting different things in your ear at the same time.

— Aylin Yener, The Conversation, 8 Sep. 2026
When the waves were reunited, the team used an effect called interference, which occurs when the peaks and troughs of two misaligned waves meet, to measure changes in the free-falling wave.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of interference

Noun

Both benefit from improved navigation, apparently able to avoid cables and other obstacles as small as 2mm in size, as well as transparent objects like mirrors or glass.

— Dominic Preston, The Verge, 3 Sep. 2026
The 340-pound ball is just soft enough to bounce lightly over bumpy obstacles, but its slight overpressure keeps it relatively firm.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of obstacle

Noun

His book with Daphna Renan vigorously defends majority rule against institutional impediments.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
The Error-Correction Breakthrough Alters the Conversation Error has been one of the most significant impediments to quantum computation for many years.

— Chuck Brooks, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of impediment

Noun

As art and its creators have shed their inhibitions in this post-Sadean world, politicians and cultural commentators have reliably lined up to condemn this total freedom of expression as being dangerous to society.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
Put inhibitions aside to experience the latest episode of Doc Talk, hosted by John Ridley (12 Years a Slave, Shirley), and Matt Carey, Deadline’s senior documentary editor.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 30 June 2026

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