DAMMING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

damming

verb

present participle of dam

as in blocking

to prevent passage through by filling with something ice floes were damming the river

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as in filling

to close up so that no empty spaces remain dam up the pipes

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Recent Examples of damming These could be damming a river, suppressing natural wildfires, or suppressing beaver damage. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026 Scientists now believe that part of the glacier snapped off and fell to the valley below, temporarily damming a river before the force of water surged forward. — Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Aug. 2026 That mass of ice and rock dropped from 5,100 to 3,000 meters, damming a river. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 27 Aug. 2026 And although bipartisan Congressional efforts have pushed back on some of the deepest cuts, damage was still done, damming the flow of funding, halting experiments, delaying new research, and impeding the work of scientists worldwide. — Eric Schmidt, Time, 16 July 2026 The nine-hole golf course opened in 1908, the same year the city’s first outdoor swimming pool at the park was created by damming up Tyler Creek. — Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026 Responders are establishing diking and damming measures to divert the potential fluid down a grade into a commercial holding area. — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 23 May 2026 Then, about 20,000 years ago the Laurentide continental glacier moved into the area, pushing rocks, soil, and other debris, eventually damming Pine Creek and forming an expansive lake. — Anthony Fredericks, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2026 As these boar and beavers escape, digging up his neighbor’s fields and damming his streams, the two farmers begin to butt heads. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Mar. 2026

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The gates blocking it, and the security checkpoints along its flanks, will dramatically limit the public’s desire to enter, and change the tenor and experience of a space that should feel porous and inclusive.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Benson’s Sunday task will be blocking defensive ends Malcolm Koonce and Kwity Paye, who, according to Pro Football Focus, have combined for 20 pressures this season.

— Pete Sweeney October 1, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026

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New to the roster was non-prof Roundabout’s The Imaginary Invalid starring Bill Irwin at the Haimes, filling 94% of seats for three previews for a take of $183,153.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Appeal for leniency Rivera has submitted about 50 letters of support to Damian, filling about 95 pages and presenting a portrait of the former congressman markedly different from the one offered by prosecutors.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

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The vehicle was stopped for a few minutes perpendicular to a snowy residential Minneapolis street, obstructing the flow of traffic.

— Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
Collaboration means different interests working through disagreements to find common ground – not obstructing progress in court while forests burn.

— Chris Edwards, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of obstructing

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Many Californians have already gone ahead in the legal gray area, purchasing the panels online and plugging them in.

— Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Even unplugging the fridge and plugging it back in didn’t solve the issue as the cool air continued to escape.

— Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of plugging

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Xi successfully lifted the constitutional term limits on his rule as state president in 2018 and swept clean the top ranks of the party itself at the 20th Party Congress, in 2022, packing them with his own supporters and yes men.

— Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2026
The third is a network of syringe-injectable implants, each packing two receiving pads, a transistor switch, a battery, and either a sensor or an actuator such as a nerve stimulator.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of packing

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