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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Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis exploited them in their April 2023 meeting, blocking a couple of early left hooks in the Las Vegas fight and waiting for his opportunity.

— Chris McKenna, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
The justices did not give their reasoning for blocking the new map, as is often the case in rulings on its emergency docket.

— Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of blocking

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Fajardo has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident that resulted in death and obstructing justice.

— Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026
In a particularly bizarre breakdown during Friday’s game between the Heights and Firebells, a New York runner was ruled out for obstructing the second baseman from fielding a ground ball.

— Emily Ohman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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This isn’t as simple as plugging a player into the lineup in Madden NFL 27.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026
The attack relies on plugging the device, which costs less than $100, into a port hidden by a hatch on the exterior of the plane, which the researchers say is easily within reach of maintenance workers and airline staff.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 13 Aug. 2026