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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Recent Examples of occlude
The fog occluded vision beyond a hundred metres—a distance that polar bears can cover in about ten seconds.
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
For example, if a ball rolled behind some occluding object and temporarily disappeared from view, the model generated an error when the ball didn’t reappear from behind the object in future frames.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
In the immediate aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, one of the most vexing things occluding the facts of what happened was a general illiteracy regarding the online culture that had engulfed the alleged killer — its memes and codes and ideologies.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
However, this approach isn’t ideal in agricultural settings, when branches are likely to occlude the visual sensors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2025
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Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
For example, if a ball rolled behind some occluding object and temporarily disappeared from view, the model generated an error when the ball didn’t reappear from behind the object in future frames.
—Quanta Magazine, 3 Oct. 2025
In the immediate aftermath of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder, one of the most vexing things occluding the facts of what happened was a general illiteracy regarding the online culture that had engulfed the alleged killer — its memes and codes and ideologies.
—Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2025
However, this approach isn’t ideal in agricultural settings, when branches are likely to occlude the visual sensors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2025
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He was recaptured and indicted on a charge of obstructing a pending immigration proceeding.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
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Jose was accused of obstructing officers and was fined $150 or face one month in prison.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
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The group sued to block the probe, alleging the agency was violating its First Amendment rights.—
Devi Shastri,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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Tierney got another look shortly thereafter that was blocked by Ounahi.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
20 June 2026
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“Occlude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occlude. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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