spiled

verb

past tense of spile
as in stoppered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spiled
  1. clogged
  2. dammed
  3. filled
  4. occluded
  5. obstructed
  6. congested
  7. blocked
  8. jammed
Verb
  • Ice later clogged three center engines, and ended the maneuver early.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
  • One floor sink at the cook’s line was clogged and not draining due to oil and grease buildup.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of clogged
Verb
  • According to the Louisville Zoo, after many Kentucky and Indiana streams were dammed decades ago, water health has declined at the expense of local ecosystems, putting pressure on the struggling salamanders.
    — Ruby Grisin, Louisville Courier Journal, 18 Sep. 2026
  • One theory is that the rock and ice briefly dammed the valley, allowing water to back up in the river.
    — Umesh Haritashya, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of dammed
Verb
  • Beyond the walls of the company’s London headquarters, which is filled with thousands of its plushy pink octopus mascots, Jackson’s empire may look like an unwieldy one.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Around the three-and-a-half-hour mark of the race, the finish-line medical tent filled.
    — Vibhu Krishna, STAT, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of filled
Verb
  • The administration of antibiotics would trigger a second pathogen that had been occluded inside the first.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026
  • Instead, the missing silver may have been right there, in the sun all along, simply occluded from astronomers' view by tricks of physics.
    — Rahul Rao, Space.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of occluded
Verb
  • And there are a handful of seats at the top of the upper deck adjacent to the scoreboards that have obstructed views of one corner of the field, so few dozen fans will find a less than premium experience.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Reigns was obstructed from doing his usual moves without feeling any pain.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of obstructed
Verb
  • But a contingent of longtime residents is fighting the plan, saying New London already is congested with traffic and rental housing.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Traffic is expected to be 65% higher during that time, with the busiest route becoming congested along I-20 West from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama, according to AAA.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of congested
Verb
  • Ming Yang, a Chinese manufacturer, has already been blocked from building a factory in Scotland on national security grounds.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • On Thursday, protesters blocked a road near Pristina's airport as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who was on a Balkan tour, arrived at the capital.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of blocked
Verb
  • Some hydrants were jammed up by freezing temperatures; the blaze was contained in part because of a fireboat that Collins had funded.
    — Emma Green, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The voice mail at the Brooklyn apartment is jammed with calls.
    — Nicole Avery Nichols, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of jammed
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