SPILING Synonyms: 39 Similar and Opposite Words

spiling

verb

present participle of spile

as in stoppling

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Providing lifetime transferable warranties against clogging and material failure.

— Nick Perry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
If your pipes see consistent hair clogs or other clumpy particles, consider adding a drain cover to your system to catch these particles and prevent them from clogging your drains.

— Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of clogging

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Nearly an hour after Nolan was last seen, friends on one of the boats noticed its bilge pump had failed and water was rapidly filling the hull, Tyler Cox and Edward Paltzik, attorneys for the friends, told CNN.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Tender cuts of meat, spicy cucumber salads, and lobster mac and cheese are rich but not overpowering, satisfying but not overly filling, and beautifully presented.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of filling

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He was charged with felony tampering, hindering apprehension for taking steps to conceal evidence and obstructing the investigation, according to a press release from Sunday's office.

— Finch Walker, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026
Paul Robinson, the father of a student who was accused with Abbatiello of being one of the ring’s two main suppliers, is charged with felony tampering, hindering apprehension and obstructing the investigation.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of obstructing

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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

Definition of damming

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The train began blocking the crossing on Tuesday morning, forcing drivers to find alternate routes.

— Terell Bailey, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
The first of those state-court eligibility decisions, granted in Ohio in early July, was paused by an appeals court this week, blocking it from taking effect.

— Justin Williams, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of blocking

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And an overly elaborate new CTA station at State and Lake is taking years, choking the North Loop with construction equipment.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 20 Aug. 2026
Loud, frequent snoring paired with gasping, choking or pauses in breathing may point to obstructive sleep apnea.

— Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of choking

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With other satellites already congesting the orbit, the quiet darkness of the night sky may soon become a luxury of the past.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
The signature ingredient, however, is the brand’s plum complex—the sister founders of Le Prunier use materials from their family’s century-old plum farm—to support collagen production, skin barrier health, and hydration without congesting pores.

— Emily Orofino, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025

Definition of congesting

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From Earth’s vantage point—right along the faraway magnetar’s equator—the wobbling disk acted like a film projector’s shutter, periodically occluding our view of the dead star supercharging SN 2024afav.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2026
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.

— Anil Ananthaswamy, Wired News, 7 Dec. 2025

Definition of occluding

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