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adjective

as in plugged (up)

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stopped (up)

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verb

past tense of stop (up)
as in blocked
to prevent passage through by filling with something clear the leaves out of the rain gutters so they don't stop up the downspouts again

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stopped (up)
  1. congested
  2. blocked
  3. obstructed
Adjective
  • Container shipping schedules are falling further behind just as carriers prepare to throw more capacity into an already congested market.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In my own experience, distributing work across the country can create jobs, revive investment in small and medium-size suppliers and reduce bottlenecks by producing modular assemblies outside of congested shipyards.
    — George Whittier, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 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
  • The construction of Terminal B also partially obstructed controllers’ views of two taxiways.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Plaintiffs' critical role to root out governmental fraud, finance waste, and abuse is obstructed by Defendant's interference with OIG's investigatory performance.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of obstructed
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“Stopped (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stopped%20%28up%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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