STOPPERED Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

stoppered

verb

past tense of stopper

as in corked

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as in sealed

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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

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Eager to escape the swirling rumors before Monday’s MLB trade deadline, the 26-year-old outfielder plugged his phone into its charger and went to the gym.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026
On Thursday, workers excavated a 3-foot-by-4-foot area to find the source of the water, plugged the leak and resumed preparing the street to reopen.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of plugged

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Residents are encouraged to use bear-resistant containers with lids latched, store garbage in a garage or shed until collection day, and put cans at the curb the morning of pickup rather than the night before.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Impact across Europe Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, perhaps the EU’s leading right-wing immigration restrictionist, latched onto the Ceuta episode.

— Kelsey Norman, The Conversation, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of latched

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Alicent, not at all her friend in the book, is chained up and not sent off on some silly assassination attempt to kill her son, Aemond.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Most recently, in May 2026, Cal/OSHA issued the company six citations, following an incident during a fire in January 2026 when two workers were reportedly found locked inside a cold storage room that had been chained from the outside.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of chained

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