stoppered

verb

past tense of stopper
1
as in corked

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2
as in sealed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoppered
  1. occluded
  2. sealed
  3. plugged
  4. fastened
  5. latched
  6. chained
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  • But well told is not the same as telling, and, in the end, the overarching claims in his book are occluded rather than revealed by the surfeit of detail.
    — Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 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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  • State police noticed the trailer wasn't sealed and Singh indicated the seal was inside the cab.
    — Christina Hall, Freep.com, 10 Nov. 2025
Definition of sealed
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  • Propped up by feats of engineering, Arizona’s economy steadily plugged along until the first World War, when the industrial demands of militarization transformed the desert state into an economic powerhouse.
    — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Each console was tested in the device's performance mode while plugged directly into power, with the only difference being the resolution.
    — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of plugged
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  • Pilots still ask passengers to keep their seat belts fastened while seated, and no one doubts the captain for saying so.
    — Amanda Connelly, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
  • At the textile factory, Periyasaamy was folding and packing aprons with a GoPro fastened to her head.
    — Diaa Hadid, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
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  • The bit showed what the fiercely energetic and charismatic Murray could do, and, almost literally from that moment on, SNL viewers latched onto Murray’s signature mix of smirking silliness and performing courage.
    — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Sep. 2026
  • His father, Jeff Cebula, said his son was looking at fish in a creek when a beaver latched onto his chest.
    — Ashley Paul, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
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  • The company also shared that Mythos chained four different vulnerabilities together to create a more complex exploit.
    — Lee Rossey, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Some models chained vulnerabilities together to escape virtual machines.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
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