blockage
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈblɑːkɪdʒ/
:
obstrucción
- It's usually caused by a blockage in the carotid artery... that supplies blood to the brain.
- nasal blockage
- ear blockage
- cause a blockage
So I had three, three blockages that were fairly substantial.
- So I had three, three blockages that were fairly substantial.
- And then there's a blockage in the in the shower.
- And they got up and they visited the found the same kind of condition, a blockage at the end of the shaft.
- And the allies thought about making a device that could roll over all of those blockages and get to the seawall to blow it up.
- That wall is blockage and it's going to cause more problems than you may realize.
- Any tissue death caused by a blockage of an artery from a thrombus, we call infarction, and any dead tissue we call necrosis.
Examples
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There's a pipe blockage in the girl's bathroom.
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The lantern showed a blockage of the tunnel ahead of him.
Fiction book (2001) -
Yeah, it's very hard to find out where the kind of blockage is coming from.
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Right and we have to remove him and remove that blockage that he creates.
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So over time, that blockage can lead to serious cognitive problems.
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As she began, it seemed that a blockage had set up in her throat.
Fiction book (1997) -
So we need to just clear these blockages so I can do my work.
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The latter occurs as a result of a blockage of the arteries.
Academic text (2012) -
There was blockage in an artery, but it's all been dissolved, so he's fine.
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There's a pipe blockage in the girl's bathroom.
Synonyms
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3.4
A thing or problem that makes it hard to reach a goal
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2.8
A thing that blocks movement or keeps places apart
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4.4
A thing that blocks a passage like a pipe or artery
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4.4
A blockage that stops liquid or air moving through a pipe
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4.6
A narrow place, like where lanes merge, that slows movement
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3.5
An object that blocks a pipe or passage and stops flow
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8.7
Something that blocks a tube like a pipe or blood vessel and stops flow
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6.5
A narrowing in a tube or pipe that reduces flow
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7.6
A narrow place where movement slows or stops
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5.0
Something that blocks a pipe so water or gas cannot flow
A blockage in a pipe or closing something with a lock
Antonyms
How Blocked
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word blockage comes from the familiar word block, which originally meant a large piece of wood or anything that 'blocks' movement, and the ending -age, which makes a noun meaning 'a thing or state'. So a blockage is something that 'blocks' a pipe, road, or tube and stops the flow.