block

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BLOCK

to close up so that no empty spaces remain <block up the opening in the wall where a window once was>

Synonyms block, bung, dam, pack, plug, stop, stuff

Related Words choke, clog, close (off), clot, congest, jam, obstruct, occlude; caulk, chink, seal; repack, restuff

Near Antonyms excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out), shovel

to prevent passage through by filling with something <one of the patient's arteries was so blocked with fatty deposits that blood flow had been reduced to a trickle>

Synonyms block, choke, clot, congest, dam, gum (up), jam, obstruct, occlude, plug (up), stop (up), stuff

Related Words bung, cork, spile, stopper, stopple; fill, gridlock, pack; fur, silt; flood, glut, inundate, overwhelm, swamp

Near Antonyms excavate, hollow (out), scoop (out); empty, lighten

Antonyms clear, free, open (up), unblock, unclog, unplug, unstop

to stop, seize, or interrupt while in progress or on course <a thug suddenly stepped out of a doorway and blocked his escape down the alley>

Synonyms block, interdict, pick off

Related Words capture, catch, collar, corral, grab, seize, snare, snatch, trap

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