CLUTTER (UP) Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

clutter (up)

verb

Definition of clutter (up)

as in to obstruct

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Sponsored by District 3 Commissioner Nicole Massiah, the measure defines camping as using public space for private living accommodations in a manner that obstructs public access or blocks entryways and exits to public property for extended periods.

— La'Tasha Givens, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
The suspect was booked into Sacramento County Main Jail on suspicion of a felony charge of making criminal threats, and misdemeanor allegations of exhibiting a deadly weapon and resisting or obstructing a peace officer.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of obstruct

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The ability to dam at least some of the daily overflow of misinformation and misrepresentation is one of the reasons for Pangram’s success and adoption, but Warner said that comes at a cost.

— T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Then dams and expanding farmlands dried it up and turned it into a patchwork of fields, roads and towns.

— Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026

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Luigi Carbone, Pope Leo XIV's physician, said the pontiff's recovery from lung cancer surgery won't stop plans for a visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru involving a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high altitudes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
Another to stop solving problems his team brings him and teach them to solve it instead.

— Ben Plomion, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of stop

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With the Hornets’ defense daring the Heat to make threes, the paint was clogged for Antetokounmpo.

— Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Any type of foreign material can harm a hydrothermal feature, either by clogging the water supply, polluting the water or blocking its runoff channel, according to the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.

— Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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