occluded

verb

past tense of occlude
as in obstructed
to prevent passage through by filling with something a blood clot had occluded a major artery in his body

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Recent Examples of occluded 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 There’s so much that has been occluded by the broad-brush depiction of the eighties as the awful age of Reagan, yuppies, shoulder pads, mullets, and synth-drums. — Literary Hub, 1 June 2026 Unlike supermassive black holes, the critics argued, LRDs appeared occluded by much denser clouds of gas, potentially mandating a more direct method for accurately measuring their mass. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for occluded
  1. obstructed
  2. blocked
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  • License plates need to be clearly visible and not obstructed.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The technology helps robots manipulate objects and navigate around obstacles using touch, including when visual information is unavailable or obstructed.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of obstructed
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  • The front counter handwashing sink was blocked by cases of soda, pizza boxes and boxes of cups.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
  • An early-morning crash has blocked traffic on the road from Boise to McCall.
    — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of blocked

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“Occluded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occluded. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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