blocked

Verb

• render unsuitable for passage
• hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
  • "His brother blocked him at every turn"
• stop from happening or developing
• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals
• run on a block system
• interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia
• shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight
  • "The thick curtain blocked the action on the stage"
• stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block
• obstruct
  • "Her arteries are blocked"
• block passage through
• support, secure, or raise with a block
• impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball)
• be unable to remember
• shape by using a block
• shape into a block or blocks
• prohibit the conversion or use of (assets)
  • "Blocked funds"
• simple past and past participle of block

Adjective Satellite

• closed to traffic
  • "the repaving results in many blocked streets"
• completely obstructed or closed off
  • "the storm was responsible for many blocked roads and bridges"

Adj

• Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded.
• Unable to move owing to an obstruction.
• Banned or barred from connecting or logging on.
• Disabled or disconnected, so as to prevent access or from performing certain actions.
• Drunk
• With black squares separating the lights and marking the ends of words.

Examples

• All of this user's accounts are now blocked.
• Blocked users will be unable to access their accounts indefinitely.
• Call a plumber to unclog the blocked drain.
• The argument was over a blocked car in a driveway.
• The phone will reject calls from blocked numbers.
• This road is blocked, so we must find another route.

Synonyms

bar, barricade, blank out, block, block off, block up, blockade, choke up, close up, deflect, draw a blank, embarrass, forget, freeze, halt, hinder, immobilise, immobilize, impede, jam, kibosh, lug, obstruct, obturate, occlude, out of use, parry, plugged, stop, stuff, stymie, stymy, choked, clogged, drunk, forwrought, impedite

Antonyms

free, remember, unblock, unfreeze, unstuff, barred

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