1
as in blocking
to prevent passage through by filling with something
phone lines clotted by Internet traffic
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2
as in gelling
to turn from a liquid into a substance resembling jelly
scabs form over cuts when your blood starts to clot
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Recent Examples of clotting
In one study, it was found that the disease triggered the development of sac-like molecules carrying blood-clotting proteins that increased stroke risk.
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New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
Some patients' bodies continue to make the clotting gene for years after starting treatment.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Clots are meant to form when the body signals for clotting in response to an injury, and then dissolve once healing begins.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
Some patients' bodies continue to make the clotting gene for years after starting treatment.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Clots are meant to form when the body signals for clotting in response to an injury, and then dissolve once healing begins.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clotting
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These will be of little use to many casual players, though, who may well give up on Silksong after banging their head against a progress-blocking boss for an hour or two.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
11 Sep. 2025
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There are different types of biologic medicines, but typically, these powerful drugs work for people with a condition like mine by blocking specific inflammatory pathways in your immune system to help control inflammation and pain.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
11 Sep. 2025
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Roger Hodgson, a posh young guitarist whose post-private school rearing clashed with Davies' own humble origins, wound up gelling with Davies, and Supertramp was born — after a few months under the moniker of Daddy.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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As part of the plea deal, additional charges of assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats and resisting or obstructing a peace officer were dismissed, according to court records.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Ultimately, North was found guilty of destroying official documents, accepting a home security system as a gift and obstructing Congress in 1989.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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The paper demonstrates thick sodium cathodes that perform at room temperature and down to freezing.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
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Its Jewish musicians were transported by train to Bergen-Belsen while two and a half months later the remaining non-Jewish players were sent to the only all-women camp at Ravensbrück, 90 kilometers north of Berlin, marching in freezing winter conditions with no food.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The two defended their actions, including jamming a paper shredder with incriminating documents, as being necessary to secure the release of American hostages being held in Lebanon and to curb Soviet expansionism.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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If jamming a head of state’s flight is possible, so is disrupting a humanitarian airlift, a naval convoy, or a swarm of autonomous drones.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Yet that comes as experts say competition among convenience stores is stiffening.—
Natalie Rice,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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But most recently it has been hit from several sides, most notably stiffening competition primarily from Amazon, off-pricers and membership clubs as well as Walmart and Target.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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This creamy formula blends kaolin and bentonite with bamboo charcoal powder to attract and remove pore-clogging impurities, excess oil, and buildup.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
12 Sep. 2025
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Neighbors and a long list of East County leaders have for years raised concerns about the project, from the potential for pollution near Jamacha Elementary School to the specter of dump trucks clogging evacuation routes.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Sep. 2025
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The basketball gods have handed us an opportunity — a chance to stir up a rivalry that has been sitting cold and coagulating on the back burner for far too long.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Clotting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clotting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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