as in to obstruct
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 occlude
However, this approach isn’t ideal in agricultural settings, when branches are likely to occlude the visual sensors.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2025
And, in every case, banal commentary is slowly occluding the art, seeping into it in boldface titles or explainers that speak over the sound or cover the image.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
So even at the time, her identity was partly occluded by that of her husband.
—Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 1 Feb. 2025
Once a target is identified in Lattice, an operator can specify a standoff position for Bolt-M to maintain, tasking the system to stalk the target from beyond the visual or acoustic detection range even as the target moves and is occluded.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2024
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 June 2025
And, in every case, banal commentary is slowly occluding the art, seeping into it in boldface titles or explainers that speak over the sound or cover the image.
—Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
So even at the time, her identity was partly occluded by that of her husband.
—Katrina Gulliver, JSTOR Daily, 1 Feb. 2025
Once a target is identified in Lattice, an operator can specify a standoff position for Bolt-M to maintain, tasking the system to stalk the target from beyond the visual or acoustic detection range even as the target moves and is occluded.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for occlude
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Don't tail large vehicles closely - Trucks or buses can kick up a water spray that obstructs visibility.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Yet the longer Israel obstructs the Hezbollah disarmament plan, the less receptive most of Lebanon’s Shias will be to it.—
Bilal Y. Saab,
Time,
18 Sep. 2025
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But the program ground to a halt when Germany blocked the export of the engines, citing a European Union arms embargo on China introduced after the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Kelly says the government is blocked from deporting these children while the case continues.—
Armando Garcia,
ABC News,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Occlude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/occlude. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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