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Blockage

noun

The physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction. Synonym: obstruction.

An obstruction in a pipe or tube. Synonyms: block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppage.

The act of blocking. Synonyms: closure, occlusion.

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... Glareano Diaboli Organum videtur. Etiam Satyra Quinta haec habet: Constat omnia miracula certa ratione fieri, de quibus Epicurei prudentissime disputant. [Circumcised: Moses the King of the Jews, by whose laws they are ruled, and whose foreskin overhung (the tip of his penis), had this blockage carelessly medicinally removed, and not wishing to be alone wanted them all to be circumcised. (We have tentatively restored the word BLOCKAGE, which the scribe's incompetence has omitted, and substituted medically removed for carried out by a doctor which was never there.) Who ...

— Hudibras • Samuel Butler

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