obturate (redirected from obturating)

ob·tu·rate  (bt-rt, -ty-)

tr.v. ob·tu·rat·ed, ob·tu·rat·ing, ob·tu·rates

To close or obstruct.

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[Latin obtrre, obtrt-; see teu- in Indo-European roots.]

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obtu·ration n.

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obturate [ˈɒbtjʊəˌreɪt]

vb

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) (tr) to stop up (an opening, esp the breech of a gun)

[from Latin obtūrāre to block up, of obscure origin]

obturation  n

obturator  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

obturate - block passage through; "obstruct the path" occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block block off, blockade - obstruct access to barricado, barricade - block off with barricades barricade - prevent access to by barricading; "The street where the President lives is always barricaded" asphyxiate, suffocate, stifle, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" tie up - restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred" dam, dam up - obstruct with, or as if with, a dam; "dam the gorges of the Yangtse River" block out, screen - prevent from entering; "block out the strong sunlight" earth up, land up - block with earth, as after a landslide barricade, block, block up, blockade, block off, bar, stop - render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke - become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project"