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Occlude

//əˈkluːd// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.). transitive

    "His reflection is occluded by the mist on the mirror."

  2. 2
    block passage through wordnet
  3. 3
    To absorb, as a gas by a metal. transitive

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occlūdere, from ob (“before”) and claudere (“to shut”).

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