blocked
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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His cell has a window that is blocked so no sunlight comes through.
Those 12,518 additional administrators were effectively blocked by the mediocre endowment returns.
From MarketWatch
It was also initially blocked by the U.K.’s competition regulator, but later cleared after the companies restructured it to include selling Activision’s cloud streaming rights to France’s Ubisoft.
Females whose reproduction was blocked were less likely to die from infections, supporting the idea that the high energy demands of reproduction may weaken immune defenses in mothers.
From Science Daily
But the singer is a digital creation and the country's music industry body has blocked the track from its official chart listings.
From BBC
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