occlude
verb (used with object)
to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
occludes
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present tense formof occlude (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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It’s also not feminist because it occludes the men who were killed based on the same lies.
From Slate ● Oct. 29, 2023
But I also think that the focus on Florida occludes a bigger story.
From Salon ● Feb. 7, 2023
Framing major domestic disasters through the lens of war occludes a role for civilians on the front line, displacing them from our national narratives.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
Finally, it occludes the extent to which history doesn’t repeat itself but does rhyme.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2018
The latter then occludes the tunnels by filling them up with cells, and continuing its wood-forming activity gradually buries them deeper and deeper in the wood.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
