occlude
verb (used with object)
to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
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He confided to me on another night that like so many people he has tried to hire, he knows that working for Breitbart will occlude his future.
From New York Times ● Aug. 16, 2017