occludes's Usage Examples:

Nickel occludes hydrogen readily, is attacked by the halogen elements, and oxidizes easily when heated in air.

occludes the window, the window is placed at the top of the stack.

I try to set the end distance (at which the fog totally occludes everything) no lower than 4000.

occludes hydrogen gas, the highest degree of saturation corresponding approximately to the formula K 2 H.

When molten, silver occludes the oxygen of the atmosphere, absorbing 20 times its own volume of the gas; the oxygen, however, is not permanently retained, for on cooling it is expelled with great violence; this phenomenon is known as the "spitting" of silver.

Synonyms:

back up, land up, bar, congest, earth up, block off, stop, barricado, choke off, block, close up, suffocate, clog, dam, impede, block up, stifle, blockade, asphyxiate, dam up, screen, obturate, tie up, block out, hinder, barricade, choke, clog up, jam, foul, obstruct,

Antonyms:

fragrant, unstuff, show, unclog, free,