Synonyms for blockage
ˈblɒk ɪdʒblock·age

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1. obstruction, blockagenoun

   the physical condition of blocking or filling a passage with an obstruction

   Synonyms:
   impedimenta, block, closure, obstructer, stop, obstructor, obstruction, occlusion, impediment, obstacle, stoppage

2. blockage, block, closure, occlusion, stop, stoppagenoun

   an obstruction in a pipe or tube

   "we had to call a plumber to clear out the blockage in the drainpipe"

   Synonyms:
   hitch, cube, blocking, full stop, stoppage, layover, cloture, law of closure, halt, plosive, gag law, diaphragm, pulley-block, pulley, arrest, closing, point, closedown, plosive speech sound, occlusion, cylinder block, check, occluded front, obstruction, mental block, engine block, full point, block, stop consonant, stopover, shutdown, stop, occlusive, city block, auction block, resolution, period, stay, pulley block, catch, plosive consonant, gag rule, closure, settlement

3. blockage, closure, occlusionnoun

   the act of blocking

   Synonyms:
   block, gag law, occluded front, gag rule, obstruction, stoppage, cloture, occlusion, law of closure, settlement, closing, shutdown, stop, closedown, resolution, closure

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1. • Obstruction

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1. circuitious

   which is not direct.

   except that, in this case, it turns out that the strokes caused by blockage are far more prevalent.

   Submitted by rinat on November 17, 2015  

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1. List of paraphrases for "blockage":

   obstruction, silting, blockade, blocking, occlusion, gating, deadlock, locking, lock, lock-up, embargo, block, plugged

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1. blockage

   Synonyms:
   See Wax blockage
   

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1. Kelly Hannon:

   We know people have been stopped for extraordinary time periods leading up to these closure areas, but we are clearing trucks one by one to break through this blockage, and we will get to each driver and restore traffic flow, crews continue to work intensely to tow vehicles that are stuck and blocking the interstate near mile markers 136 in Stafford County, and then plow and treat the interstate to prevent follow-on crashes.

2. Marco Rubio:

   There is only one blockage in Cuba and it is the blockage that the regime has imposed on its people.

3. Le Maire:

   If the U.S. blockage is confirmed by year end, we are counting on the European Union to make a formal proposal to tax digital activities in the first quarter of 2021.

4. Susan Lucci:

   What I had was not caused by a cholesterol buildup or anything except it was DNA, i got my dad’s genes for a calcium buildup in my arteries. … There’s much more than just appearance. … A test needs to be done. I had a scan that showed I had a 90 percent blockage. I had no idea.

5. Judy Brown:

   (The doctors said,) ‘It’s good news there’s no blockage, you are pregnant and you are going to have her now!’.