occlude

About 0.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To obstruct, cover, or otherwise block (an opening, a portion of an image, etc.).
2. verb To absorb, as a gas by a metal.

Similar words

obstruct impede close up block jam shut freeze obturate choke close down

Often followed by

the with a it one in and blood or

Word family

occluded occludes occluding