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Verb: obturate  'ób-tu`reyt
  1. Block passage through
    "obturate the path"
    - obstruct, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up

Derived forms: obturated, obturates, obturating

See also: obturator

Type of: hinder, impede

Encyclopedia: Obturate

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