Definition of Occlude

to close up or block off

Examples of Occlude in a sentence

The police officers have blocked off the road to occlude the bomb from the public.  🔊

Although I do not want you inside of my office, I will not occlude your entry by locking the door while I am away.  🔊

It is quite dangerous when blood clots occlude the flow of oxygen in the human body.  🔊

Since I do not like people looking inside of my home, I use blinds to occlude my windows.  🔊

Fortunately, the city construction project will not occlude the main highway and cause traffic delays.  🔊

The purpose of the curtain on the airplane is to occlude the first class area from the economy area.  🔊

It looks like the clouds are going to occlude the sun and ruin my picnic!  🔊

Because my parents did not trust strangers, they did everything they could to occlude me from the outside world.  🔊

During the surgery, the doctor will do everything possible to not occlude the flow of blood to the patient’s heart.  🔊

The grocery manager hoped the protest march would not occlude his store entrance and cause his customers to shop elsewhere.  🔊

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