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Blocking

To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

📖 Definitions of "Blocking"

verb

1
To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
"The pipe is blocked."
2
To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
"You're blocking the road – I can't get through!"
3
To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
"His plan to take over the business was blocked by the boss."
4
To impede an opponent.
"He blocked the basketball player's shot."

noun

1
The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction.
"blocking of major opposition sites"
2
The precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera (originally planned using miniature blocks).
3
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
4
A feature that prevents a keyboard from registering multiple simultaneous keypresses that would cause ghosting.

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
blocknoun	A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
interferencenoun	The act of interfering with something, or something that interferes.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
interferenceverb	(nonstandard) To interfere.
thwartingnoun	An instance of blocking or obstructing.
obstructionnoun	The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
blockagenoun	(uncountable, countable) The state or condition of being blocked.
obstaclenoun	Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress, either physically or figuratively
stoppingnoun	The act of something that stops; a halt.
hindrancenoun	Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
hamperingnoun	That which hampers; an impediment.
hindering	Harmful; that hinders.
hang-upnoun	(informal) An emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition.
stallingnoun	The act of a person or thing that stalls.
cloggingnoun	The situation of something being clogged.
preventionnoun	(medicine) Any measure intended to limit health-related risks (such as information campaigns, vaccination, early diagnosis etc.).
restraintnoun	(uncountable) control or caution; reserve
shutterverb	(transitive) To close shutters covering.
preventverb	(transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something).
severingnoun	The act by which something is severed.
closingnoun	The act by which something is closed.
disrupting	That disrupts; disruptive.
hold-upnoun	(slang) A robbery at gunpoint.