occlude

IPA: ʌkɫˈud

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

Examples of "occlude" in Sentences

Once on the island, mysteries unfold and occlude other mysteries.
Plaques that completely occlude a coronary artery can lead to a heart attack.
In a farm pond with proper fertility planktontic populations will occlude visibility at a depth of 18 inches.
I have a 2 year old and their throats are itty bitty and so when it swells it doesn't take much to occlude it.
Evans had a second store on Michigan Avenue and on the day of the Fur Free Friday parade, it would hire a billboard truck to park in front of it and occlude its sign.